Miscellany of a Cheshire Cat

So… for those of you not at the Halloween party, the Fop and I got married Friday, Halloween, in a quiet little ceremony with a Justice of the Peace. The bride wore charcoal jeans and a green cashmere sweater. No plans have yet been made for a honeymoon other than “um… 2009?”

And, in true obnoxious style, we made a party game out of our new legal standing at the Halloween party last night: Guess what our costume is! Many people are quite observant of little accessories like rings!

If you feel compelled to gift us (and please know that we don’t want anyone to feel obligated – it’s not like we invited you to the wedding!), we are happy to receive Crate & Barrel gift certificates. We’re saving up for an awesome couch.

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We ended up in New Hampshire and Maine this weekend, in part to search for a wedding site and in part to get me my Fall Foliage Fix.

Friday was a very gray day and it threatened to rain most of the morning and afternoon.Castle in the Clouds was gorgeous, especially in the fog and mist. We drove up the winding road quite slowly. The Fop commented that I was driving more tentatively than he thought the road warranted. I explained that I was completely distracted by the gorgeous yellows and oranges and reds on the trees and was simply driving appropriately for my level of concentration, or lack thereof. If I hadn’t been driving, there would be many many photos of the ascent. At the top we met with the events coordinator and got the tour. It’s positively beautiful up there even (or perhaps especially) when the fog limits the visibility from the top. Unfortunately, it’s just too far out of the way for people who aren’t already in New England to be a viable site. We visited an inn earlier in the day that is much more convenient to major highways and Manchester Airport, not to mention accommodations. We’re still undecided, but we’ve thought about it and discussed it more now.

This photo is of a tree behind the Carriage House at Castle in the Clouds.

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