Flawless Fairy Tale Wedding

OK... I admit it. I stayed up until 2:00 AM watching William and Catherine's wedding. I wasn't sure I was going to, but Art turned the TV on and said, "Go on... I know you want to." And then he went to sleep.

The first thing that struck me was the modern technology we have now. The cameras were everywhere and caught every detail. You were far better off watching it on TV than being there to see what was going on.


I really loved seeing the love between the siblings. The commentators mentioned what good friends William and Harry were and how they tease each other mercilessly. Harry teases William about his balding and William teases Harry about having "ginger" hair.

Catherine's sister, Pippa looked beautiful as well and it's heart warming to know they are also very close.

I was interested in seeing the Step Mother-in-Law and Mother-of-the-Bride dresses. Both mothers really looked fabuous!

I loved seeing all the fancy big hats. Ummm... But why was the Prime Minister's wife not wearing a hat? Her head looked naked.

It was nice to see the Royal family looking so cordial and hearing how Charles and Camilla were happy and how William and Harry now really loved her. Forgiveness is a lovely thing.

And then Kate appeared and we could all see her mystery dress. I was a little disappointed. I thought she'd choose something without the lace, something not quite so old fashioned looking.

Then it grew on me. They say it is reminiscent of Grace Kelly's dress. Actually, any wedding gown would have looked great on Princess Catherine. She was stunning!


It just amazed me how we could see the wedding from every single angle, crystal clear and super close up. How scary is that for the couple to know every single gesture or squirm would be caught and Twittered?


I loved it when William who was the last one to see his bride whispered, "You look beautiful," when he finally did.

It was lovely to know Kate had kept her hair down than putting it up unnaturally because she wanted her future husband to see her as she really was on this important day.

We also got that close up view of William having difficulty getting the ring on her finger. Like I said before... the technology is incredible!

They rode to Buckingham Palace after the wedding, but it was after 2:00 and I just couldn't stay up for The Kiss.

I went to bed.

Art opened one eye and said, "Did you enjoy it?"

I did.

Are You Going to Watch?

The Star Advertiser is calling this the Royal Wedding Week. They reported that the wedding is 7,200 miles, 10 time zones and 20 hours of jet travel away from Hawaii.

For us, it will be happening on Thursday with coverage beginning at 10 PM and the actual ceremony at midnight.

British ex-patriots in Hawaii are having wedding parties and some tea rooms are hosting special events which are sold out. Some people are planning to get all decked out with gloves and big hats.

Art says to count him out. He's going to bed since he'll be jogging at 5:30 on Friday morning. My daughter, Tiffany says she vaguely remembers seeing Diana and Charles' wedding in 1981. She would have been in kindergarten. Tif has a memory like an elephant so I'm not surprised that she would remember something like that. She says she remembers just walking in and out of the room where the television was on and that it seemed to go on forever.

I was younger then, too. I wanted to believe in fairy tales... sort of. Charles turned out to be sort of a frog (some might say toad) and Diana came to a sad and tragic end. Tiffany doesn't think she'll be watching since it'll be starting at 3:00 AM Chicago time.

I can't quite summon the excitement I did back then. And yet...

I still want to believe.

I guess I won't know until Thursday what I'll be doing.