This weekend I had the honor of completing my duties as best man, for the second time. The first was July 2000 for Bob and Sandy, and I did a chump of a job. Well it really wasn't that bad, but I have always wished I could have done better. When Ryan gave me the go ahead as his best man I was determined to do the best job possible. Both Ryan and Bob have been great friends of mine over the years and I'm so glad to have to opportunity to stand up with both of them on such a special day.
Now about the strippers...
Kidding, I'm not telling you about that stuff. I will say that the Bachelor party was a hit. It ought to have been with all the fricken time I put in on it. I have counted 72 e-mails exchanged with various parties, and a lot of phone calls and text messages to get it in gear. Really the final plan wasn't all that crazy, but it just took me a lot of time to come round to it. I have to give a big shout out to Kevin and Big Ryan Caldwell. Both were instrumental in bringing the plan together and reminding me to chill out, Ryan will dig what ever we do.
I do have to mention one part of The party. We got a brewery tour of Rock Bottom brew pub, in Bethesda MD. Geoff, the brew master, was "The Man". We got the coolest tour you can imagine. Geoff was through, cool, intense and informative. We were all in awe of him, and everyone said "There is a man that loves his job!" The tour was so awesome we tried to tip the guy. I almost think we pissed him off. He did it just because he was happy to share what made good beer good, and his beer kick ass. After the tour he poured us a bunch of free beers to taste, and I gotta say. I was in heaven. It was crazy good beer.
So if you are every with in a 2 hour drive of Rock Bottom - Bethesda, stop in have have some great beer. I recommend the brown ale, or better yet taking a cab so you can try one of everything.
The day of the wedding most things went pretty smooth. A bunch of people were taking care of details, and everything just kinda happened. The reception was awesome. The location overlooking DC at night was just breathtaking. Of course there was a toast I was in charge of. This is the item I pooched at Bob's wedding. I tried to roast Bob and Sandy a bit and just sounded like a tool. So with Ryan I wanted to make sure I got it right. I worried so much about it I didn't actually start writing in until the day of the wedding. Thankfully it all came together. the toast went very well, and more importantly I felt I was able to convey to the crowd and to Ryan and Kristen, how highly I thought of them, and how exciting there future together is.
It was truly a special day.
