Congrats to Nunes and Silvia!

Much of our time in LA was devoted to the wedding preparation and later celebration of a Syracuse alum, Mike Nunes and his bride, Silvia Urbina. They took two years to carefully and thoughtfully plan out a great wedding weekend. The bridal party had a tasty rehearsal dinner at Palermo Ristorante Italiano.

Our buddy’s special touch was definitely the cake, which read “Another one bites the dust.” He also chose that to walk into at the reception.... so you can say the festivities definitely reflected the groom's interests, too!

The next day, Nunes had all his groomsmen, plus one other classmate (me--thanks for letting the girl tag along!), see the first showing of the new Indiana Jones movie. We literally waited for the bars to rise at the theater.

That night, SU alums and their others gathered at Ribs USA for a late, late night dinner. Nunes’ wanted something to compare to Dinosaur BBQ… it didn’t, but it was good and a special treat from the Nunes family. A quick rundown: Hawaiians Jana and Frank who now live in Phoenix where Jana is an anchor at the news radio station, Kiesha is still in Atlanta at CNN, Jay is a photog in Syracuse (and getting married in November), and Nunes is at NBC entertainment in Burbank.
The bilingual mass was pretty special, as the priest was a former comedian and bartender. Dave escorted Silvia’s cousin from Australia. The reception started up before 5 and lasted until midnight. Dave filled in for a very ill Jay with a toast. If you can measure how much fun a reception is by how much your feet hurt the next day, we had an awesome time.

Joining us there, another Syracuse and Bemidji alum, Ross and his fiance’ Tracy. Ross is using his finance background at CNN in NYC. And loving it. But, the party didn’t stop there. The next day, Silvia’s parents hosted a brunch at their house in Arletta—complete with fried plantains, leftover wedding cake, and special eggs. Everyone else brought their Excedrin.