ultimate wedding. went to the most picturesque perfect wedding one could of imagined this weekend. me and george's childhood friend, helen, was getting married after nearly six years of relationship bliss with her boyfriend. the wedding was located in beautiful palos verdes, overlooking the city and the beach. sadly, the sunset didn't coincide with the ceremony but that was the only thing that went wrong (except for maybe george's slight mishap). we, the twins, were the guestbook greeters. which basically meant i stood around while george smiled and greeted people and handed out "programs." helen made all the little wedding items herself. the name things for dinner. the little message cards (in lieu of an actual guestbook). and this wasn't no five and dime cut-and-paste job, the pieces were extremely detailed, with intricate little flowers and other decoration.



helen looked absolutely beautiful. her dress was off the hook. she had a little tiara too. it was a non-traditional wedding, chinese and jewish, and that created some cool synergy. they pulled off a service that respected and celebrated both cultures, and even had pumpkin pie instead of a traditional wedding cake. the groomsmen were all comedians. all four of them gave hilarious speeches and helen's dad topped them all with a speech referring to helen as "an ugly duckling" in her youth. you can't beat asian parents for unexpected humor.



my last wedding experience was much smaller and more intimate and compared to that, helen's wedding was much bigger, one hundred thirty people. you seriously could of filmed the wedding for a movie. it was oddly touching and you know how some weddings seem stale and give you that feeling of "that's it?!" this wedding was just "it." the it wedding. i have so many cliches i could say about this wedding. "i've never seen her so happy...blah blah." and all of it would be true. rarely does real life live up to imagination. and this time i would have to say it did. i sound like a wanna-be bride but honestly, if you had gone to this wedding, you would feel that way too.



i saw a few parental figures from our childhood and they kept exclaiming how tall we were. we met some girl who used to live on our street at high country west. i saw my old blind-date prom date from many years ago. i wanted to go say hi and i'm pretty sure we were both aware of each other, but we didn't say anything. kinda stupid really. next time i'll have to just say hi. a weird part of me just avoids situations like that.