Canadian girl out and aboot

Yesterday was the day of the actual wedding. Everyone else went to Filene's basement, and I just sat around and read and wrote and such. Then we all piled into rented cars, because we needed to drive from Boston to Topsfield for the wedding. After a bit of a frenzied drive, we arrived early. The wedding party was having photos done. When I saw the wedding party, I said, "Hey, there's the bridal party, er, I mean, the groomal party."

The event was held in some sort of Greek revival building which was decorated in a colonial style. It started with a tea ceremony during which Albert and Rich's relatives sat in chairs and were served tea by Albert and Rich. The relatives then whispered bits of advice to the couple. This was interesting, but took a really long time. After the tea ceremony, we went outside for the actual wedding. Gay marriage is legal in Massachusetts, and anyone can receive the power to marry others, and the government rubberstamps it. (You have to apply). Albert and Rich were married by their friend, an actor named Alecia Batson. They had a string quartet, and two aisles. There was no wedding party, just the relatives, who walked the aisles first. After this, Albert and Rich were walked down the aisles by both of their parents. They met at the front, and there were a couple of readings. After this, they said their vows, which were incredibly moving. They'd written them themselves and they were full of love, and promises. Both of them were crying, and I even started crying as well because they both looked so intense and passionate. AT the end of his speech, Rich said, "It's going to be a lot of fun," as he was bawling. This was both funny, and incredibly sweet.

At the end of the ceremony, Alecia pronounced them "legally wed" and they kissed. We then went into the building for cocktails, sour apple and chocolate martinis and an oyster bar. Then we had dinner, and champagne toasts. They hired a live band, and everyone danced- gay, straight, and people of all ethnicities. It was awesome! During some parts of the evening, Albert and Rich's relatives (male and female) took turns dancing with each of them. It was a blast. In lieu of favours, a donation had been made to MASS EQUALITY, an organization that promotes gay marriage in the state of Massachusetts. I really liked this idea.

After that, we had some drinks at a pub as the after party, then stumbled off to bed.

Well, we arrived in Boston yesterday. On the way to the plane, I glimpsed a random celebrity. In fact, I was checking in my luggage and going through security right next to her. I was trying to get B* to look at her, by widening my eyes and gesturing with my head. Finally I had to whisper about her to him, but he still didn't believe me.

I was standing next to a woman about my height, with red hair in a pony tail. She was wearing a black sweatshirt, black jeans, white converse and had chipped black nail polish on. I recognized her from her wide set blue-green eyes. B* didn't believe me, so I approached her and asked her if she was Shirley Manson. She said that she was, and I told her I enjoyed her work. She thanked me, and we went on our separate ways. She has quite a thick Scottish accent.

Our flight was uneventful, except for the really bad sweet rice that I had, and the fact that we got to watch "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", which sucked as much as I expected it to.

We travelled into the city and arrived at Harvard, which made me think of [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] and Good Will Hunting. Then B*'s friend picked us up and we spent the night at his place. I love the New England architecture and the brick streets, but find it really muggy here. The weather was much nicer today.