Happy New Life
>> Friday, January 23, 2009
The weather was a chilly 15C as the sun began to set and the winds blew my veil and train as I walked.
The night made for one extraordinary wedding celebration as the largest and brightest of all full moons beamed down on us.
The band, in their pin-striped suits, wing-tipped oxfords, big drums and double-bass, spun magic into the night.
Friends and family shared much cheer and laughter over great roasted dishes and wine.
The traditional frou-frou wedding cake was ditched to make way for a satellite of 3 cakes from Costa Brava, a home that makes the lightest and most sumptuous caramel cake as well as chocolate and moccha cakes covered in marshmallow icing.
The "wedding" cake became a highlight of the dessert list.
People were out of their seats trying to catch up with old, old friends we both knew from our childhood as, one by one, guests approached us, wide-eyed, saying they are way too happy to have been invited to one relatively small but love-filled celebration.
As guests made their way home, the bride and the groom opened a new bottle of wine and ate whatever leftovers were spared as friends waited as their t0w-truck made its way up into the mountains to salvage the car that ran on bio-fuel which turned to lard in the 15C chill.
A bride munching on a burger before boarding the car.
A sincere church ceremony.
Golden voices.
A lush mountain and a misty volcano lake in the distance.
A colorful sky as a backdrop.
A gastronomic treat for the palate.
Lots of dancing to the big band tunes of a long ago era.
A lot of good vibes and love energy bouncing all around.
An amazingly big and dazzling moon.
And a car stranded in a cold mountain due to lard.
It makes for one very good story.
As my husband and I drove back to our room, we were laughing --- energized and inspired by the evening and the realization that we have just received an extraordinary blessing.
