Some of you have asked for suggestions about how to spend your time in Washington, DC. Our updated To do in DC page lists some of our favorite museums, monuments and memorials, cultural outposts, outdoor activities, restaurants, and, yes, bars.
We also added links to DC-area media and the weather forecast, in the DC-info block on the far-right sidebar. Of course, if you have any questions, feel free to send us an e-mail.
The time for the West Virginia-East Carolina football game that Saturday is no longer TBA; kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. 12 p.m. The Wake Forest-Maryland game time, however, is still pending 3:30 p.m. as well.
Oh yeah—we’ve updated our prenup recently too.
Tags: East Carolina, Prenup, University of Maryland, Wake Forest, Washington DC, Weather, West Virginia University
In the next few months we’re profiling all of our wedding guests. Check back to see what we write about you.
I first met Aaron when I pledged his fraternity at Wake Forest. The following year we were roommates. A few years later we roomed together again, with Dan S. and Matt R, for two years just outside of Washington, DC.
If my life were a TV show, Aaron would be my Kramer, my Arthur Fonzerelli, my Kenny. Only Aaron doesn’t die. He’s invincible. He’s told me so. Repeatedly.
He’s survived crashing his motorcycle, being hit by a car while riding his bike, being hit by a future doctor while patrolling the outfield, balancing a satellite dish on a 15-foot pole while two-stories high on a steep roof, leaving chicken on the counter for a month, having an extended stint on a park bench, staying in a hotel that gets rented by the hour or week but seldom by the day, and spending an afternoon at the gym after thinking that his God was dead. When some hoodlums carjacked him, they were the ones who fled the car at a stoplight.
I could go on.
And I will. Aaron is generous. He drinks his whiskey without a mixer, because it’s in your best interest. He’s so intent on grilling you the best burger you’ve ever had, that he’s so focused, so dedicated to your meal, that he won’t notice his arm is smoldering. And when we coached Little League, nothing stopped him from being at the field at 8 a.m to warm up the pitcher.
In sum, the man has two thumbs and loves…life.
Aaron has always been classy (especially with his pipe and silk robe), smart, and successful. But it wasn’t until after he met Jen that we can add “almost sane” to that list of adjectives. And I reckon there’s a good chance the word “alive” wouldn’t apply to Aaron if it weren’t for Jen.
Jen is quiet and quick witted. Unlike Aaron, who’s been known to show poor judgment from time to time, Jen only does likewise when she roots for the University of Maryland.
Not only has she helped Aaron, but Jen’s also done wonders for their dog Satchmo, who is essentially Aaron in the form of a beautiful 140-pound chocolate lab. Jen’s even been brave enough to spawn the son of Aaron.
Anyway, if your talking to Jen and Aaron and the conversation hits a lull, ask Aaron who drank all of his margaritas. Or ask Jen how Maryland did in the 2007 Orange Bowl.
*scheduled to attend
Tags: Aaron, Arthur Fonzerelli, Dan S., Jen, Kenny, Kramer, Matt R., Meet a Wedding Guest, University of Maryland, Wake Forest, Washington DC