KT's sprendanwedding photos
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001
- legoballoon1.jpg, legoballoon2.jpg - Two views of a balloon made entirely of LEGOTM bricks at the LEGOTM Store in the Mall of America.
- legobronto.jpg - A Brontosaurus made of LEGOTM bricks. Or maybe it's a Diplodocus...
- legostego.jpg - A Stegosaurus made of LEGOTM bricks, next to the Brontosaurus.
- skate-o-saurus.jpg - A star-spangled skating dinosaur at the LEGOTM Store.
- dinoskates.jpg - Closeup of Skateosaurus's skates.
- benchwarmerbobs.jpg - Benchwarmer Bob's Sports Cafe, the restaurant I met Brendan, spot, Varro and OyVey at for dinner on Thursday evening.
- brenspot-bwb.jpg - Brendan and spot at Benchwarmer Bob's, at a table out on the patio. The drink closest to the camera is MINE! Nooo touchie!
- oyveyvarro-bwb.jpg - OyVey and Varro at Benchwarmer Bob's.
- beer-at-bobs.jpg - Varro sips a beer and OyVey enjoys an Irish cream or something at Benchwarmer Bob's.
- switchseats.jpg - To try to get away from the cigarette smoke, I've switched places with Brendan. That's the party of smokers behind him.
Friday, Aug. 10, 2001
- cheapskate1.jpg - Proof that Coon Rapids is populated by raccoons: Here's one skating!
- cheapskate2.jpg - Another skating raccoon, this one on inline skates. My aunt Judy saw these pictures and said "Oh, the drug haven of Coon Rapids!" I suppose it's one of those "faded glory" things.
- tug-grounds.jpg - This view of the grounds around the Minnesota Science Center can be seen from the wheel room of the tugboat drydocked on the roof.
- tug-mississippi.jpg - The Mississippi River, as seen from the tugboat atop the Science Center. Say, there's a paddlewheeler down there!
- cretin-ave.jpg - The dumbest street in the Twin Cities, Cretin Ave.! Brendan says this sign was once vandalized with green paint to read "Cretin Vandals". (Actually, I may be the cretin, for trying to drive and take pictures at the same time.)
- graveyard.jpg - Aunt Judy and Uncle Dave wander through a graveyard in Minneapolis, looking for the gravestones of eleven soldiers from the Civil War and WWI.
- dave-grave.jpg - Uncle Dave peers at a gravestone, trying to read its inscription.
- judy-grave.jpg - Aunt Judy checks the name on an obelisk-shaped monument against her list of old soldiers.
Saturday, Aug. 11, 2001
- courthouse.jpg - The historic courthouse in Stillwater, MN, where Brendan and spot had a lovely outdoor wedding on the lawn.
- varro-amy-spot.jpg - Varro, OyVey and spot congregate on the steps of the Historic Courthouse.
- cheryl-cg.jpg - CanuckGuy and his wife, Cheryl. Interestingly, CanuckGuy's RL name is Dave. Cheryl and Dave! My cousin Cheryl's husband is also a Dave!
- cap-lari.jpg - Captain and Lari "TaxiGirl", still together!
- neu-cap-lari.jpg - Neuracnu, Captain and Lari stand outside the Courthouse and wait for the ceremony to start.
- rhia-dress.jpg - Rhia sits inside the Courthouse, wearing her bridesmaid dress and apparently being too nervous to avoid blinking when I took this picture.
- beth-justin.jpg - Justin's girlfriend Beth, and Justin's girlfriend Beth's boyfriend Justin. Did he blink? I think he blinked.
- justin-ch.jpg - Justin Mansfield, the Mad Latinist, upstairs in the courthouse.
- chilly-ch.jpg - Chilly at the courthouse, in a kawaii Asian dress.
- dk-neu.jpg - Canuck Guy David Kendall makes coyote ears behind Neuracnu on the steps of the courthouse.
- chilly.jpg - Chilly outside the courthouse.
- group-bjcnlc.jpg - Some friends of the bride and groom: Beth, Justin, Chilly, Neu, Lari and Captain.
- brendan-walkdown.jpg - Brendan walks down the aisle, marked out by a cloth on the ground.
- brendanring.jpg - Spot places the ring on Brendan's finger (with some difficulty).
- brenspot-walkback1.jpg - Brendan and spot walk back up the aisle together.
- brenspot-walkback2.jpg - Brendan and spot continue walking to the back of the assembly.
- oyvey-walkback.jpg - OyVey walks back up the aisle, trying not to trip in her high-heeled shoes.
- justinvarro-walkback.jpg - Justin and Varro walk back up the aisle.
- grapeycake.jpg - The wedding cake, decked out with grapes.
- cutcake.jpg, cutcake2.jpg (NEW!) - Brendan and spot cut the cake, as friends and family watch. Will the bride smoosh the cake in the groom's face? (Yup.)
- cuttedcake.jpg - Brendan and spot's grapey wedding cake, after being sliced into and laid out for further consumption.
- brenspot-table.jpg - Brendan and spot upstairs at the courthouse, during the reception. Hey guys, how come you look so nervous? The ceremony's over!
- justinbeth-oyvey.jpg - Justin and Beth enjoy themselves at the reception while OyVey walks by.
- zac.jpg - Brendan's friend since even before he got on the internet, Zac.
- rhia-neu.jpg - Rhia and Neuracnu at the reception. Neu seems to be wondering if rhia's had a bit too much wine.
- sprendan-chilly.jpg - Brendan and spot talk to Chilly after the reception, perhaps discussing their plans for where to go next.
- jb-elevator.jpg - A sign downstairs at the Historic Courthouse: "Best Wishes, Jill and Brendan Elevator." Elevator?! I thought his last name was Dunn!
- pottyphone.jpg - Neu's hotel room at the Holiday Inn Express in Hudson, WI had a telephone in the potty! A TELEPHONE in the POTTY!! "Hi, Mom, guess where I am!"
- lisatattoo.jpg - Varro's Lisa tattoo. Yup, it's still there!
Sunday, Aug. 12, 2001
- charlie.jpg - Uncle Dave and Aunt Judy's dog Charlie.
- davej-charlie.jpg - Dave Johnson scritches Charlie between the ears.
- cookout1.jpg - Cousin-in-law Dave (Johnson) grills chicken breasts while Uncle Dave (Rich) helps with the sauce.
- cookout2.jpg - Charlie looks on hungrily and hopes Dave will drop something. Not likely, Charlie.
- davej-bread.jpg - At Sunday dinner on the patio, Dave Johnson dips a bit of bread in the olive oil, while the barbecue smokes merrily away behind him.
- cheryl-dave.jpg - My cousin Cheryl and her husband, Dave Johnson.
- uncledave-camera.jpg - After dinner, Uncle Dave and I get into a photographing duel.
- judyblinks.jpg - Aunt Judy on the patio after dinner. Did she blink? I think she blinked.
Monday, Aug. 13, 2001
- uncledave-drydock.jpg - Uncle Dave on the patio at the Dry Dock Cafe in downtown Minneapolis.
- cheryl-drydock.jpg - Cheryl, who works at the Dry Dock Cafe, stops by our table to ask how's the food. (It was yummy!)
- drydockcafe.jpg - The patio of the Dry Dock Cafe. It has tables indoors, but it was a nice day, so we sat outside.
- coneblock.jpg - One of the giant cone-shaped blocks flanking the entrance to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The Sculpture Garden brochure says: "Martin Puryear's sculpture was made from granite quarried in Cold Spring, Minnesota. Each piece was placed in a lathe and sharpened like A GIANT PENCIL!"
- coneblock-jdm.jpg - Justin stands in front of the other cone-shaped block, which was also placed in a lathe and sharpened like A GIANT PENCIL.
- donewithmirrors.jpg - Justin and I merge into each other! How is this done? (See next photo to find out.)
- donewithmirrors2.jpg - It's done with half-silvered mirrors, in Dan Graham's Two-way Mirror Punched Steel Hedge Labyrinth.
- bunnybell.jpg - This rabbit seems eager to eat the cherry on the spoon! "Hare on Bell on Portland Stone Piers" by Barry Flanagan.
- spoonbridge1.jpg - "Spoonbridge and Cherry", by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.
- spoonbridge2.jpg - Spoonbridge and Cherry seen end-on. (This picture looks a bit odd because it was put together from two photographs.)
- ducks1.jpg, ducks2.jpg - Ducks! There are ducks in the pond around the Spoonbridge! They like to take a shower in the runoff from the cherry, which spouts water onto itself from the tip of the stem.
- bendthespoon.jpg - Justin tries out his Uri Geller-like mental powers on the Spoonbridge.
- bridgespoon.jpg - Two bridges at the Sculpture Garden: The Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge and the Spoonbridge. (Note: Only one may actually be used as a bridge.)
- nautilus.jpg - Nautilus, by Charles Ginnever. A steel sculpture.
- justin-nautilus.jpg - Justin poses in front of Nautilus.
- nautilus-thru.jpg - A close-up of Nautilus, looking through the largest of its slits.
- molecule.jpg - "Molecule", by Mark di Suvero. Why this sculpture is called "Molecule" I have no idea.
- x-columns.jpg - "X With Columns", by Sol LeWitt. Looks sorta like an inside-out library building.
- tents-on-poles.jpg - A bizarre installation made of what appear to be floorless tents raised high on poles in the layout of some grand mansion, with beaded cords hanging down from the crossbeams. "Rites-of-Way" by Nari Ward.
- tentsfront.jpg - The "front entrance" of Rites-of-Way. We actually didn't see this until we'd thoroughly explored the interior of the structure, which we'd entered from the side by "crashing through a wall", pushing some beaded cords aside and stepping in.
- tentpackages.jpg - Inside the tents at the ends of the installation, wrapped packages addressed with little rectangular designs instead of words dangle from the roof.
- tentpics.jpg - Inside the rest of the tents, pictures of lots of odd objects and diagrams decorate the walls.
- doublecurve.jpg - "Double Curve" by Ellsworth Kelly. I wonder if this piece was inspired by the World Trade Center...
- doublecurve-jdm.jpg - Justin peeks out from the gap between the two tall metal slabs of Double Curve.
- nonsum-nonfui-noncuro.jpg - The back of Justin's shirt, which says in Latin, "I am not, I was not, I don't care."
- coatmouth.jpg - It's... a bronze coat... and a white marble chin with lips... okkaaaaaay. "Without Words" by Judith Shea.
- cartoonvulture.jpg - Jacques Lipchitz's sculpture Prometheus Strangling the Vulture II resembles the style of pre-Columbian art from South America, but also has a cartoony look to it! Also, that's quite a pompadour Prometheus is sporting.
- conservatory.jpg - The Cowles Conservatory, a greenhouse at the edge of the Sculpture Garden.
- glassfish.jpg - Frank Gehry's "Standing Glass Fish", inside the Cowles Conservatory. The Conservatory was closed at the time (it was Monday), so I had to photograph the fish through the window. Sort of like an aquarium!
- bikebridge.jpg - The Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge across the freeway to the Sculpture Garden, commonly called the bike bridge.
- bikebridge-jdm.jpg - Justin on the bike bridge.
- overfreeway.jpg - Interstate 94 as seen from the bike bridge. Don't drop your camera!
- 94tunnel.jpg - Interstate 94 vanishes beneath the surface of downtown Minneapolis inside this tunnel, visible from the bike bridge.
- stickhorse.jpg - The second little pig built his horse out of sticks! "Woodrow" by Deborah Butterfield. (And according to the Sculpture Garden map, these sticks are made of bronze cast from real sticks and branches!)
- nudewoman.jpg - We saw a nude woman in the sculpture garden! (Okay, so she's one of the sculptures...)
- rainf-ca.jpg, forest-fe.jpg - Animals peeking out from around the Rainforest Cafe sign at the Mall of America. That jaguar looks like he's saying "OW! Get off my foot, ya big ape!"
- giraffe-rfc.jpg - A giraffe at the Rainforest Cafe, or more precisely, on the wall outside the Rainforest Cafe.
- pennygator.gif - A mechanical alligator that eats pennies at the Rainforest Cafe. (Animated GIF)