wedding, biscuitville style

jim + emily walking to their first dance

last weekend we hit the wedding of our friends emily beavers and jim herndon. they had the most gorgeous, elegant southern-style wedding that i have ever attended or even heard of.

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the wedding ceremony was held in duke chapel, truly one of the most gorgeous pieces of architecture in the South. emily walked down the world's long aisle (it took like 14 minutes and a brief water break). the chapel epitomizes the neo-gothic style of the entire duke campus. click here to read more about the architecture. the berini and citrini families of stonecutters built the chapel. most significantly, duke chapel was designed by julian abele, a heroic but relatively unknown figure in american history.considered the first african-american architect in us history, he never even got to set foot in the duke chapel due to segregation laws. what a crying shame. on a similar historical note, the woman who played mamie in gone with the wind was not allowed to attend watch the premiere at atlanta's own fox theater b/c of segregation laws. unbelievable.

after the ceremony we hopped on a chartered bus for the drive across the triangle to raleigh. the reception was outdoors at a rustic b&b (not sure what the rain plan was--hurricane ophelia missed us by 36 hours). i love outdoor weddings in the south. great food, especially the pork tenderloin with mango chutney. a minimal number of sappy wedding songs. i don't think i heard celebration or the electric slide. the dj did play cotton-eyed-joe. i don't care for it, but it was funny to watch a lot of yankees doing the banjo dance.

at the end of the night they jumped in a convertible and cruised off. we got our drunk asses on the bus back to the hotel. the trip concluded appropriately with a breakfast visit to biscuitville, a fast food joint dedicated to biscuits.

did corned beef ever leave?

we drove back with our new and very cool friends katie and david howard. they even put up with my nerdy word games. they're remodeling the house in which david grew up. i'm hoping to get some pictures of it soon. but for now, a nice pic of the howards:

katie + david

since emily and jim got engaged around the same time that mrs. wintermute and i did, we've largely planned our weddings in parallel. it's been fun to trade planning stories. hmm, not sure what we'll talk about from now on. it's been a year of weddings: seven and counting. one more to go next month.

emily and jim make a really good looking couple, so i'll leave you with a few of my favorite pics:

jim just after the ceremony. i went for the schindler's list effect (all black & white except for one spot of red color) with this one and it turned out nicely

emily + her dad right after the ceremony. the wind is about to blow off her veil and they're deciding whether to move the photos indoors and you could tell it was such a proud moment for her dad