Thanks to all who attended our wedding. All of the rest of what follows would have seemed hollow at best if you hadn't shown up. We appreciate your vote of confidence. :) In addition, we really enjoyed getting time to spend with all of you, especially those that we hadn't seen for a while. Keep in touch!

Megan Foster agreed to marry me.

Alex West maintained the "impromptu registry" website for the presents that we never got around to registering for, and also did a lot of virtual footwork and investigation for us.

Kathy Austen scrounged, coordinated, cajoled, and generally did her best to help every guest who showed the slightest shred of interest in wearing Renaissance garb to do so.

The people that wore costumes (whether scrounged, coordinated, and/or cajoled by Kathy or not) to our wedding really added to the atmosphere.

Lev and Gayle Koszegi not only performed the ceremony, they also helped us figure out what we wanted the ceremony to be like. We will try to do our part to preserve their perfect record (so far, none of the couples whose marriages they have performed have been divorced).

Several people made long trips so that they could attend our wedding (the record-holder is quinn norton, who flew in from Africa).

The wedding party, led by Alex, Kathy, and Jeff Lassahn, snuck a formal gift-presenting ceremony into our reception. This was really cool and very unexpected. (If you weren't there, imagine a series of ambassadors presenting gifts, appropriate to a Renaissance court, to a king (me) and queen (Megan).)

Dick and Dianne Saulsbury hosted our rehearsal dinner, which was a most congenial occasion and allowed our respective families to actually meet before the wedding itself. The meal was cooked by Christine Saulsbury and her husband, Jeff Young. Dianne and Christine were also instrumental in coordinating the exodus after the end of the reception, including coping with the presents.

Mara Osgood let the bride, groom, and two other wedding guests stay at her place for several days, both before and after the wedding.

Judson and Sarah Holt, whose wedding I attended in April of 2000, let us use the text of their wedding ceremony as a template for developing ours.

Many people gave us presents which are too numerous to list here.

Christine Saulsbury threw a bridal shower for Megan, and helped us with the initial search for a venue.

Various people (including Derek Foster, Dave Foster, Dick and Dianne Saulsbury, Glen Hubbard, Guy Foster, Bill Madden, and Jay Schneider, among others) took pictures and/or made video recordings of the rehearsal dinner and the wedding. (By the way, we would love to have copies of any pictures that you took. If you have any that we haven't seen and that you are willing to share with us, please mail them to us at our current address.)

Gail Foster made all the arrangements for our honeymoon in Hawaii; she, Guy, and Derek Foster also paid for it.

Kempe Jacobowitz-Ames made arrangements to look after any small children that were in attendance, so that their parents could, if they so chose, enjoy themselves unencumbered for a time.

Noah Madden parked Joshua and Megan's car on Joshua's arrival at the Museum and then disappeared for a few hours without telling anyone where it was, which may well have saved it from getting "decorated" with shaving cream and tin cans.

Guy Foster made the arrangements for the carriage that we escaped in after the ceremony.

Several people (Mara, the Saulsburys, Gail, Guy, Kempe and her husband Edward, Kathy and Jeff), offered to host out-of-town guests.

Professional Credits

The folks at the Portland Art Museum, and their in-house catering company, Port of Call Catering, were very helpful, responsive, and generally great people to deal with. Kudos in particular to Patti Nemer (PAM's Event Sales Manager), Brenda Hupp (part owner of Port of Call), and Katherine Andrefsky (assistant to both, I think). They didn't try to sell us anything that we didn't want--a major plus in my book. They helped us get the room that we wanted (which had been unavailable for an indefinite period, and was cheaper than the one that we had originally contracted for). Their prices were quite reasonable (Brenda constructed a menu based on how much we could afford). Finally, the place looked great. (My only complaint is that they took my food away before I was done with it, and they did apologize for that. :))

The DJ was Steve Pringle, who is a former colleague of my friend Kathy (see below); he has a blues show at KMHD (to which I would start listening if I were in Portland). He had great equipment, helped us coordinate activities without being obtrusive, did a great job of getting people on the dance floor, and did not object to us handing him a stack of over 20 CDs and a partial playlist (I'm picky about my music). He also went over and above the call of duty in two particulars: he wore a Renaissance-style costume that Kathy provided, and he was willing to skip the conclusion of Portland's Waterfront Blues Festival to DJ our wedding.

Ilona Haines, of Magic Myst Clothing, made the costumes worn by Megan and myself from designs worked out collaboratively by Ilona and Megan (with occasional input from yours truly); she also provided rental costumes and pieces worn by several other attendants and guests. She put an incredible amount of time and effort into our costumes, and it shows: they look very cool, and they're built to last. (We recommend her highly as a costumier, but please bear in mind that if you want your custom-designed clothes to look right, a long lead time and at least one visit in person are almost essential.)

Laurie Errend, Megan's cousin, made the wedding cake, which was quite good (this is coming from someone who typically doesn't like sweets much), elegantly decorated, and far from expensive.

Denise Drago (Kempe's sister) arranged the flowers carried by the bride and her attendants. I think that she did a beautiful job, and her prices were quite reasonable.

Evite provided the tools for me to create the on-line invitations. This was a real time-saver, and made it easy for us to tell who was coming and so forth. The site was often slow for no readily apparent reason, but I'm still glad we used it rather than doing invitations by hand (otherwise we'd probably still be sending them out).

If I have forgotten someone (or something), please let me know and I will fix this as soon as possible.