Thursday, May 22, 2008

Florida for 2008 Wedding 2 of 3

Jonathan and I spent last Thurs-Tues in Florida. His brother Jeremy finally got married to his girlfriend of 10 years (engaged for 5), Maria. They live in Miami and got married down in Key West. It was a small wedding because it was so far from family for both of them (PA and Long Island), but it was really nice.

We arrived down in Miami on Thursday night, along with Jonathan's parents, grandma, and his sister and her boyfriend. We headed down to Key West Friday morning, stopping to feed some ginormous tarpon along the way.

Some of these fish are 5 ft long!

Most of Friday was devoted to driving and rehearsal stuff, but we got a chance to hang out a bit at the pool and beach at the gorgeous hotel. Definitely the nicest place I've ever stayed.

Back of the hotel. The pools are hidden in the pic, and the beach is right behind me

Saturday was the wedding. I don't have any pictures from the wedding itself because I was the videographer (haha), but from the pictures taken before the wedding, you can see how beautiful Maria was in her dress.


Jeremy and Maria breaking tradition and getting pictures before the ceremony

The reception was held at the Grand Cafe on Duval St in Key West. Excellent food, strong drinks, and great entertainment provided by Jonathan, who had a really good best man speech, and then managed to spill an entire glass of Pellegrino in his lap.

On Sunday Jonathan and I wandered around Key West for a bit, ate some excellent key lime pie, and headed back with his family to Miami. When we got back to Miami, we could smell the smoke from the wildfires in the Everglades. Crazy! Unfortuately, we got rained off South Beach on Monday, but it was nice to relax, eat good food, and go out dancing.


8AM Tuesday, the only time we had a little sun

We're back in Jersey, and Jeremy and Maria are on a cruise in the Bahamas. They'll be up to PA for second reception in June for all the family that couldn't make it down to Key West (and there are a lot of them!) There is a link to my pictures from the wedding in the picture links on the right, check 'em out!

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