October 10, 2004
Cindy and Allen's Wedding
The actual wedding was held at the Dunsmuir Historical Estate in Oakland, but my day started much earlier than that. For the record, the ladies actually started at 6AM to start doing their hair and makeup, so I will not complain much more, since I didn't start until a little past 9AM. Ok, I started off even later than that, but in my rush, I got to my meeting place right on time. My first task of the day was to pick up lunch for the wedding party, as the actual wedding cermony was not to start until 2:30 in the afternoon. I met and picked up my friend Wing-Chi from her hotel, and proceeded to Downtown Oakland. .....and which the fun began!
I was not too familiar with Oakland, and Wing-chi was from Vancouver, so I definitely knew I was going to be in trouble when I missed my intended freeway exit and then got lost off the next exit. In all, we snaked all the way from the Berkeley-Oakland border back down to Oakland Chinatown, through all the local backroads, streets, and alleys, finally reaching our destination. At least Wing-Chi was nice, and passed it off as all Americans drove like I did. If so, I believe we're all in trouble.
Here are some candid pictures from throughout the day.
Pre-Ceremony
Wedding Party Photos
Wedding Ceremony
Pre-Dinner Clowning Around
Dinner reception at Yank Sing Chinese Restuarant
Unfortunately, this was where my camera battery started to die. So I do not have very many pictures from dinner. Suffice it to say the lobster was excellent. However, this does not mean the end of the fun. Guess who "had a little too much drink" and started to drool in his rented tuxedo, and had everybody take pictures with him?
The lovely bride, minus all the hair clips and 10 pounds of bobby pins
