Well, I didn’t write this the day after my blog about the Bachelor Party Part 1, but that’s okay. Anita and seven of her other friends went out in a limo to a restaurant on Thursday night. I went out with five of my friends in a limo to Del Frisco’s Steak and Lobster House. I can’t speak for Anita’s party, but Del Frisco’s was excellent as always. Del Frisco’s is definitely one of my favorite restaurants in the United States. After both of our groups had finished dinner, we met up at the entrance of Club Roxy in Orlando. We actually got there about thirty minutes or so before the place really started getting slammed. We went through the V.I.P. line and hung out at the downstairs bar for that period of time until the V.I.P. Manager showed us the way upstairs to our couches and table in the V.I.P. Lounge. We ordered the regular Magnum Bottle of Don Perignon and another bottle of Grey Goose, along with various other shots. After about an hour or so, the place was really getting crazy and most of us headed to the dance floor to bust some grooves. I think the D.J. was the best I had ever heard. He was keeping the party alive and kicking switching and spinning the songs every minute and a half or so. After the club, we took both of our limos back to the hotel where my wedding was taking place.
Friday afternoon, my best man Neutrality arrived to the hotel. I called up jcmoussa/thegrumpyone (on stars) and the three of us had a nice lunch pool-side. That night, we had the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. Both of those went pretty smoothly and Anita and I called it an early night to bed.
Saturday was the big day. Myself and the groomsmen changed into our tuxedos in one of the “holding rooms” near the ballroom. Anita and her bridesmaids went to their holding room and did their hair and make-up and changed into their dresses. We did a lot of pictures right before the ceremony with the
photographer we hired. He’s straight from Italy and is one of the most artistic people I’ve ever met. He does the most amazing shots and poses and I am really looking forward to seeing the finished product. The ceremony room was beautiful as the altar was heavily decorated with flowers. We did the standard
Marriage thing and said “I Do” and there we were: Mr. and Mrs. Smith. We hired a saxophonist for the cocktail hour in between the ceremony and the grand reception. He was as good as anybody could possibly be. He played the perfect type of music, and he played it well. We had lots of appetizers along with the open bar. Everybody went inside the reception ball room and we did the first dances. Anita and I had some dancing lessons and did a choreographed first dance that went perfect even though we only had 7 lessons in 1 week to prepare when I returned from my Connecticut and NYC trip. Next, the prime rib and salmon was served. We also had a chocolate fountain. People could dip strawberries and pound cake into the fountain. We cut the cake and danced the night away after that! What happened in our honeymoon suite is obviously nobody’s business
Sunday night, Tom (durrrr), Tom’s Cousin Jimmy, Dave (Raptor), Dave’s girlfriend Haley, and I went to Capital Grille on International Drive. I took my Dad there for Father’s day and it was even better this time. We made good conversation and then parted. This morning Anita and I did a lot of work packing and jumped on the train to New York City to catch the Queen Mary II Cunard Cruise ship. I’m on the train now and just put in a very short 25/50 NL session in which I won about $2k after being stuck $5k in the first round. Anita and I have never been on a train before and that’s why we decided to do something different to start off our Europe Trip. In ten minutes, I’ll be playing my first FTOPS event of this series, which is the $1k 6 max event which is right up my alley. As most of you know, I chopped the Main event of FTOPS III 1’st and 2′nd prize money evenly with traheho and I final tabled the O8 limit event that series too. Therefore, the FTOPS always has a special place in my heart and gives me some good hope, haha.