{"id":536,"date":"2006-08-29T11:24:17","date_gmt":"2006-08-29T15:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/blog\/?p=536"},"modified":"2006-08-29T11:24:17","modified_gmt":"2006-08-29T15:24:17","slug":"ryan-and-rachel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/2006\/08\/29\/ryan-and-rachel\/","title":{"rendered":"ryan and rachel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ok, that was a pretty damn fine weekend.<\/p>\n

Mark, Coop<\/a>, and I headed out to Van to meet up with a whack of others for Ryan and Rachel’s wedding<\/a>, a spot of drinking, and general catching up with a bunch of friends. <\/p>\n

The flight out was pretty good, but Air Canada managed to separate our bags from us (despite the planes being 50 feet apart – maybe those stupid=short connection times need some review, hey Mapleflot?), so they showed up a little later. Our hotel had a pretty decent view<\/a>, and was close to food and beer, so it was all good.<\/p>\n

On Friday Rachel and Ryan had a meet and greet at Shebeen<\/a>, a whisky bar behind the Irish Heather in gastown. The Guinness was extra cold, the apetizers were tasty (and plentiful!), and the company was stellar. I begged off a little early because of a sore back that needed a lie-down, but it was a great evening.<\/p>\n

After a bit of a sleep-in on Saturday we met up at Slickity Jim’s on Main Street (at Broadway) with Anat<\/a> and her little ones, the (in)famous jhawke<\/a>, and the mightyjc<\/a> for some excellent foodicles. Bellys stuffed, we eventually made our way over to James’<\/a> and then onward to Queen Elizabeth Park for a round of disc golf<\/a> where we were joined by friends and family. The evening was spent at the Atlantic Trap and Gill, where we met up with some guildies<\/a> and ex-Ingenia-ites for some food, beverages, and… err… cupcakes.<\/p>\n

Sunday was the main event at the Cole Harbour Community Centre for the ceremony, and an excellent reception at the yacht club. I have a tonne of pictures, but they require a bunch of processing as well as editorial approval from Rachel and Ryan. It was a great time, and the laid-back-have-fun mentality that (typically \ud83d\ude09 ) defines both Rachel and Ryan shone through… although that may be the open bar talking. We closed the place down shooting the breeze while enjoying the view<\/a>.<\/p>\n

05:15 came way too early yesterday – my first words were “shit, I’m still drunk” – but we made it to the airport and back to Ottawa without incident. Last night was an early night, and I think I’ll need a couple days to completely recover. It was an excellent time, and was wholly enjoyable. I have many more pics that will make their way over to my flickr account<\/a> in the coming days, so have a boo this weekend.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Rachel and Ryan for a great time, to Coop and Bobo for a great weekend, and to everyone else we met up with while in Vancouver; ’twas awesome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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