everyone dances at weddings

michelle and nelson's wedding was yesterday at the crystal ballroom. it was awesome. michelle looked gorgeous in her red dress. grandpa out-danced all of us. he was a great lead and i had so much fun dancing with him. it was rad to visit with david. he's really enjoying school in eugene and it's fun to have another journalism major in the family. we talked a lot about how michelle, jeff, greg and i used to torture him and brianne when we were all kids. we blamed jeff for our fears about forests and big empty barns. katie and i had a room at the ace hotel. i ended up going to wilsonville for the night after we got booted from the crystal ballroom, so i didn't get to spend the night there. but it's a totally rad hotel and i definitely recommend it. i met travis murray's twin. spitting image, i kid you not. his twin didn't care but i thought it was hysterical. i drank crappy beer with jeff and brianne and their friends until the sun came up. i had a blast. awesome wedding. loved hanging out with all my northwest family and extended family. it was rad. i don't want to leave.

i'm leaving my heart in portland.


i love coming from an italian family. we always have such good food. and then we sit around the table forever after we're done eating telling stories.


katie and i thought it would be funny to jump on the beds at the ace hotel.


it looked fun when katie did it, so i wanted to try. it wasn't as fun as it looked because the bed wasn't very cushy.


there's a bunch of books and records that you can help yourself to in the lobby at the ace hotel. katie checked out the tunes while we were waiting for coffee from stumptown next door.