10-14-2022, 11:04 PM
Not in the party; that’s for young people. Had a hotel/beach cabana late lunch. Ran into Dino, who joined us. Beach is very beautiful in that White Sand sorta way. People in/around the pool look like Tiger King cosplayers. The skin cancer out here must be weighed in pounds. Lots of plastic surgery, lots of fleshy white people. I’m woefully under-tattoo’d. Long discussion of how Florida is in the south, but not Southern. H’s mom & her family are from the Everglades, and H spent her Summers in Miami for a chunk of her childhood.
Went to meet/greet. All out doors, weather cooling off to pleasant temps. Fencers grouped together, predictably. Some tension when Greg M showed up, as he/Dino ended on bad terms. Polite was achieved, but Dino retired early.
Bride-Fam had a sing-a-long planned on the beach. Bride-Fam are super nice, but hippy-liberal-christians. Bride-Dad is a pastor, Bride-Mom was also, but left church due to hypocrisy of adherents & clergy. Because: Florida, some yokel was already on the beach preaching gospel with a mike & a speaker in front of a self-made driftwood cross. Failing sunlight cut the song list short. The sunset was spectacular. The party retreated to upstairs bar/restaurant. More booze & food followed. Both Bride-Fam & Groom-Fam are genuinely nice folks. Booze did not change that. Tomorrow is the Big Event. Afterwards, H has planned a Waffle House run.
Went to meet/greet. All out doors, weather cooling off to pleasant temps. Fencers grouped together, predictably. Some tension when Greg M showed up, as he/Dino ended on bad terms. Polite was achieved, but Dino retired early.
Bride-Fam had a sing-a-long planned on the beach. Bride-Fam are super nice, but hippy-liberal-christians. Bride-Dad is a pastor, Bride-Mom was also, but left church due to hypocrisy of adherents & clergy. Because: Florida, some yokel was already on the beach preaching gospel with a mike & a speaker in front of a self-made driftwood cross. Failing sunlight cut the song list short. The sunset was spectacular. The party retreated to upstairs bar/restaurant. More booze & food followed. Both Bride-Fam & Groom-Fam are genuinely nice folks. Booze did not change that. Tomorrow is the Big Event. Afterwards, H has planned a Waffle House run.
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.