Our Engagement (western)
I got engaged tonight. We had dinner at this place, "The Brookdale lodge"
The Brookdale lodge
"The original Lodge was built in 1890 by Horrace Cotton at a lumber mill site in the Santa Cruz Mountains. In the early 1920s, Dr. F.K. Camp added the dining room with the natural trout-stocked mountain brook running right through it. Trees, ferns and other foliage continue to grow under the large atrium skylight. The round window was lit at night to look like moonlight through the trees. Horseshoes from the old mill were welded into lanterns. A wishing well near the entrance collected coins for Crippled Children. The stream was lit at night with underwater lights. Bird cages are also visible in many postcards.
Famous bands and singers of the Swing Era performed here. Movie stars and diplomats visited often. The fireplace, dance floor, bandstand and more tables were to the left of the brook. The founder and original owner didn't allow alcohol on the premises. The advertising slogans included: "In All the World, Nothing Like It" and "In the heart of Big Tree Country... Come linger with us and listen to the brook singing merrily through our dining room. Known all over the world."
In the 1940s, the Lodge fell into disrepair after the founder died and there were rumors of Mob involvement, secret passageways, hidden rooms and bodies buried beneath the floor. The niece of Dr. Camp drowned in the dining room creek and sightings of her ghost became part of Brookdale's legend. In the 1950s, a fire destroyed the Dining Hall and it was remodeled in more of a Hansel & Gretel theme. During this time, much of the campground was paved for a massive parking lot. A more sensitive restoration took place in the early 1990s."
http://www.brookdalelodge.com/
We however are due to have our formal Coptic engagement ceremony, which I think will happen in six weeks (When my uncle Hans comes over from Germany to visit us).
So I have been studying up on this web site, "My Big Fat Coptic Wedding", which shows not only wedding photos etc. but the engagement service as well.
http://www.ourbigfatcopticwedding.com/
But anyway see Gina's blog for photos which I'm sure will be posted in the next day or two after she recovers from surgery.
http://erud-awakening.blogspot.com/
posted by Addai | 11:05 PM
11 Comments:
congrats! So you're officially on the hook now? :)
:) Yeah according to American/Western pop culture Holy Tradition!
Oh links.....cool!
Many Years!
And Pavel, enjoy your last year of freedom!
(Sorry Gina, I think that's an obligatory male statement! ;-)
BUT, didn't one of Shakespeare's charqcters say something to the effect of "Oh, to be so joyously enslaved!"? )
Good stuff, man. Congrats!
thanks everybody!
Congrats and good job, Pavel!
Blessing and prayers on your life together. May God continue to make you blessings to each other through a long and happy life.
Looks like the day we prayed for all these months is about to come to pass.
May God grant you and Gina many many blessed years, in Health & Salvation.
LYB
Seraphim
(I was wondering when you would show up! it looks like you were away for a while from the ooze.
:)
I was wondering when you would show up! it looks like you were away for a while from the ooze.
Yeah. I only pop in occasionally. to do more is spiritual damaging to myself.
LYB
Seraphim
If it wasn't for the engagement thread, I wouldn't have bothered myself.
I know exactly what you mean...
The biggest problem I see is mediating upon striful things. It also can be a huge time/energy waster, trying to argue with people who insist on pursuing questionable beliefs and practices. Very much "the casting pearls to swine".
On the other hand, a close hometown friend, has made some progress on a web content manager that Stan suggested he work on. (they are planning on selling hoasting and web services to churches). Anyway, as I mentioned before, I may be riding the coatails, and using some of their resources to do more web stuff.
So keep in touch!
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