Wedding Reflections.7

After the reception, we went back to the bed and breakfast where we were staying. We were exhausted and hoping for a quick nap. However, several of our close friends were also staying at our B and B, so instead we visited with them for a bit, before heading out to the after party--a bonfire at my parents', complete with hot dogs and marshmallows. The bonfire was perfectly peaceful and relaxed, with everyone wearing more comfortable clothes and sitting by the fire.

Then back to our bed and breakfast, where we enjoyed a lovely family-style breakfast with friends in the morning before mass. I doubt you'd find a better breakfast anywhere in Williamsport--from the fancy fruit salad, complete with local black raspberries, to the hearty meats and delicious potato/onion/roasted red pepper dish, which I clearly need the recipe for.

After church, we met up with Elizabeth Bennett and her boyfriend, who came all the way from Slovakia. We took them to Donna's, a breakfast place well-loved by my family, that I haven't been to since I was a little, little girl. There, they got to try some delicious Pennsylvania scrapple and have pancakes that were the size of the plate. Then we headed over to the Bullfrog Brewery, Williamsport's microbrewery, to try some local beer. Of course, we ran into plenty of wedding guests who were brunching there to live jazz (sadly, a bit loud--the jazz, not the guests).

We send goodbye to Bennett and her beau and headed back to the reception site to help just a little bit with undecorating, before opening some wedding presents with my parents. We were hurried because a big storm was on the horizon. Wedding presents are so much fun--from a year-long pass to the Philadelphia art museum to a lovely Slovak painting.

Then we headed back to DC--it was the longest drive ever through traffic and rain. But there was a beautiful rainbow shooting up out of the trees and a gorgeous sunset. And we finally made it home, where Francisco carried me across the threshold (which was a little tough, since the doorway is narrow, but he's very strong and managed it well).