Comments on: Venetian wedding, Vegas style http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/ Watch out. We've got sharp sticks. Fri, 18 May 2012 02:23:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Muted Prophet http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-13249 Muted Prophet Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:56:46 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-13249 Hi! Love your site...especially since you posted a photo of the recreation of one of my favorite fountains in the whole world. Fifth photo down, caption reads, "All hail the great Shopimus Maximus!"....this is the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy (known as "La Fontana di Trevi" in Italian). I have been there uncountable times over the past 3 years and each time I fall more in love with it. The legend says if you toss 2 coins into the fountain, one day you will return to Rome...I wonder if the same applies to the replica in Vegas? Hope your marriage is still as beautiful as the first day! :) Hi! Love your site…especially since you posted a photo of the recreation of one of my favorite fountains in the whole world. Fifth photo down, caption reads, “All hail the great Shopimus Maximus!”….this is the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy (known as “La Fontana di Trevi” in Italian). I have been there uncountable times over the past 3 years and each time I fall more in love with it. The legend says if you toss 2 coins into the fountain, one day you will return to Rome…I wonder if the same applies to the replica in Vegas? Hope your marriage is still as beautiful as the first day! :)

]]> By: N. Santos http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-12555 N. Santos Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:42:26 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-12555 I have been a lurker on your site and I have been following your wedding planning stories. Congratulations!!!! My husband and I have been married for over ten years and I just want to let you know that whatever you have planned to do on your wedding day or think you will mess up on certain things, nobody will know. You and your fiance planned this special day and it is yours. No one is going to know what is on your agenda for that day. Just enjoy it and remember every details. I have talked to friends who told me that everything was a blur for them because they were so stressed out. Congratulations once again and I can't wait to see pictures of the actual day and your sister's shawl!!! I have been a lurker on your site and I have been following your wedding planning stories. Congratulations!!!! My husband and I have been married for over ten years and I just want to let you know that whatever you have planned to do on your wedding day or think you will mess up on certain things, nobody will know. You and your fiance planned this special day and it is yours. No one is going to know what is on your agenda for that day. Just enjoy it and remember every details. I have talked to friends who told me that everything was a blur for them because they were so stressed out. Congratulations once again and I can’t wait to see pictures of the actual day and your sister’s shawl!!!

]]> By: Lara http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-12345 Lara Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:52:07 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-12345 A ceremony that is "you" is absolutely worth it - so much better than a cookie cutter ceremony on the spur of the moment. One of the best things to look back on is being surrounded by all your favourite people, as another commenter said - all wishing the best for you. It's a feeling you will never have in your lifetime again. A ceremony that is “you” is absolutely worth it - so much better than a cookie cutter ceremony on the spur of the moment.

One of the best things to look back on is being surrounded by all your favourite people, as another commenter said - all wishing the best for you. It’s a feeling you will never have in your lifetime again.

]]> By: MonicaPDX http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-12134 MonicaPDX Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:01:06 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-12134 Um, I can't say as to the traditional wedding, since mine wasn't at all traditional... And I've *gotta* make that post about mine this week, just for you. ;) There will be a few things that may make you rethink re the craziness. [eg] The photos - ohh, man. What *is* that 'sculpture' supposed to be?! No, don't answer; I'm already seeing it as something out of a Conan movie, my imagination is horrible enough, LOL. (I swear, I see ribs. Or snake skeletons. Something. Someone must've been channeling Howard, H.P. Lovecraft or both.) But welcome back - missed you! - and courage! Try not to murder any bridal industry enthusiasts, ok? A honeymoon on the lam just doesn't sound quite the thing. Um, I can’t say as to the traditional wedding, since mine wasn’t at all traditional… And I’ve *gotta* make that post about mine this week, just for you. ;) There will be a few things that may make you rethink re the craziness. [eg]

The photos - ohh, man. What *is* that ’sculpture’ supposed to be?! No, don’t answer; I’m already seeing it as something out of a Conan movie, my imagination is horrible enough, LOL. (I swear, I see ribs. Or snake skeletons. Something. Someone must’ve been channeling Howard, H.P. Lovecraft or both.)

But welcome back - missed you! - and courage! Try not to murder any bridal industry enthusiasts, ok? A honeymoon on the lam just doesn’t sound quite the thing.

]]> By: Laura Sue http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-12094 Laura Sue Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:37:30 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-12094 Any celebration or festival is hectic. The planning thereof is above and beyond one's normal life which is usually hectic enough already. Why do we do it? Because it IS a celebration or a festival. The work beforehand is to make the event stand out as different, as special. Your wedding day is NOT just another day. You make VOWS to each other on that day. That's something you don't do again, ever. The work beforehand to make it stand out will be worth it. Mine was. Oh, BTW, I'm here because of your S4 pattern that someone just linked to on the Big Girl Knits list serve. Awesome pattern! (I'm a SM--tee hee.) So I'm glad I came over to your blog and I'm glad I came today. I loved my wedding--small, family, traditional. I wouldn't trade it, the memories, the pictures, the special sharing of it between just the two of us in the years after--of which there have been 12--, for anything. Any celebration or festival is hectic. The planning thereof is above and beyond one’s normal life which is usually hectic enough already. Why do we do it? Because it IS a celebration or a festival. The work beforehand is to make the event stand out as different, as special. Your wedding day is NOT just another day. You make VOWS to each other on that day. That’s something you don’t do again, ever. The work beforehand to make it stand out will be worth it. Mine was. Oh, BTW, I’m here because of your S4 pattern that someone just linked to on the Big Girl Knits list serve. Awesome pattern! (I’m a SM–tee hee.) So I’m glad I came over to your blog and I’m glad I came today. I loved my wedding–small, family, traditional. I wouldn’t trade it, the memories, the pictures, the special sharing of it between just the two of us in the years after–of which there have been 12–, for anything.

]]> By: Shelda http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-12081 Shelda Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:01:16 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-12081 Well, having been married, though not in a very long time, I have to say that all the problems of the marriage aside, the wedding still stands out in my mind as a highlight. The wedding itself was not without its problems (the bride, for instance, was ten minutes late). I kid you not (insert heavy sigh here). There was all sorts of attendant craziness, right up to the last minute. Times when I wanted to "go screaming down the road" (and maybe should have, given all that followed). But I also know that I felt so *loved* that day, and by everyone there. There was a quite palpable feeling of good will and good wishes, and I enjoyed it immensely. It is truly a family celebration, and I will hope for you that it all seems worth it afterwards. Well, having been married, though not in a very long time, I have to say that all the problems of the marriage aside, the wedding still stands out in my mind as a highlight.

The wedding itself was not without its problems (the bride, for instance, was ten minutes late). I kid you not (insert heavy sigh here). There was all sorts of attendant craziness, right up to the last minute. Times when I wanted to “go screaming down the road” (and maybe should have, given all that followed).

But I also know that I felt so *loved* that day, and by everyone there. There was a quite palpable feeling of good will and good wishes, and I enjoyed it immensely. It is truly a family celebration, and I will hope for you that it all seems worth it afterwards.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-11920 Jennifer Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:28:26 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-11920 The frescoes remind me of an 80s-era Doonesbury, in which Donald Trump is commissioning a replica of the Sistine Chapel, and exhorts the artist to "put some hooters on those nymphs!" Having never been married, I can't tell you why the wedding will be worth it, except to say that overall you seem much more engaged (no pun intended) and interested in doing this wedding up right than you ever seemed about the beginning of your starter marriage. The frescoes remind me of an 80s-era Doonesbury, in which Donald Trump is commissioning a replica of the Sistine Chapel, and exhorts the artist to “put some hooters on those nymphs!”

Having never been married, I can’t tell you why the wedding will be worth it, except to say that overall you seem much more engaged (no pun intended) and interested in doing this wedding up right than you ever seemed about the beginning of your starter marriage.

]]> By: Romi http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-11882 Romi Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:02:50 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-11882 Ummmmm...is this a trick question? ;) Ummmmm…is this a trick question? ;)

]]> By: Susan http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-11808 Susan Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:38:02 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/06/05/las_vegas/#comment-11808 Um . . . 'cause your mom will kill you if you elope? At least, that was my main motivation. Oh, and we couldn't decide between Shaft and Elvis, anyway. Just remember: even if the wedding is crazy, and seems to be more about everyone (and everything) other than you, the marriage is all about you. The best part of getting married is that then, you *are* married, and the wedding craziness goes away. At least until you try to pick the photos to go in the wedding album. :) Um . . . ’cause your mom will kill you if you elope? At least, that was my main motivation. Oh, and we couldn’t decide between Shaft and Elvis, anyway.

Just remember: even if the wedding is crazy, and seems to be more about everyone (and everything) other than you, the marriage is all about you. The best part of getting married is that then, you *are* married, and the wedding craziness goes away.

At least until you try to pick the photos to go in the wedding album. :)

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