Wow. First and foremost I cannot believe that it has been a year since I have made a post in the Kentucky Fried Bucket List category. That truly is depressing. I really need to get back to Kentucky more. Secondly, I hate to make a blog entry about my best friend’s wedding but I cannot help that he chose to have his wedding at one of the must see places in Kentucky.

I flew up late in the evening on Thursday night and opted to stay in Louisville. Come Friday morning I needed to be in Lexington as I was part of the wedding and there was rehearsal shit that needed to go down. This was a first time for me being a wedding so I honestly didn’t know what to expect.

Being a part of the wedding meant we needed to be at Spindletop the day before the actual ceremony. This was a fantastic opportunity to roam the grounds of the Southern styled country club. I was one of the first wedding party members there so it gave me a chance to take lot of pictures undisturbed.

To say the establishment is huge is an understatement. The foyer is more than what every pubescent girl who watches Gone with the Wind for the first time could ever dream for as a home. The winding staircase will lead you down to the lavatories and the lounge. More on the lounge later. The lavatories are so amazing that even the guys restroom has a couch in it. Yeah, that happened.

Anyways, we did our rehearsal practice ceremony in the backyard on a perfect bluegrass summer day. And then it was time for the post-rehearsal dinner party. Not really sure what else to call it. The party was held across the street at the Kentucky Horse Park. The Horse Park was home of the 2010 Equestrian Games for those of you out of staters who are unfamiliar. You should probably Google it if you don’t know. The dinner was held in one of the Games’ pressbox rooms. So we had dinner, played musical chairs and even got awesome gifts for just being in the wedding party.

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Saturday comes and it is gameday. My best friend is signing away his freedom forever and I am more than ecstatic to be there for him. I have my mom drop me off at the wedding since this is a night I had full intentions of not driving home on. When the car pulls up, I see the three other groomsman coming out of the front door in a hurry. Unsure what is going on, I quickly follow.

Apparently one of the groomsman had tried to straight up walk in the front door with a 12 pack of beer. Yeah, thats how we roll in Kentucky I guess. From what I could gather the front desk clerk was less than pleased by these actions. So we find another entrance and head down to the lounge and wait for the photo shoot. For some reason it was a big deal that groomsman had a bottle of bourbon in the country club but the bridesmaids were allowed to drink as much wine as they wanted without a look of contempt.

After the photoshoot we head to the library where the reception will take place and do some solid reading.

Then, just like Alanis always told my friend, you should expect rain on your wedding day. And not just a light rain. We’re talking a hurricane. So the ceremony had to be moved into one of the open rooms in the building at the last minute.

After the ceremony I snapped a picture of the official signing in the wedding party room. The festivities proceeded to go until 5 in the morning. It was a night that will never be forgotten. After recovering it was time to head back to the airport and get back to the Sunshine state.

Sign in the airport. This is my college. No big deal.