Pam and I traveled to Bryan College Station for our nephew Travis' wedding. The weather was hot as it has been for several weeks. They were getting married at 2:00PM at the First Methodist Church in Bryan. We would then spend the night at a hotel in old downtown Bryan.
We packed up and left Saturday morning and made it to Bryan a little after noon. Bryan College Station is the home to Texas A&M University. Both the bride and groom are graduates and that is where they met about 17 years ago. Carol (Travis' new wife) currently teaches there. So they had an Aggie-land wedding.
The wedding went off with out a hitch and the reception was held there at the church.
Grooms Cake
Brides Cake
Cake filling was Poteet Strawberries from Travis' Dad's Farm
There was also a Sundae Bar from Cold Stone Creamery. Which was a great choice given the hot afternoon. About 110 people were in attendance and the Church Gym turned out to be a cool and comfortable place for the reception. There was a DJ and the video below is of Pam and her family dancing to "We Are family". I had to stay behind and take the video. What can I say it was dirty job but someone had to do it.
This was taken on my Blackberry and you may or may not be able to hear the song.
After the reception we went to the hotel for what would turn out to be an unforgettable night. After a truly great dinner at a restaurant near the hotel and quick trip over to see Carol's house we returned to the hotel to find that they had live music on Saturday nights. We did not think much more about it until we got to our room on the second floor and realized our room was right above the stage in the bar. The music (I prefer to call it wailing) went on until two in the morning. Apparently the couple above us could also hear it and could not sleep so they decided to add their own wailing to the mix. Top that off with the fact the hotel was one block from the train tracks and a major train ran through every hour with horn blaring and it made for a less than restful night. The hotel it self was nice but a little seedy around the edges (read old smelling) and was built in the twenties. So I guess you are supposed to stay there for the ambiance not relaxation.
The hotel has no parking you have to park on the city streets around the hotel.
Definitely a 1920s Hotel. This is one of the bronzes that you see around Downtown.
So we were awake and up early. Went downstairs for a breakfast with some of the family and then got in our car and headed back to Dallas. The cats were glad to see us and Dallas was still just as hot.
Till next time.
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