Here's a brief overview of the things we did during our two-week destination wedding.
Preliminary Wedding Preparation
- Dec 1992: Dulce and Michael meet on a double date
- Jan 1993: Michael asks Dulce on their first date
- Dec 1993: Michael serenades Dulce to go steady
- Jul 1996: Dulce and Michael visit Grandma on Martha's Vineyard
- Jan 2000: Michael proposes to Dulce after Rams win Super Bowl
- Jan 2000: Announce plans to marry on the Vineyard
- Mar 2000: Accompany Grandma on "recon trip" to the Vineyard
Saturday, Sept 16, 2000
- Fly from Omaha to Boston (first class) with Marcus
- Meet Flory, Ramonette, Micah at Logan Airport
- Get rental car, meet in Natick
- Lunch at Legal Seafoods
- Buy food at Sams Club
- Drive to ferry at Woods Hole
- Buzz the Bight
- Arrive at Grandma's house
Sunday, Sept 17
- Portuguese Sweet Bread for breakfast
- Drive through Vineyard Haven, Oak Bluffs
- Get groceries at Edgartown A&P
- Eat lobsters from Larsen's Fish Market
- Visit the Chilmark Dump
- Check into Rental House
- Dinner at Offshore Ale Co brewpub in Oak Bluffs
- Coffee Shop at Oak Bluffs
Monday, Sept 18
- Shop in Vineyard Haven
- Michael's Mom & Steven arrive
- Explore Gay Head, lunch at Aquinnah Restaurant
- Sample wedding cake at Cakes by Liz
- Get Swordfish from Danny, grill for dinner
Tuesday, Sept 19
- Ride to Boston to get Dulce's parents
- Meet Shella at Bus Station
- Shop at Filenes Basement
- Lunch at Faneuil Hall
- Meet Dulce's family at the airport
- Drive to Martha's Vineyard
Wednesday, Sept 20
- Meet with Rev Bodge to go over wedding
- Explore Vineyard Haven
- Dulce's Rosecuts appt
- Lunch at Black Dog
- Cassie, Jami, Jill, Lam arrive
- Michael, Marcus, and Lam to Boston for "Boys Night Out"
- Meet Micah, eat at Border Cafe
- Dulce has Bridal Party at rental house
- Grandma H, Grandpa, Dad arrive
Thursday, Sept 21
- Drive from Boston via Fall River (oops)
- Pick up tuxes at Brickman's
- Dulce visits massage therapist
- Take Dulce's family to Gay Head
- Derek, Shelby, Brian, Steph arrive
- Hubbard/Belen family dinner at Grandma's
- Mark, Martha, Mike D arrive
Friday, Sept 22
- Bridesmaids to Rosecuts
- Cassie practices with organist Virginia
- Dennis and Layne Arrive
- Dress Rehearsal at Chilmark Church
- Rehearsal Dinner at Menemsha Beach
- Clambake Assembly at Larsen's
- Set up reception tent, decorations
- Ramonette's fender-bender
- Girls assemble bridesmaids flowers
- Swordfish dinner at rental house
- Final "Mens Club" meeting
Saturday, Sept 23
- Resume tent set-up
- Wedding photos at church, Menemsha Beach
- * Wedding Ceremony *
- Wedding Reception
- Evening at Narragansett House B&B
- Nebraska 42, Iowa 13
Sunday, Sept 24
- Clean up rental house, laundry
- Clean up reception tent
- Open gifts and cards
- See everyone off
- Play football with family
- Leave Vineyard for Boston
- Check into Hilton in Dedham, meet others
Monday, Sept 25
- Breakfast at Bickford's (Apple Pancake)
- Choo Choo to Boston
- Dulce to Filenes, Michael to Harvard
- Freedom Trail, Dolce Vita, USS Constitution
- Water Shuttle cruise
- John Hancock Tower Observatory
- Shop FAO Schwarz
- Ramonette's birthday party
Tuesday, Sept 26
- Visit Harvard
- Eat at Border Cafe
- Drive up to Salem Witch Museum
- Wal Mart at Lynn
- Dinner at Prudential Food Court
Wednesday, Sept 27
- Drive to Providence, Rhode Island
- Explore city, capitol, Providence Place Mall
- Lunch at Cheesecake Factory
- Fall River factory outlets
- Meet Duriza, drive Terry to Jamaica Pond
- Return Rental Car
- Dinner at Faneuil Hall
Thursday, Sept 28
- Sleep late at Hilton
- Lunch at Korean restaurant (No meat jhun!)
- Visit Museum of Science
- Meet Micah in Natick
- Dinner at Dolphin Seafood Restaurant
- Evening at Natick Travelodge
Friday, Sept 29
- Take Framingham Bus to Logan
- Shop at Prudential Center and Copley Place
- Fly back to Omaha
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