Tony and Heather Antonacci’s wedding was last weekend in Atlanta and it was a blast! Definitely one of my best weekends in a while! Friday night, Tony and Heather had everyone over to their house. It was great catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.

Saturday night about 20 of us went to hang out at sports bar. I think the place would have been pretty dead if we’d not been there. We watched football, had a few drinks and took over the dance floor. Oh and we seemed to run into some really interesting locals everywhere we went. At this place there was this guy that was totally gone by 9:30, wore his key chain lanyard on his head and walked everywhere with his upper body tilted sideways. Oh and I almost forgot his green “You looked better on My Space shirt.” (pic) Then there were the old, groping people on the dance floor. Gross! After I left apparently there was some pretty good karaoke too.

Sunday was the wedding. It was at a really nice place called Chateau Elan about 45 minutes northeast of Atlanta. The ceremony was in a large, several story atrium with a glass roof. Heather made a dramatic entrance down a large double staircase and looked stunning! After the ceremony, we enjoyed cocktails, few selections from the winery and cheese before a lunch buffet. The reception was very nice and the couple was sent off in a clydesdale-drawn carriage!

The wedding certainly didn’t end the weekend. Sunday night we went to one of Atlanta’s finest, The Northside Tavern. To be fair, Jon Beam did tell us that it was a white trash bar, so we should have known what to expect, but I’m not sure anyone could have expected this place. I don’t know if I can capture the charm in words. It’s just the kind of place (and the people) you have to see to believe. The Fat City Wildcats were the entertainment for the night. They ended up being a pretty good blues band. I was skeptical at first after seeing a chicken crate, jaw bones, antlers and ram horns are part of the percussion. The band was certainly a sight to see, but the real show was this lady only known as the “zebra lady”. I’m not sure if she forgot her pants or if she was just wearing a dress she shouldn’t have (pic). And that wasn’t the only thing… she danced too. Have you seen the Seinfeld where Elaine dances at the office party? Well this lady was at least that bad. Spastic, freak dancing. Oh and yes there is a video :-)

So yeah, I’m still laughing over that. She really went crazy on the faster stuff! We also saw Joe Dirt there and a few of his friends. Then around 12:30 the strangest thing happened. The place blew up! People started pouring in from I don’t know where. And they didn’t exactly fit the white trash crowd. So the palce was getting really packed, so we decided to head back to Jon’s apartment to hang out. I had a morning flight, so we made it back to the hotel by 3.

Sandy, Jared, Kurt and I rode to the airport and were actually on time. Pretty good after a packed weekend with little sleep. Sandy and I were on the same flight, so it was nice to travel with her, although I was pretty much in a daze most of Monday.

Such an awesome weekend and one that I really needed since life’s been mostly work for me lately. It was great to catch up with old friends and make some new ones! I’m so happy for Tony and Heather and wish them the best!

Pictures! Thanks to Ben, Tarah and Sandy!