Road Tripping to a Simcha

[gnomi]

Yesterday, mabfan and I went down to Connecticut with 530nm330hz and introverte to celebrate the wedding of angwantibo and his Drummer Girl. The bride was radiant, the groom was all smiles, and a freilich wedding was definitely the order of the evening.

The chuppah was held outside. I found out later that this is a Lubavitcher custom. But the fact that it was about 35-40 degrees out at the time of the chuppah meant that we were all bundled up in our coats. And at the end, after angwantibo stepped on the glass and we all broke into Od Yishama, I couldn't help but sing the refrain as:

Cold sasson
V'cold simcha
Cold chatan
V'cold kallah

Aside from the folks we traveled down with, we were seated with pressburger. It was lovely to see him and get an opportunity to shmooze with him.

Mazal tov again to angwantibo and his kallah!

Comments

[epj.livejournal.com]

What's "freilichen"? I tried Googling it and found the word everywhere, but no translation. Glad you had a good time! (Also, brrrrr) :)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

It's Yiddish for joyful or happy.

And, yeah. Brrrrrrr, indeed. But then we went back inside, and there was energetic dancing, so then we were all warmed up again.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

...and then I realized I'd screwed up noun-adjective agreement, so I've now made it "freilich," which is the singular, as it's supposed to be. :-)

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately we weren't able to make it... glad all went well!

[lisafeld.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

Sounds like you had a wonderful time!

[angwantibo.livejournal.com]

Thanks, gnomi!

I'm so glad that you could make it. I'll forward your refrain to Drummer Girl.

You know, I thought it was quite warm outside, but then again, my heart was pounding and I was surrounded by the warmth of friends and family, as well as a full tux and kittel.