This is the boat where the wedding will take place. When I was 14, we moved from Massachusetts up to Governor's Island on Lake Winnipesaukee, which has a bridge leading to the mainland. While we didn't live by the shore, I used to spend a lot of time on the beach, and I would always see the Mount Washington go by.
The original Mount Washington was launched in the 1870s and was used as a cruise ship for tourists when Weirs Beach was first starting to establish itself as what Trip Advisor labels " a blue collar resort area." The idea was that Weirs Beach could be a version of the Hamptons or Kennebunkport or Cape Cod for those who lived and worked in the many blue-collar mill towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. My mother vacationed there as a child, too, and very little has changed since then--some of the same arcades, the same boardwalk pier, the same miniature golf courses. The boat is still cruising around the lake, too; the original Mount Washington was later gutted by a fire, but a brand new boat by the same name was created in the early 1940s and restored in 1988.
The Mount Washington itself is 230' long, which means that, for the potentially seasick, it's big enough to absorb any waves or turbulence we might encounter--the lake rarely gets choppy enough to be a problem. What's especially fun about cruising on this boat is that you can see several of the lake's over 250 inhabitable (and inhabited) islands as well as three mountain ranges--the White Mountains, the Belknap Mountain range, and the Ossipee range.
Our wedding cruise is at night, starting at 7:00, though the website says we can board at 6:15. This means that we'll have some daylight, and hopefully a nice sunset, and also a chance to see the lights in the harbor when we return. Taking place that evening is also a dinner cruise, and I have been promised that anyone with the wedding can take part in the festivities elswhere on the boat (but no one outside of the wedding group or staff can use our air-conditioned function room, so we have a place to escape if the Nascar Dads get to be too much). I had been hoping and praying that the dinner cruise was either the Elvis or the Disco theme--I would have even been happy with the 80's cruise or "Big Band night". Alas, it's something called "Sea and Beef," which describes the food and not the music, so we'll have to wait and see.
The original Mount Washington was launched in the 1870s and was used as a cruise ship for tourists when Weirs Beach was first starting to establish itself as what Trip Advisor labels " a blue collar resort area." The idea was that Weirs Beach could be a version of the Hamptons or Kennebunkport or Cape Cod for those who lived and worked in the many blue-collar mill towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. My mother vacationed there as a child, too, and very little has changed since then--some of the same arcades, the same boardwalk pier, the same miniature golf courses. The boat is still cruising around the lake, too; the original Mount Washington was later gutted by a fire, but a brand new boat by the same name was created in the early 1940s and restored in 1988.
The Mount Washington itself is 230' long, which means that, for the potentially seasick, it's big enough to absorb any waves or turbulence we might encounter--the lake rarely gets choppy enough to be a problem. What's especially fun about cruising on this boat is that you can see several of the lake's over 250 inhabitable (and inhabited) islands as well as three mountain ranges--the White Mountains, the Belknap Mountain range, and the Ossipee range.
Our wedding cruise is at night, starting at 7:00, though the website says we can board at 6:15. This means that we'll have some daylight, and hopefully a nice sunset, and also a chance to see the lights in the harbor when we return. Taking place that evening is also a dinner cruise, and I have been promised that anyone with the wedding can take part in the festivities elswhere on the boat (but no one outside of the wedding group or staff can use our air-conditioned function room, so we have a place to escape if the Nascar Dads get to be too much). I had been hoping and praying that the dinner cruise was either the Elvis or the Disco theme--I would have even been happy with the 80's cruise or "Big Band night". Alas, it's something called "Sea and Beef," which describes the food and not the music, so we'll have to wait and see.
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ReplyDeleteYAY! I'm first to comment! And even though Sea & Beef is not a thrilling theme, it is one that eschews wedding industry theatrics. My imagination is ablaze with decorations fitting that theme - I know that your wedding will not have that theme.. but still. It would be pretty cool.
ReplyDelete(this is the same exact comment that I deleted above just with the spelling corrected. I am not attending your "weeding".)
Also, could we have details that adhere to the wedding industry's theatrics, such as
ReplyDelete1. What will you be wearing to the cruise? Are you leaning toward beef or sea with the dress?
2. Do you have an engagement ring on? If so, what are its aspects (if not carat weight, setting and design.)
3. How was the proposal proposed, exactly? Strangely, these details were not included in Scott's e-mail.
4. Do you really not want gifts? Free gifts from friends with excellent taste?
Here are my answers to your questions. K will probably weigh in with better/correct answers:
ReplyDelete1) K will be dressed as "Sea," I as "Beef." That's all I'm saying on that subject for now.
2) No, I do not have ring on, nor does K. There will be rings in the future of a design as yet to be determined.
3) My parents/bro/sis in law/niece/nephew were already planning on visiting this weekend. The timing seemed propitious. The decision to be formally married (I feel that we are married and have been since I moved out here) was the result of a discussion, not a proposal.
4) Your presence is gift enough.
Also, there is always lots of weeding that needs to be done in the flower gardens. You are most definately invited.
Hi, Christie and Ciara! Well, I am imagining a late 50's, early 60's "sea of Love" kind of theme. I am wearing a dress that evokes that era. Not a wedding dress--it's pearl pink. I may do a post on wedding attire. I've been reading these old etiquette books and they are hilarious. One way of "announcing" an engagement is for the mother of the bride to hold a paty, and after the meal, point to a vase of daisies and to say "daisies won't tell, but I will..."
ReplyDeleteHomer Simpson...ummmmm (drool)...sea of beef...
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