Hello kiddies! I've had quite the busy month. Me best mate Zac and me other best girlmate Lindsay Waring became husband and wifey. It was a glorious moment and I was right there beside them as one of 8 groomsmen. The ceremony took place at the Tower Theater in Bend, OR and they seriously could not have picked a cooler place to tie the knot. Picture a 1920's art-deco style theater right in the middleof downtown Bend. Bend was gorgeous that weekend, the week of June 4th to the 8th. I arrived a few days early on Wednesday so I could hang out and chill with Zac and his amazingly hospitable family. (Side note: Zac's dad Steve makes some delicousasaurus pancakes and eggs...I'm making my mouth water thinking about them). The day I get into town, Zac and I get the new Weezer red album and rock out to that. Really good. Zac tells me there's a band playing for free at the McMenamin's Old St. Francis school that night. The band was called Bombadil and if you haven't heard of them before you should check them out right now. They're from North Carolina and they got a folky, blue-grassy rock 'n roll style that is amazing.
The next day, Zac, Steve, Zac's brother Brett played some disc golf at the local course (Side note: Zac's grandpa fell down a frickin' scary and rocky hillside by the first hole and gnarled up his shoulder the day previous - and he's 85 and walked away from it). Zac sparked an interest in the sport and it's fairly tough to do. The course was a desert with trees interspersed throughout. I parred (Par 3 on every hole) once or twice I think, and that's out of 16 holes. We played the 8 hole course twice. It was tiring, but fun. Moving on, ba da dah.
The highlight of the week, other than the wedding and reception, was the rehearsal dinner at the Mountain Room in the Deschutes Brewery. There is nothing quite like having a pint of Black Butte Porter straight from the source! So good! There are some pics on this post from that night. There's even a video of Amanda Pewonka spilling some tears for Zac and Linds. Check it out at the bottom of this post!
The Wedding and following reception was phenomenal! Standing on stage was nerve-wracking and my left leg wouldn't stop twitching. It was insane seeing two of my best friends getting married in front of me. I mean, they basically have been married already for the past 4 years, it's just taken this long for them to make it official. What was really cool was Linds did a special hula dance for Zac in the middle of the ceremony. That was unexpected and really amazing. Linds is a professional hula dancer and has even got paid doing it for events and such. It was strange standing on a stage in front of all of Zac, Lind's, and mines friends and both of their families. The reception that followed right after on stage was hilarious and awesome and so much fun. I tore it up with my friend Meg Hedley and Kory Baker and Jesse Lamm and Jenny Honan. We killed the dance floor. We definitely had a dance-off and there were some moves busted that have never been busted before. I even started a tunnel and a conga line. I feel proud for starting those. I'll post some more pictures of the whole gala event. I want to thank Zac and Lindsay Bascom (ha! that's so cool to say that now) for including me in the ceremony and for having me as their friend. I love you two so much. They got back, at least I think they did, from a week in Australia. So they're savoring every moment of their marital bliss.
Here is Amanda Pewonka's freakout at the Deschutes Brewery.
