Alexandria Trip - Part 2. (Savannah & Dan's Wedding!)

Saturday morning, Emily and I were up bright and early due to the sun beaming through our hotel window. Of course, it didn't bother Cameron and David, as they slept in until we came back from Dunkin' Donuts with breakfast and coffee.

Once everyone was up and ready, we hopped on the free trolley that runs up and down King Street towards the water where all of the shops and restaurants are. We stopped in Anthropologie because Katie told us they were having a big sale. All I picked up, was this cute little guy who I had previously posted about! He was on sale for $15!

We didn't get to spend much time shopping around because the wedding ceremony was at 2:30pm.

Introducing Mr & Mrs Brennan!

The reception wasn't until 5:30pm so a group of us stopped at the Hard Times Cafe for a beer and a snack. We were told to ask for Princess so we did, and we loved her! She was hilarious and hooked us up with chili samples, which is what they're known for. It was so good! I'll give you one guess as to what I ordered for my snack......

duh.

Gamecock lovin' in NOVA.

On to the reception..

The reception was held at the beautiful Belle Haven Country Club. Cocktail hour was on the back patio overlooking the golf course.

After cocktail hour, we walked upstairs to the ballroom where the sit-down dinner and reception were held. We walked in and immediately heard some upbeat music from the band. I really liked how they were playing fun music from the get-go rather than some snoozy jazz. Good pick of a band, Savannah, they were AWESOME!

Mini ice cream cones for dessert!

Then the party started...

Kristen & Cameron doing the lawnmower.

Savannah doing the air guitar.

Dan playing the drums. He's really good!

so sweet.

Once back at the hotel, sillyness ensued.

mid-tackle.

That would be Cameron pushing David on the luggage cart.

We then ordered a pizza, and fell asleep. I had two missed calls the next morning, a $16 charge on my debit card, and no pizza. Must have been a good night!

Kudos to you if you made it to the end of this post.

Alexandria Trip - Part 1.

This week has been a busy, sleep deprived one so I apologize in putting the re-cap off for so long!

Our trip to Alexandria, VA was a blast! I love when all most of my favorite people are in one location having a good time together! Which makes me think of how fun our wedding is going to be, no matter what happens! If all of the people we love are there, that will be all we need!

Anyway, back to the trip...

We flew into the Reagan airport around noon and were almost immediately confused tourists. The metro really threw us for a loop, until the nice attendant came to our rescue and explained everything to us. After that, the metro was actually kind of fun! I'm sure it gets old after a while though.

After we stored our bags at the hotel, we walked up King St in hopes of stumbling across a good place to eat lunch. We succeeded! We wound up eating at a place called Hank's Oyster Bar. They had some TASTY bloody mary's....but they're only for horseradish likers because you could DEFINITELY taste the horseradish.

They brought you a cute little bowl of goldfish to start off with!

And they brought you a tasty little bowl of dark chocolate at the end! I think I ate most of it.

After our lunch, we had a few hours to spare so we went into downtown DC to check out all of the tourist-y things.

That night, Savannah and Dan had a welcome party for their out of town guests at The Chart House.  It was so fun to meet Dan's side of the family and to see my friends that don't live in Charleston!

Me with the bride-to-be

The Chi O's

After the welcome party we found a bar with a great DJ and sang, danced and stayed up well past our bedtimes!

Stay tuned for part 2...