11.03.06
Going to the Chapel…..
and we got married! At a cute little chapel and home to the first Elvis wedding ceremony!
While in Las Vegas, we toured the local casinos. What a colorful town!
My favorite site was right outside the Luxor Hotel and Casino. This Sphinx is over 35 feet taller than the original! Although we didn’t go up it, the Stratosphere was a prominent landmark of our trip.
Additionally, we saw The Bodies Exhibition at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino. It was a walk through all the organs and systems in the human body. All the figures used are real cadavers that have been plasticized with silicone and will never decay. The most astounding part was the circulatory system. They teased away all of the blood vessels and disposed of the organs and skin, so that the human body could only be seen by the outline of the blood vessels. Outstanding! My two major complaints about the exhibit (and I may have missed this with our speeding tour through it) is that they did not reference the Lymphatic/Immune System, which is one of the most important reasons I’m still alive with this cold, and some of the structures were labeled with the technical term, but not the layman’s term. For example, the jejunum. If you don’t know that it is part of the small intestine, you can’t relate that piece to your own body. I will stop being a bio nerd now….Since that time, Big J and I have found out that Bodies Exhibit may be a nock-off to the Body Worlds Exhibit, by Gunther Von Hagens, now in Minnesota. Its a pity, but what can you do.
Due to the exhilaration, or perhaps the exhaustion of the trip, we didn’t take a lot of photos. The chapel would not even allow pictures inside. However, if you would like to see our wedding photos, with Elvis himself, email me.
Despite the lack of photos, I did, however, get some excellent souvenirs! A classic t-shirt with Siegfried & Roy’s white tigers, which will be an excellent addition to my state t-shirt collection (I’m going to pretend Las Vegas is the whole state of Nevada, sorry EM, DZ, & AZ. I’m sure Ely is a wonderful place, but I might never be there). I also forced JM to buy “Fabulous Las Vegas” magnets with our names on it. Awh, isn’t it sweet.
After a whirlwind trip, we celebrated our recent nuptials with a chocolate cake toast, courtesy of the Prickly-Pear Restaurant. Here’s to a happy marriage!
jane said,
November 4, 2006 at 9:41 am
WOW SLAM RUSH
One of the best things that ever happened in my whole life just flew by me!
Another strong and powerful woman has joined the tribe of MarriottWhimon!
Life just gets better and better.
This was, most most definitely, the most most ideal wedding in the whole wide world - speaking as the mother-in-law who didn’t so much as have to give a teeny weeny thought to some dress and shoes and flowers and all that stuff that makes me want to run screaming through the nearest wall. The party stuff I can handle, but being proper according to 19 different people is just out of my universe. Honestly, Elvis! Married! Halloween! Everything -In less than 24 hrs. Kinda scary! And superbly fabulous!
Thrilled and Happy,
jane
and Joe too
Deborah said,
November 5, 2006 at 11:01 am
My first blog…it’s a little like losing one’s virginity, but I don’t remember that far back!!!!! Congrats–loved the entire wedding celebration. Here’s to doing it your way!!!!
Jeri said,
November 5, 2006 at 11:52 am
And the bride wore pearls! Are those special pearls handed down?
The Rittenhouse tribe is claiming you too. Your family just grew by about a million and they all love you!
Jeri
Linda said,
November 6, 2006 at 7:59 am
Congrats to both of you - what a happy, fun event! I loved your photos, it was easy to see how happy you both are - oh - and what a beautiful couple. I too will share that I am happy to have Stacy in the family officially. Needless to say she was already rooted there but now it’s all legal.
Love you both and Dale and I wish you much happiness in your life together. xoxoxoxoxo