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When I originally heard that Adam and Melissa were engaged, I was happy for them. Then I started to think about it and realized that their wedding was going to interfere with my yearly trip to Chicago. I couldn’t let this happen. Quickly plans started to form in my head; some good, some bad. What I ultimately decided to do was just invite myself up some random weekend way before wedding crunch time. Luckily, Adam fell for it.

So, that’s where I was this past weekend. Here we go with the recap:

Friday night we dined at Adam and Melissa’s where Melissa put together some pasta with meat sauce and a nice caprese salad. Yum. After that we headed out to meetup with some of the ChiFlickr Chicago Meetup Club where much photoing and drinking was accomplished. It was really pretty similar to a night out in the ATL. Imagine that.

Saturday day we ran around town to various places and accomplished various things. Most importantly, we stopped at the Puma store where I purchased a pair of RS100’s. Nice. That evening we ate at a sushi joint where I had roasted salmon over noodles and veggies, which is not sushi. Next we hit some bars with various peoples, including former ATLien Face. We stayed out late and had too much to drink, featuring a shot of tequila, which I almost never do. Not a fan.

Sunday we recovered from the drunkenness and watched England defeat Ecuador 1-0. On the way to the airport, we got stuck in a little traffic, but made it in plenty of time for my flight, which ended up being delayed anyway. The best part was how the departure time was listed as 7:00 (from 5:50), which really only meant that we had to leave the gate at 7:00 so another plane could use it and we would sit on the runway for another 30 minutes.

Anyway, successful weekend. Thanks to Adam and Melissa for allowing me to crash their weekend and for the free guest room and for doing their best to remove all the cat dander from the room and for anything else.

Photos on flickr.

Spent yesterday waaaaaaaay OTP in Clarkesville, GA for the wedding of Barry and Rebekah. The ceremony and reception were held at the Glen-Ella Inn & Conference Center. It was the first outside wedding I’ve ever been to, and the weather was absolutely perfect. A little warmish in a suit, but the jacket and tie didn’t really last that long anyway.

I met Barry and Rebekah via the APWBWGTTD meetups, which is a little weird I guess. I mean, we met over the Internet, right? Anyway, other than them both going to Georgia Tech, they’re pretty cool and fun to be around. I guess as long as we don’t hangout during football season, we can remain friends.

The ceremony was nice (and quick) and was conducted by Chance, another ATL blogger. Following was a cocktail hour with some pretty good hors d’oeuvres, including a ham and cheese biscuit thing. Yum. Next up, the party moved to the pavilion thing for the reception where more good food was had and lots of dancing took place. I’d have to say the highlight of the evening was when the DJ played the Team Awesome theme song (Gnarls Barkley – Transformer). After seeing the newlyweds off, we ended the night by hanging at the pool.

In an effort to save on gas mileage Lori and I rode with Dave in his V8 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Also there, but not cool enough to carpool with us was Duane and James.

So, congratulations to the newlyweds and many happy years together.

Photos on Flickr.

Tonight was Dave’s graduation performance from the Jeff Justice Comedy Workshoppe at The Punchline. This involved driving outside the perimeter, which is generally a bad idea, but tonight it worked out well.

Dave’s routine/act/set/whatever was funny, as expected. I mean, he’s a pretty funny guy, but it has to be tough to come up with a performance of planned jokes. I would have a pretty tough time just getting up on stage in front of that many people, let alone trying to make them laugh. So, congrats to Dave on his successfulness and hopefully this wasn’t a one night stand. Oh, and Dave, if our yelling of ‘DAVE!!’ messed you up at all, it was Barry’s fault. Not mine.

The night as a whole was actually pretty funny. I was pleasantly surprised with pretty much everyone’s performances. There was one lady that was a little crazy, but other than that, good times.

Pictures on flickr.