The Crowberger Wedding

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Us all spiffed up for the wedding!

Two days after my birthday we left for the States for a well deserved vacation.  We arrived just in time for the Crowberger wedding extravaganza!!

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Chris & Laura at the Rehearsal Dinner

Friday afternoon Laura, Fabri & I headed down to the DREADED Northern Virginia to get lost on the nonsensical roads without road signs.  After getting lost only once, we found the hotel.  Which, by the way, has the exact same name as another hotel 4 or 5 blocks north.  Welcome to Virginia.

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Fabri & his blonde, teenage daughter, Maddie

But, once found, we saw the hotel was very posh and comfortable.  After depositing our stuff and saying hi to some Very Important People, Fabri and I went in search of his favorite smoothie spot, Jamba Juice.  Poor Fabri was heart broken when we saw Jamba Juice is no more.  Instead, it's the wine and beer area of the Magruder's grocery store, which was fortunate, because, while Fabri wanted smoothie, I wanted spumante!  We grabbed a bottle of Prosecco and made our way back to the hotel to have an aperitivo with the Crows.  Then we went to the rehearsal dinner at Harry's Tap Room.  On our way out of the hotel we met Carolyn's friend Laurie and her husband Harvey of the Atlanta Falcons.  That's right, a professional NFL football player!  Fabri was in heaven, and those 2 chatted a bunch.

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Laurie, Harvey, Us, Laura & Chris drinking prosecco

The rehearsal dinner was very nice.  Laura, Chris, Fabri & I all had the Harry's Tap Room steak, but Fabri was so tired, he wasn't able to finish his!!  He regretted this later when Chris reminded him that Chris had never seen Fabri NOT finish something.  Fabri isn't very good with jet lag.  Then we ate a delicious chocolate cake made by Carolyn and Fabri and I headed back to the hotel to sleep while Mom, Dad, Laura & Chris went on a forced march searching for Murphy's Beer.

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The next day we had to wake up early for the noon wedding.  We made the mistake of following Dad to the location.  Northern Virginia roads struck again, and we drove the wrong direction for about 10 minutes before turning around.  Punctuality was stressed, but weddings never start on time, and we got there with plenty of time to spare.  It was a lovely ceremony outside next to a lake in front of a koi pond with a waterfall. 

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The reception was full of prosecco and Carolyn was soooo beautiful.  I loved her hair, which Aunt Pam styled.  Fabri wouldn't dance with me because he was having fun hanging out with the guys, so I danced with Maddie and Aunt Sue.  The cake was an amazing finale.  It was made by Carolyn's friend Maris who is a pastry chef.  It was a beautiful wedding and we had a great time.  Virginia is for Lovers.

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