Wednesday was Stacey and Mark’s Wedding. It was quite a full day filled with fun, embarrassment, injury, and poisonous snails.
After eating breakfast at Shirokiya, I met up with Matt and Margaret for lunch. After wandering around for a bit, we ate at a Korean restaurant near the International Marketplace. Pretty good stuff.
The wedding took place at Ko ‘Olina. Very beautiful place to get married at. Unfortunately, it started raining really hard and it was an outdoor wedding. Large puddles everywhere. I was very glad I wore platform wedge heels. At least it wasn’t cold rain like SoCal rain.
One one of the trips to the restroom, one of the girls at the wedding party pointed out the large snails that crawl around the area. I was like, cool! Snails are cute! I picked one up and poked at it’s eyes and antenna. Later on, she comes up to me with a paper towel covered in liquid soap and tells me that they’re poisonous snails. Um. I already ate food with my hands. Yikes! I go back to the restroom to wash my hands off with the soap. Didn’t die or go into paralysis, so all is good.
When it was time for the wedding, Stacey looked stunning in her dress and make-up. Mark looked good wearing khaki pants, button up shirt and a leafy lei. I guess the guys don’t wear the standard tux like in mainland weddings. They really looked snazzy together.
When it was time for the couple’s first dance, a few of us agreed to go onto the dance floor after 20 seconds to take the focus off of Stacey and Mark. I did a good job on that. As soon as I stepped onto the dance floor, I slipped and fell right on my butt. I also injured my knee and big toe. More alcohol please!
So now it seems, I’m going to be known as snail girl and the girl that slipped on the dance floor. Oh well. At least I had fun!