tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:39:11 +0000Why Couples Elope: A Trial and Error Guide to Amateur Wedding Planning.http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)Blogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-5938598718784270652Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:11:00 +00002010-07-27T13:21:14.076-07:00I don't know Craig. Not very well anyway. I think I've read a profile or two in Wired, and vaguely remember breezing through a feature in The New Yorker. If I passed him on the street, he wouldn't even get a double take. I feel mildly guilty about this - I should know him better - but from the little I've learned of him he's a fairly private guy. I assume he likes that I don't know him. So I http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2010/07/craig-and-his-wonderful-list-of-good.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-6283470043836390183Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:47:00 +00002010-07-21T13:23:18.199-07:00"Nuh uh. No way. I ain't sellin you nothin."I have a wallet full of cash and three credit cards."But ma'am.""Then I got your poor bride in here a week later all up in my face 'why'd you let him buy these? You crazy?' Nuh uh. You bring your bride back on in here and let her decide.""I'm fairly certain my bride would not get up in your face."When I set out five minutes earlier with my wedding to-dohttp://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2010/06/wandering-minstrels-notes-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-8055431484625562148Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:39:00 +00002010-04-29T16:55:20.948-07:00About a month into our romance, and nearly four years ago, Michelle and I were having lunch at Il Dolce Cafe. It's gone now, but used to be one of our favorites on Montana Ave. On a street cluttered with glossy shops and eateries, this hole in the wall was anything but pretentious or polished. The food was good, service was poor but friendly, and the roof, which appeared to be second hand scrap http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2010/04/chubby-elbows-and-pencil-sketches-save.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-8525863393051901492Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:58:00 +00002010-02-19T12:10:42.631-08:00The bright bulb of a key light burned my retinas. I kept staring at it. Really let it sear. I was sick of looking at the chirpy producer firing inane questions at me and Michelle. Near permanent blindness, in my white ether world where all I could hear was --CHIRPY PRODUCER: Ok! Now what three words would you use to describe yourself as a couple?! But don't use fun, happy or outgoing. Everyone http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2010/02/la-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-9207859517339296531Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:01:00 +00002009-12-07T15:23:04.016-08:00A giant storm-cloud blocked the ray of sun shining on my ticker. This one doesn't work either. Let's be honest, it probably does, I just can't get it to. I'm quickly regretting calling my future brother-in-laws "(annoyingly) computer literate". Hopefully the comparison to Shakespeare makes up for it. Until they help me out and get the ticker actually ticking, the day we are counting down to http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2009/11/countdown-begins-officially-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-3973747337298370666Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:30:00 +00002009-11-27T11:15:28.381-08:00Yes, we have picked a date. More on all of this process later. For now, just enjoy the not so nifty ticker on the right side of the page. I've been very excited about installing this since the countdown sort of began many months ago. I had some ideas of grandeur for the layout: shooting stars, exploding fireworks, maybe a champagne bottle uncorking. But alas, I am computer technology illiterate. http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2009/07/countdown-begins-officially.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-8943169760246650957Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:10:00 +00002009-11-19T14:45:35.353-08:00Where was I? Right...THE TIGER CUBJust past the main drag where the ritzier realty establishments house themselves we found a place specializing in lake front rentals. The woman behind the desk was an outdoorsy type in her mid-thirties; warm as fresh baked pie. She arrived in Tahoe from SoCal eighteen years ago and never left. She loved skiing and hated all the road bikers that clog the single http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2009/11/hunting-hunter-part-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-2998008631577126659Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:59:00 +00002009-09-05T17:59:47.974-07:00Say, for instance, you're hunting in India. Suddenly, fifty yards separates you and the Bengal Tiger you've come for. Even at this distance her warm breath prickles the fur on your back; somehow you smell she's hungry. This beast, this creature of the wild that eats ninety pounds of flesh in one sitting locks eyes with you. Strange, she doesn't look quite as you remember. The picture, that one http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2009/07/hunting-hunter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-515499232936096107Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:15:00 +00002009-07-10T15:20:21.601-07:00Eight or nine years ago I was living in a little box of a duplex. There were four of us crammed into a two-bedroom not much over a thousand square feet; off-campus housing at its best. We had a yard large enough for a Beirut table - great for college - but it didn't quite compare to the acreage I'd grown up with on the dirt road in New Hampshire or at high school in northern Vermont. Not only washttp://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2009/06/letting-loose-in-great-wide-open.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-4660925939529257256Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:12:00 +00002009-06-15T17:08:59.648-07:00We have a subscription to US Magazine. I could point to a certain best friend of Michelle's and label her The Culprit for getting us said subscription, but, truth be told, we were celebrity smut rag junkies well before they started arriving at our door weekly.To share a little further: I read the articles. Yeah, that's right. Cover to cover, baby.In tabloid-glossy world this is akin to http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2009/06/meta-cheesy-party-to-end-all-parties.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-8738637545976886084Tue, 19 May 2009 17:57:00 +00002009-06-15T14:06:28.572-07:00About a month ago I traded my "go to" procrastination outlet - Internet vacation hunting - for something more concrete and tangible - wedding hunting. Fantasy Googling island rentals off Santorini has its place, but scouring the web for wedding ideas manages to hit the much sought after activity called productive procrastination. And, despite the risk of self-emasculation, I'll admit it, it's http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2009/05/couple-seeking-minister.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-8116972983157972207Wed, 13 May 2009 17:44:00 +00002009-05-13T17:29:30.877-07:00I'm not sure how many bottles of champagne we slugged the day we got engaged. There is a "celebratory" gene that runs in the Gogolewski bloodline. We were in Lake Tahoe, staying with Mark and Liz (Gogolewski - for those of you that don't know), and we really just went for it. For a time there, under those twinkling Tahoe stars, sitting in that bubbly hot tub, drinking those bubbly cocktails and http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2009/04/champagne-heartburn-must-end-eventually.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-8092394077187082214Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:29:00 +00002009-05-05T12:03:11.403-07:00In lieu of laundry, aimless Internet surfing, refrigerator scavenging or productive writing of any kind, I thought I'd do something novel with my afternoon and stage a mock* ultimate fighting cage match between MY FUTURE WIFE and BRIDEZILLA. Yes, procrastination is a hobby of mine. And yes, you might wonder, could this post start an actual cage match between me and my future wife? Somehow, I http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-future-wife-vs-bridezilla-cage-match.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285457676131220856.post-4355589279997210852Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:38:00 +00002009-04-28T14:44:08.799-07:00For any self respecting countdown to begin, one must first have something to count down to.Wedding. Check.Blog#1 was supposed to be quick. Something simple like: 372 DAYS AND COUNTING... STAY TUNED, COMPADRES!I was really excited about the font highlight, and maybe finding a ticker to embed that automatically keeps track of the countdown. But before I could even type that big, bold and exciting http://michelleandandrewgetmarried.blogspot.com/2009/04/countdown-begins-sort-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Ladd)2