Meghan & Scott wedding/weekend

Friday 13 April - just five days after wrapping up the Jon/Jaz wedding weekend, we all (except Romie-minder Nedda) gathered in Santa Barbara for Scott Turner - Meghan Stern wedding. Nicole & POC and Chris & Dharma are on our flight; at airport we run into lawyers from Nedda's new firm plus Melaine and Daniel.  Lunch at a public market in downtown Santa Barbara.  PJ and I join up with the group involved in the rehearsal (PJ being a reader) - lovely church up in the hills.  After, we meet up with a bunch of wedding folk at a bar, followed by the rehearsal dinner (at Santa Barbara Wine Collective) - nice event.  Back to hotel for chatting etc. 

Rehearsal; interior of 1930s church

Saturday 14 April - a group of us wander around looking for breakfast and end up having a fine if gluten-free time of it - lovely morning.  The ladies go do hair-stuff; the gentlemen gather for light lunch back at the public market, which fits the bill.  We prep and jump on a bus for the wedding ceremony - all quite lovely - then there is some time to kill prior to the reception, which is accomplished by a bus tour down to the beach and around (and around) downtown - but this is quite fun as it's a good crew and definitely in the mood. 

Bus ride with marachas and hydration options.

Bus people

Outdoor reception venue and it really is quite excellent (including, surprisingly, the meal) - very nice speeches, lotsa dancing.  Walk over to the "Wildcat" lounge for post-reception ear-splitting fun; then we walk back to the hotel.  Some late-night dining in our room and that's it.

With the mother-of-the-bride.

Sunday 15 April - a nice brunch is hosted down in the pool area - this was one of the better opportunities of the weekend to just sit around and talk (which was the idea).  Kerry & Luis with early departure time, unfortunately; also PJr.  Later the rest of us walk down pretty much all the way to the water; our group looking for lunch; enjoyed a tapas place; then it was back to the airport.

Fun to be together; nice to show up for the Sterns after the way they supported the weddings in our family; everything was so well arranged; nice.