Allow Me, If You Will, To Cross-Post.

As many of you know, Bec (aka Future Bride, aka Shivery McPickles) also writes a food blog, Chronicles of a Stomach Grumble. And yesterday, she posted a little nugget about the wedding. Actually it's mostly about the food that will on hand. This may be WAY prettier than anything we've got, but you never know.

You can find her piece here: Chronicles of a Stomach Grumble.

Latest Poll Results and Some Secrets Revealed...

Alright food junkies, latest poll just came to an end and the results are overwhelmingly food-centric. I know, shocking.

Beach scored 2 votes. Perhaps I should have put "Nude Beach" for more interest. And yes, there is one in North Truro. And no, I don't know where. But you best believe that by this time next week, we'll possess that knowledge.

Bec delights at the thought of nude beaches.

Witnessing the Hitching and Lawn Games Bonanza also scored 2 votes each. Fair enough. Sometimes food and dancing is more important than bocce and we're ok with that. As for the ceremony part, let's be honest, it's usually not the part about the wedding that gets us going. Which is why Dr. B will be performing our ceremony. And we do mean performing. Prepare yourselves for a good time with a few surprises.

Dancing Your Faces Off came up with 4, and I can promise you, this will be happening. The "must play" list just went out and we've made some good plays. Also, it wouldn't matter if we did. This dude mashes up soul, funk, hip hop, indie rock and pretty much everything else on our respective iPods. It shouldn't disappoint.

We'll just go by Kennedy now, thanks.

Finally, Food and Drink Madness scored the win, pulling in 7 votes. So this is where I tell you the food should be pretty delightful. For the rehearsal dinner, we locked down a taco bar, which will be improved upon by some homemade guacamole and a margarita station run by Jack Gardner himself.

For the wedding, of course there need to be surprises, but I can let you know that we'll be having a grilled cheese and soup bar for dinner. There will be several types of each, stuff you've never heard of in a grilled cheese. And bar snacks to accompany these bad boys (those will remain secret, something has to, right?).

Future Wife. At least for another 12 days.

If it helps, think of it as a dinner at our house. In other words, tons of snacks, and then when you're too full for dinner, you eat it anyway. Add a signature Sean cocktail to that (Bec's personal fave of mine) and we'll be having some inebriated good times on full stomachs. See you guys in...

LESS THAN TWO EFFING WEEKS!

Pickle Poll.

UPDATE:

The Pickle Poll closed. And the winner is...

Spicy Sour runs away with it. 14 votes. Good thing, because they'll be making an appearance at the shindig.

Second place, and the recipient of a last minute rash of votes, was the Half Sour. 8 votes, but not good enough, little guy.

Full Sour takes third with a decent 4 votes.

Bread and Butter (really guys?) takes home 2 votes.

And in a surprising twist, New Pickle takes home just 1. I happen to agree, I think New Pickles are gross, and I'll eat almost anything.

Thanks for voting in our most popular poll to date. There's a new one up now, but all the polls with serious questions (if they can even be called that) are pretty much out of the way.

We're only a few days away from the close of the pickle poll and I felt the need to say something.

Currently, this poll is off the charts with responses. About a third of people that have RSVP'ed for this wedding have posted an opinion on the matter. Which means one of two things:

a. Some of you freaks are voting twice.
b. You freaks really love pickles.

Either way, word. There will be pickles. From NYC. We'll be bringing our favorites with us and eating more pickles than is recommended or, frankly, healthy. One trip on this pickle filled merry-go-round, that's what I say! Actually, a pickled merry-go-round sounds amazing. Does anyone have one? No? We'll just settle for this:

Anyway, if you haven't voted on this one, do it now, only a few days remain. Not as though we trust you. After all, you all decided that I couldn't beat up an infant. Ridiculous.

Meet the Ring Bearers and Flower Girl.

We've had the pleasure of knowing all three of these folks since they were a few days old. They've come a long way in the year since.

Sam & Otis belong to Dan & Sujan. We were their first non-family babysitters and are quite proud of it. Even though they are now more enamored of buses and food, we still enjoy hanging.

Bay Ridge Sammy.

This photo demonstrates what Otis does when he senses a bus is coming. Followed by the exclamation "BUH!"

(You can catch plenty more of these two at: http://samandotis.blogspot.com/)

As for Griffin, aka "The Pickle" (I know, right? So much pickle talk!), she belongs to Jack & Cortney. And you should know, her eyes are unreal. And she knows some pretty amazing party tricks. Maybe if you're lucky you'll see what I'm talking about.

I told you, right?

It's gonna be super embarrassing when The Pickle and McPickles realize they have the same swimsuit.

So there you have it. Sure, they may have trouble making it to the Chuppah, but isn't that all part of the fun?

Seven Weeks...

And things are rolling right along. Some of you have discussed the details of the wedding with us. However, what many of you might not know is just how collaborative an event this is.

You know by now that Marcy Gallegos was the mastermind behind the invites.

But did you know that our friend Alex Bliss is baking the cake?

Or that Lauren Gardner (no relation, oddly, or is there?) is in charge of the photos? With some assistance from Jim Flood, no less.

Also, we're proud to announce that none other than Beth Manchester will be in charge of the officiating. This could be the beginning of a long, successful career as an officiant. Or it could just be a once off. Either way, it's gonna be sweetness.

Marc Balgavy and Erik Courson are masterminding a custom-made cornhole set. Marc has also expressed interest in honing his flower arranging skills. We'll be taking him up on this offer.

Dan Raphael, Sujan Hong-Raphael, Luke Tucker and Jennifer Suh are providing assistance with pickles and flowers, not to mention D&S have provided us with the ringbearers in the form of their offspring, Sam & Otis (see STD post for photographic evidence). Also, Luke will likely show us funny Werner Herzog videos during the lead-up.

And we're sure this won't be all the help that'll be provided by friends. There are many others that will be hanging during the week, assisting us with drinking, lawn and board games, going to the beach and listening to copious amounts of music.

Our friends rule.

*Photos by Sean. Except the one with him in it. Not sure who took that, someone in the Cape.

Hey there.

Yeah, we're doing this. Mark your effing calendars.

8.28.10. 

We'll use this space to post stuff. 

Stuff about the wedding. 

Stuff about the area. 

Stuff about accommodations.

Sure, there might also be a post about how the new Wings record we got is off the chain. Or why ELO is superior to other bands.

Also, pickles might factor in somewhere. McPickles has a tendency to espouse on that subject.

Anyway, welcome. Come back. We'll be here.

Swayze & McPickles.