It's the start of wedding season 2004; I think we have 4 weddings on the schedule for this summer. So, this weekend we flew to Wayne, PA for the wedding of my old college roommate Robin to his fiance Meg, a wonderful couple. Our flight was rescheduled for us, diverting us on train from Newark to Philadelphia, which worked out perfect as we then took the train from Philly to Wayne, and the hotel and church were a block away from the station. If we get the opportunity again, we'd choose the train; there's so much more leg room, less engine noise, and altogether a calmer experience.

Once there, we caught up with the old gang pretty quickly, spliting a pizza with Eliz Friday night, then seeing everyone else come the wedding on Saturday. It was a beautiful service -- it's our first post-wedding wedding, and it brought back lots of good memories. We loved the stained glass in the church and listening to the music, especially the postlude of Toccata by C.M. Widor, a song I've always wanted to play on the organ.

The food all weekend was wonderful! The reception was filled with mouth-watering h'orderves, like carmelized onions and goat cheese on a puff pastry, duck and apple in phylo dough, and basil and cucumber on wheat bread. Who knew I liked goat cheese so much? And Laura enjoyed their decadent chocolate chocolate wedding cake. The evening brought more pizza and "dead fish" beer, and we heard about Karina's most recent trip to Antarctica to work with radio telescopes, a facinating place to live for a whole year.

It all went by so fast, and it's hard to believe we've been out of college for six years; there's never enough time to see everyone. It's the same with family; we wish we lived much closer to all of our friends and could have them over for dinners on the weekends. On the train trip back, we bought Girl Scout Cookies, the coconut Samoa and the classic Thin Mint varieties; we were suprized we still had some left when we returned home.