A very quick history, if you please ...

We met online at the Fee Verte Absinthe Forum about 3 and a half years ago as Kallisti & Head_prosthesis. Sometime last year things got seriouser & seriouser, plane tickets were bought, trains took, and we had our first date in Seattle July 27th, 2002. We spent the first day going to Archie McPhee's, boating and visiting with the ever gracious host Zman7, also of forum fame, and spent the next day on a whirlwind tour of the Twin Peaks filming sites in Snoqualmie and surrounding area. It was the best first date EVER. Holding hands on Ronette's bridge while adolescents glared and jumped into the river just can't be beat for romance. I'm serious.

More planes and trains in August, and again in September... and the decision was made to ship the engimatic Head_prosthesis from his home in Ypsilanti, Michigan out to lovely El Cerrito, California. Months of desperation and frugality ensued when on January 2nd we both set out, amidst a small snow blizzard, from Michigan in his Chevy complete with homemade "coon huntin' box" filled to bursting with his every precious posession.

2300 miles later on the Route 66 Trail (with a 2 day stopover in Vegas, duh), we arrived home and settled in.

On June 5th, Lance proposed (weeee!) I accepted (see mascara stained tshirt) and the decision was made to elope to Vegas. But since I had been considering doing the Bastille Picnic anyways, I thought it would be a mighty fine way to celebrate the nuptials with friends.

We will be getting married in Vegas on August 4th, 2003. Wish us luck!

Love,

Rebecca