OK,
Had to admit that I was feeling pretty good last Saturday night!
Now that it is Monday and being over any ill effects of a 3 day party, I can now talk about it in a lucid and clear manner.
The bride, Nadia, is the daughter I always wanted. She was born in Russia and adopted by my brother when she was 8 years old. When I first met her, she did not know a whole lot of English, so the first word I taught her was "Tickle". I also found out that "Disney" and "Aladdin" are words common to all languages. I shared a lot of great times with her.
The wedding started on Friday night with the rehearsal dinner. I started a family tradition a number of years ago of providing the wedding jeroboam. The bottle gets filled when I see an engagement ring, then gets served during the rehearsal dinner.
The dinner was held at an Elk's club. When I walked in with the bottle, eyes were popping out of there sockets!
When the dinner was winding down, all that was left was about a 1/2 pitcher of wine. It was easy to get that finished off. Turns out that the jeroboam was just the right amount!
Here is a pic with a normal 750ml bottle to show scale. The label turned out pretty well is I do say so.