Ant + Elaine

Yesterday, my cousin Anthony married his longtime girlfriend Elaine at an historic house in Pasadena. They met at Cal 13 years ago, raised many pets together, and have moved back and forth between the Bay Area and L.A. numerous times.


There wasn't any garter throwing, bouquet tossing, cake cutting, or even flower girls, but my nieces made an impression with their matching Kumquat gear.


It was really hot and humid. Somehow, Angelyn and Wendy stayed cool looking while we dudes were sweaty and ragged. Wearing suits on a day like that is tough, but you have to look good at your cousin's wedding.


By the time this pic was taken, my tie was off for good. Here I am with two of Ant's best friends, George and Chi-hui. The former is on the staff of Alternative Tentacles. Crazy. The latter runs the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, and has contributed to GR mag! They were also in a band with Anthony called Chync, an all-Chinese-American Lync cover band that opened for J Church and Seam at GR's old HQ.


Here are Ant's brothers, Carey and Scott with Jamie and Angie. They sat at the front table of honor, and eventually hijacked the mic to give a hard time to Elaine for always beating up on Carey and Ant for always telling them how he paved the way for them as far as being the oldest kid and dealing with the first-time parenting. I should have piled on with some softball stories...


What's missing? A pic of the couple. I was holding the cam-corder for most of the photo ops, but I finally snapped a shot of them at a post-wedding get-together at their pad in Alta Dena. They weren't wearing rings, but they are still each other's ball-and-chain.


Congrats to an awesome cousin, ex-GR shop worker, GR softball team alum, great guy, and good friend. Good catch, Elaine!