November 8th: Wedding

Melinda and James celebrated their wedding day at Tony Cheng's Restaurant in DC. Our bride and groom chose Elvis' "Can't Help Falling In Love" for their 1st dance. Afterwards, some jazzy Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, and Billie Holliday filled out the dinner period. As a lover of Chinese food, I can assure that you won't be disappointed by Tony Cheng's menu - I highly recommend their food. Melinda and dad danced to the Kenny Rogers version of "Somewhere My Love" (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago) while James and mom danced to Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are". After some oldies and 80s retro, I was given the green light to play current stuff from Usher, Rihanna, and more. The party was extended an extra hour because no one wanted to leave! The evening finally ended with "All These Things That I've Done" by The Killers. The evening's photography was provided by Michelle Frankfurter.

News: Vern's Big Trip to "Big Sky"

After years of prodding, I finally made it out to Montana to visit my brother and his family. Lucy, my 2-year old niece was definitely a scene stealer as she got plenty of attention wherever we went. My trip featured a trek to West Yellowstone and Old Faithful, Chico Hot Springs, and of course checking out the Bozeman area.

From bottom to top, the pics above feature an eruption of the Old Faithful geyser, a river cutting through a gorge at West Yellowstone as two ravens look on, a family of elk grazing in Yellowstone, my niece Lucy looking at the aftermath of an eruption at Old Faithful, and me holding Lucy at Yellowstone.