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Wonderful Prelude To A Wonderful Wedding

7/13/2015

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    On Friday Tom, Tommy and I drove from Columbus to Roanoke, Virginia.
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for the wonderful, wonderful wedding of my nephew Matt and his sweet fiancee Suzie,

...senders of the memorable "Save The Date" (See post from  7/2/2015),
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    Matt and Suzie had arranged superwonderful accommodations for the guests at the Cambria Suites, located on the outskirts of  downtown Roanoke.
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    The lobby:
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    Our rooms were beautiful and spacious and were divided into a sleeping area,
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... and a sitting area,
...and had two televisions, one across from the bed and one in this cozy tv-watching nook,
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...and a stylin'  bathroom.
    After we settled into our rooms we met up with a few relatives in the lobby.
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Here's Tom, Tommy, and my brother Joe, father of Matt, the groom-to-be,
   ...and my brother Michael outside the hotel with Amy and Jo, the youngest of his 10 children.
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      We all set out for the rehearsal dinner at Martin's, a restaurant in the  lovely historic area of downtown Roanoke known as the Market District.
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    My brother Joe and my sister-in-law Debbie, parents of the groom, reserved half the restaurant for the out-of town wedding guests.
    It was a happy reunion of siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandchildren, grandparents, and old friends.
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Debbie, mother of the groom

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We met up at the restaurant with Claire and Miguel who flew in from Chicago, here with Suzie and Matt.
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Miguel, Claire, Tommy, my brother Jim, and Tom.
The food was delicious and served as a beautifully presented buffet
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   …of pulled pork with the softest, freshest buns,

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…grilled chicken skewers wrapped in bacon,
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…macaroni and cheese,
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... .baked beans, assorted salads,  and
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assorted brownies and bars. 
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   But the real fun, the kind of fun portended in Matt and Suzie’s whimsical "Save-The-Date",  began after the dinner when all the guests were invited for a stroll from the restaurant through downtown Roanoke  to a special destination.
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    To be continued...
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Audrey
7/12/2015 10:56:22 pm

Can't wait to hear the rest of the details!

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Romaine
7/13/2015 04:03:05 am

Looks like lots of fun!

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Molina
7/13/2015 08:36:05 am

You guys have the best family!

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Patti
7/13/2015 09:27:46 am

Thanks, Molina, but it's probably the same with most families: the positive moments & not so positive moments all average out, right? Weddings, though, do tend to be positive moments, though, don't they?

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