The Wedding: Before and After, but not During.

Walking to the Pourhouse

Wedding Day –Jen took one for the team and was my Pilates student for my final teaching assignment, and she even said she enjoyed it. Dave and I went for a walk and it was actually partly sunny, but it was getting cloudier all the time. We all went for lunch at the Parrish Publick House, which turned out to be very yummy. Jen ordered Fried Artichokes as an appetizer and they were delicious. We loved our house so much we’re thinking of renting it for next Thanksgiving, and if we do you can be sure we’ll be eating there – and calling it the Parrish Pour House.

Can you believe it’s still the wedding day and we’ve already done so much? Joan and the girls arrived around 2 and it was great to see them and hear Bubby read her book, The Buffalo in the Bed, to them. Alyssa has many college-age volunteers and interns at her job, and had found a sitter (two, really, since the first one got sick and had to cancel at the last minute) for the girls.

Sunday I had made breakfast reservations at the Heavenly Roadside Café in Scott’s Valley. It turned out not to be the place I meant to go, which was Humble Sea in Felton, but the food was OK and we had one last meal together before heading out – Joan, Ira, Bubby and the girls to San Francisco; Josh and Jen to Medford, and Dave and I went south for some wine tasting in Paso Robles. Everyone agreed that even though their weddings and wives are different, they are all terrific. Both my boys had made excellent choices. I’m a lucky mother!