Our first weekend away from Atlanta and Aimee's first visit to Washington DC. Hard to believe! As always, flying with Aimee validated my sense of rationality and calm. The flights were actually pretty smooth which made it better for everyone involved. Pictures from the weekend are in our Picasa Album here.
Friday night we got in and visited Cafe Asia for dinner in Arlington and then decided to hit the monuments at night. What a great experience (and thanks to Jenny for the suggestion)! There are few pictures below from that. Plus it gave me good opportunity to gain experience with night photography.
The wedding ceremony and celebration occurred at the Hendry House near Arlington. It was a beautiful day and an intimate setting surrounded by family and friends, new and old, of Jenny and Matt. I came home with the prize for the guest knowing Jenny the longest, second to family. Not really a prize so much but I got a nice picture with the bride!
Their wedding ceremony, dinner, celebration, and whole weekend were reflective of Jenny and Matt, both individually and as a couple: hospitable, authentic, warm, and open-armed. This excerpt from a reading that day stuck with me:Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
(from On Marriage by Kahlil Gibran)
We finished off the weekend with a trip over to the Georgetown campus, mass at Church of the Holy Trinity, and brunch at Peacock Cafe. Below is a picture from the Francis Scott Key bridge.
Congratulations Matt and Jenny Have a look at all the pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/mscozz/TripToDCForJennySWedding#
1 comment:
Mark - You got some great shots of the monuments at night! Glad you enjoyed our city : ) Looks like you had nice weather too!
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