The date is set...

Welcome to the new wedding blog. Emily and I have finally settled upon a date -- a fact that Eric Seigel is very happy about because he can now plan his and Eme's Vermont wedding reception, which they are also planning to have in September.

The date is (drumroll please): Sunday September 17, 2006!

Why a Sunday? We wanted to do it on a Saturday but Roddy, our presider (I guess that's what you call one who presides at a wedding), was unavailable on the Saturdays we could do so Sunday it is. The date has further significance in that Emily and I started dating on September 18th, 2002.

The woman who will preside over the ceremony is Roddy O'Neil Cleary, a pastor at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Burlington. Roddy has presided at a couple of weddings I've attended (including the wedding that was the first date Emily and I ever went on as a couple!) and we think she's just great. She's also the mother of my friend Neil.

The location for the wedding and reception is the Flynndog Art Gallery in the south end of Burlington (in the same complex as the TV studio where I work -- about half a mile from our house).

The wedding weekend will be full of fun stuff to do. The Friday before the wedding, Emily and I and our wedding party will host a big bachelor/bachelorette coed shindig somewhere. Saturday night will be the rehearsal dinner for the wedding party and families. Emily and I are going to really try and be available for hanging out time all that weekend too. I mean, this is supposed to be fun, right?

Stay tuned to this blog (subscribe to the RSS feed!) for more information as it becomes available and see the sidebar for important links to area hotels and registries and such. More links will appear over there as the date approaches.

UPDATE: As reflected elsewhere on this blog, the location for the ceremony is no longer at the Flynndog but at the First UU Society Church at the top of Church St. in Burlington. The reception is still at the Flynndog.