The wedding cake has been cut, everyone is hanging out eating cupcakes and chatting, on a gorgeous, slightly stormy day in Longview Washington. A group is forming back in the field near the arch where the ceremony was held. The groom gets told to go out there for a surprise.
As I follow Adam and Melanie across the field, I hear him tell her that it’s something he started at his best man’s wedding, but he doesn’t remember what they are referring to. The bride and groom join their friends. One of the groomsmen is holding a bottle of Bacardi 151 and a can of coke.
The bride and groom’s friends are in a circle, of about twenty people. Each one passed the bottle and gave a toast to the couple. It was wonderfully silly, fun, and endearing.
