Ok so I'm quite behind. I am home safe and sound!!! Bu there are things that happened that I thought you all would be interested in hearing about, including the wedding :)
The wedding was amazing, and such a great cultural experience. Getting ready was half the fun, and took almost an hour and a half! To start with, makeup must be rather over the top so that took up some of my time, especially because that's something I'm not exactly used to. I would go into Auntie's room for approval and she would say, "More blush, bitte", or "More eye shadow, bitte". By the time she was satisfied I felt a bit like a drag queen but when in Rome...
Tying the sari took about half an hour, and I did not do a thing. Our cook, Lakshmi, helped all of us and it is an intricate process, let me tell you. It's an impossibly long piece of cloth that needs to be pleated, twisted and draped into a dress. Yowza. She did a fabulous job though- here is the finished product-
We had SUCH a good time! Auntie is the groom's mom's best friend (follow?) so we were treated like VIP guests, taking pictures with the bride and groom and all. The food was wonderful, everyone was so nice, and the group of us had a great time partying it up together. Here are some pictures, all courtesy of my friend Anna.
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| The ladies of the house :) |
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| Me and my gorgeous roomie |
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| Cheesin at the wedding |
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| Bride and groom in all of their glory |
James went to a friend's Mother's wedding a year or two ago, and she was as dressed up as the bride you saw, though the groom's outfit was a bit different -- with slippers where the toes curled up to a point in the front! James played a piece for that wedding, and Loyd & I got to attend because James was there!
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