The MAnderson Report: shainin/lancman '08

saturday evening, i went to the wedding of a co-worker from WSB....miss christine shainin! it was quite an event...from the wedding ceremony at the beautiful st. aloysius church in d.c. down to the incredible food at the reception....four seasons georgetown-style. that's just the circles i roll in, people. deal. haha. but seriously...it's probably the fanciest thing i've been to in a long time...if not forever. (right up there with centennial high school's 1991 junior prom...themed 'under the sea'. magic.)

the entire evening was great...but the most fun was table #20 - in the back corner and filling 8 of the 10 seats with friends and spouses from WSB. our extra 2 turned out to be christine's trainer and her husband, and they were just as fun and fit right in! the food was ridiculous (hey collin, remember the mini rueben sandwiches for appetizers? mmmm) - the music/band was off the charts - and the laughter and friendship was flowing! and to the entire make-up of table #20, i am deeply sorry that i got the only chocolate soup with mini-donut. and for the record...i did ask one of the dudes in charge if there were more....and he shot me down.

i luckily had my camera and spent the evening snapping some photos of the craziness...which of course i'm going to share with you here today. i've had various requests to not include this or that picture...but for a fair representation of the evening, most of the photos i took will be shared. and that includes the motorboats.

congrats christine and walter! and thank you both for an awesome evening and a chance to celebrate with you both! have a blast in hawai'i!

an action shot: christine and her father, richard, walking down the aisle.

l-r: david and christine farrell (christine is christine's boss), barbara, maggie and brett. everyone but david is 'wsb' in this photo.

let the party begin! l-r: collin and shanna wheeler (shanna is wsb), maggie molpus and brett schwalbach.

the ladies of team cf: maggie, christine, christine and barbara.

the flowers were beautiful. and then i started playing with some color accent, as well. i'm just that crazy.

maggie sat straight across from me....and everytime i looked up, this is what i saw of her, through the vase. lookin' good, maggie!

2 of my favorite people at the wsb ever! christine and shanna, celebrating christine's big day!

everything was delicious....but the desserts were the only things that got photographed. shanna, collin and i were very, VERY excited abou the cheesecake dipped in chocolate on incredibly long skewers.