Hitch'd − 18 October, 2003
Carrie and I tied the knot.
We decided to go the less-traditional-more-fun route and whip up our own ceremony. Our friend Harvey (who, interestingly, was the PM for the engine on SpaceShipOne--an actual rocket scientist) was deputized for the weekend and performed our ceremony.
The whole thing was from scratch and Carrie put a lot of work into getting everything together. Since I'm allergic to wedding DJs, one of my jobs was to figure out how to get good musical entertainment in our budget.
We were lucky enough to get Wes from the eMics to fly himself and his band out from Chicago to play our wedding. They were awesome. I knew Wes from the Elbo Room and from his Monday night gigs with the eMics.
What an amazing night. The setting sun cast the most amazing golden light--it was a cinematographer's dream.
I was wearing out Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below at the time, and I remember listening to "Hey Ya" on the way to the ceremony with my buddy/best man Chris. I still think of that moment when I hear the song.
We honeymooned in the Greek Isles, which probably deserves its own story.
We decided to go the less-traditional-more-fun route and whip up our own ceremony. Our friend Harvey (who, interestingly, was the PM for the engine on SpaceShipOne--an actual rocket scientist) was deputized for the weekend and performed our ceremony.
The whole thing was from scratch and Carrie put a lot of work into getting everything together. Since I'm allergic to wedding DJs, one of my jobs was to figure out how to get good musical entertainment in our budget.
We were lucky enough to get Wes from the eMics to fly himself and his band out from Chicago to play our wedding. They were awesome. I knew Wes from the Elbo Room and from his Monday night gigs with the eMics.
What an amazing night. The setting sun cast the most amazing golden light--it was a cinematographer's dream.
I was wearing out Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below at the time, and I remember listening to "Hey Ya" on the way to the ceremony with my buddy/best man Chris. I still think of that moment when I hear the song.
We honeymooned in the Greek Isles, which probably deserves its own story.
