I think because the ceremony was a bit more emotional than most people expected, the party started off quietly, with lots of hugging. I think it was especially moving for the gay couples there, as this was still a very novel event, Vermont being the first state in the US that allowed gay marriages (well, technically civil unions, but I like to remember it as a wedding and ignore the legalese). But the liquor from Ari's wine cellar flowed liberally and everybody got very jolly very quickly.

And, finally, the main event. I don't remember much except that I cried throughout most of the ceremony, and wedding crying being contagious, most of the guests did too. Our minister was a former Catholic priest, who went to Central America to minister to various rebel groups, then fell in love with a nun, left the church and is now a Unitarian minister. With that kind of background, the religious part of the ceremony was mercifully short. We finished with a popular Bangkok song by Lighthouse Family, and then the drinking began.