BLOBBY'S BLOG

SIX YEARS & A LIFETIME AGO

Oh how time flies. It was a much more innocent time. Bill Clinton was still in office. Bush v Gore hadn't made it to the Supreme Court (yet). Love was in the air.

This was the weekend of Becky & Andrew's wedding. ...and let's face it, if it weren't for me, this never would have happened. Yes - even when this is about them, it's really about me. It's always about ME!

...but seriously folks... A few years prior to this, I talked Becky into joining us in Rehoboth for a week. Since she was in Houston at the time, she flew into the closest major city - DC. We picked her up there, but also stayed in town a few days on either side of the beach. It was then and there she decided to move to DC. Without that trip, she wouldn't have moved and it's really hard to imagine she would have met Andrew. You can all (especially Andrew) thank me later!

Months before the wedding, I was asked to be a bridesmaid honour attendant. I was promised I didn't have to wear a dress (let alone a tangerine one that I could never wear again!), so that sealed the deal. As it turns out, due to a conference in DC a month before the wedding, I got to plan the rehearsal dinner. Actually, it was great fun and not that hard to do.....though no one used the karaoke! The guests were not drunk enough I guess - and that's saying something!

Did I mention the wedding was the Saturday after the 2000 election? Quite an interesting time to be in DC - and Denton and I arrived in the city the day after the election. We were stopped a few times by reporters asking our opinions of the delayed results. It was all so still in early stages of something no one had ever encountered we didn't know how to respond, so we didn't. I kind of regretted it immediately.

Everyone was there for the big event (the wedding, not the election) - and it would have been great to post pics of the pre-wedding and post-wedding, but those could go on forever! I've selected only four from this weekend. Sorry to all of you who are not represented here. You are in spirit!



The photo above is in the bridal suite. Morty, Becca and I are re-enacting a picture we had taken in Houston in 1991. Actually - that Dallas-Houston-New Orleans trip could be a series of blog entries......and none that would put me in a positive light. Entertaining - sure! But the original picture (and this one too) are some of my favorite pics of us....and not just because of the juice cans in Becky's hair!


This is a great pic that Denton took of the happy couple. It really is a great pic. There is a much more fun picture of Becky dancing that I wanted to post - but she was dancing with her brother. And it's kind of icky posting that when this post is about her wedding - and it wasn't to Paul. I mean, this isn't West Virginia!


My parents also happened to be in DC the same weekend. Though they weren't at the wedding, we did meet up with them the day after. My mother's ex-boss (Bill) had become general counsel for Bill Clinton. The man was nice, but a little weird. Becky, Denton and I had met him a few years back, but he literally stopped talking when he heard that Becky did some work for NPR. Now years later, he provided my parents and us a private tour of the White House. Not the crappy Blue Room and Red Room tour. We got the OEOB and the West Wing tour and the grounds. Here we are in the Rose Garden. Once again, our tour guide clammed up (to me) when I relayed salutations from the best man. Tom had run Gore's campaign in PA - so they knew each other....but clearly I was hitting too close to something.


No offense to the bride and groom (or Amy Dickinson), but an equal highlight to the weekend was meeting Buddy! Yes, Bill Clinton's dog. He was way friendly and cute cute cute! You can't really see it here, but his collar is a thick brown leather one with metal eagles and stars on it. He even dressed like a presidential canine!

So, Happy Anniversary to Andrew & Rebecca.