The Lush Table, originally uploaded by Will Merydith.


Last night I went to my first Catholic wedding! For a while I thought it was my first church wedding — but then I remembered that I went to my high school boyfriend’s mom’s wedding in 1994, and that was at a Lutheran Church. Um, I think it was Lutheran. It was pretty plain.

Anyway, it’s remarkable that I haven’t ever been to a Catholic wedding, considering my mother’s family is Catholic. In fact, I’ve never been to a Catholic service of any sort. It was interesting, what with the kneeling (on the special fold-down padded kneeling bench thinger), and the Mary hailing and all. There was a part where we all held up our hands to bless the newlyweds and I could get into that — it was woo-woo enough that I could imagine blasting them with the happy energy beams that I can shoot out of my palms.

All religious observation aside, there was also a martini ice luge at the reception, and that was awesome. I drank much more than I would have otherwise. Congratulations to the newlyweds!