Joey on the trolley from The Drake to Gibson’s
Wedding Cake
Sake Keg
Seating
Dinner Menu
Pretty flowers on the table.
Doug & Naoko breaking open the sake keg.
Sake Ceremony
Sake Ceremony
Doug, Naoko, Heather
Naoko
Masu – Sake cup
Jeff’s Speech
Dallas
Naoko & Doug
Brad, Josh, Aly, Dallas
Brad & Mandy
Josh & Aly
Rachelle
Josh, Aly, Dallas, Rachelle
Dallas & Rachelle
Josh, Brad, Dallas
Josh, Brad, Dallas
Danny, Josh, Darren, Miko, Scotty, Dallas, Brad
Glenna & Brad
Lori
Lori
Sake!
Doug
Dallas & Rachelle
Uncle, Aly, Josh, Brad, Peggie
Glenna, BB, Dallas, Uncle
Chris, underaged sake server
Chris & Dallas
Dallas + Cute Baby
Dallas + Cute Baby
Dallas + Cute Baby
Dallas + Cute Baby
Filet Mignon and potatoes
Naoko
Doug & Naoko
Doug & Naoko
Naoko & Doug’s wedding continued on as all guests were trollied (our trolley was named Elvis) from The Drake Hotel to Gibson’s Steakhouse. Joey was on our trolley and got on the mic to give us a drunken “Doug is my best friend and I never thought I’d see him get married, I’m so happy” speech combined with a White Sox World Series score update. It was pretty funny. At Gibson’s, after getting drinks and being seated, there was a sake ritual with a KEG of sake and traditional wooden sake cups called masu. Have you ever seen a KEG of sake? It’s A LOT.
The dinner and party were tons of fun, but here’s a tip: eating a grilled cheese at noon.. then later on having a ton of drinks and not eating dinner til like 10pm isn’t a very good idea. Especially when you’re sitting at a table with some underagers who wind up out-drinking you. And also when there’s a lot of banzai and kampai toasts going on. Not so great. Some people might have even drank so much, so fast that they got scolded for helping themselves to liquor behind the bar and couldn’t even remember the steak they ate from the best steakhouse in the city.. the one they’d been looking forward to for weeks… and then that person might have had to be the first to leave the party! But that wasn’t me. My steak was yum yum and so were the cheesy scalloped potatoes with the.. eh.. crunchy stuff. Really good. And the sake was probably the best I’ve ever had.
So this was the last wedding in the Rachelle & Dallas wedding circuit this year. Each one was very different from the others and was really a lot of fun… but honestly, I’m glad this was the last one.. and so glad it was local! To show the diversity of the weddings this year – here are links to them -
2005 Weddings
» Tweeny & Josh’s wedding in an art museum in Washington DC
» Jen & Matt’s causual wedding at a large country house in Illinois
» Tandy & Chris’s tropical outdoor wedding on Kaua’i
» Megan & Scott’s more traditional, slightly Jewish wedding in Peoria
» Naoko & Doug’s classic Chicago wedding that mixed American, Buddhist & Japanese traditions
