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Realized that I hadn’t posted the pictures from Pete’s bachelor party golf game and the BBQ at my place the following week.

A few weekends ago a bunch of us went up north for Pete’s bachelor party. The plan was to golf and then go see the Killers concert at the casino. Things went well until just before the concert Pete started feeling ill (I think you’ll find the culprit below). He was able to rally and join us at the bar after the concert so all was good.

The day started pretty early as we drove up that morning to make a tee time right after noon.

Steve and Eric before the drinking really got started. Unfortunately ’someone’ found my camera and deleted the good Eric pictures. Well, good from a viewer’s point of view. Maybe not from Eric’s.

Rob and Josh

Hmm…what’s Pete drinking? Could this be the problem?

Yes, yes it could. Plus, folks he kept leaving it in the sun while he played. To his credit he drank the whole thing.

Well that’s it for the bachelor party. These things aren’t supposed to show up on your friend’s blog so no more pictures.

The next weekend I decided to have a BBQ to use up the beer and food left over from my last party. It was supposed to be pretty quiet until someone started playing ‘tippy cup’ up on the deck. For those who don’t know how to play it is pretty simple.

1) Divide into teams of equal numbers
2) Each person gets a cup, fills it with beer, and stands in line along the edge of a table. The other team does the same on the opposite side of the table.
3) Starting at one end each person drinks the beer, sets the empty cup on the table, and then must flip it over so it lands upright. If it doesn’t you need to pick it up and flip it again.
4) Once you have successfully flipped your cup the next person on your team can start drinking their beer.
5) First team finished wins.

Not clear? Ok let’s show you some pictures.

The night starts nice and normal. Then the game starts.

Got it yet? No? Ok a few more…

I’ve found that besides making you (read: me) drink ‘tippy cup’ also makes you shout things like:

“Drink you loser!”
“Come’on flip the cup moron!”
“Yes! we kicked your ass!”
“We’re the greatest!”
“Can someone go down and get more beer?”

It also tends to make you consume a bit more beer than normal in a much shorter amount of time. As a result you end up with pictures like this:

I think he might have won.

Can’t have a post without a great picture of Rob. He so loves these.

I think Brandi wants Josh’s sausage.

Ahhh…so sweet. Kathleen and Josh.

Brandi’s little sister wondering if it is going to come up again.

What a cute couple. Who’d think that in about 10 minutes Neil would be napping?

This is the “can’t ever run for president picture”

I’m just hoping that it was Brandi who took this picture.

Too much tippy cup

This past Friday I had another wedding. This time my friend Pete was getting married. Since Pete is Scottish, hence the nickname, you’ll see a lot of guys wearing kilts. Before I get the comments, yes I was also supposed to wear a kilt but somehow it went missing. As a result I had to rush home and switch into a suit. I was a bit disappointed but it did give me an opportunity to get a bunch of good pictures.

It was another great wedding and everyone had a great time.

Anyway, like last week there are a ton of pictures to post so I’m going to get right to it without much editing other than for size and just posting them in order by file name. As normal if you want the original high-res pic you just have to ask.

Since last week’s Rob picture was such a hit I decided that I should rotate so the others don’t get jealous. This time it’s Steve’s turn.

Eric, Nicole’s head, and me.

Eric and Nicole

Halfway through the wedding, just before my batteries ran out, Eric decided he was going to jump into the pool. Even though he didn’t make it (thwarted by a fence) it did make for an amusing series of pictures as he slowly undressed on the way.

The fence that stood between me and some really good blackmail photos.

Jess, Brandi, Shannon (who looks hungry), and Carol

Josh, me, Scottish (the groom) and Eric (pre-pool escapade)

All those in kilts

All those in kilts + Tanya

Neil and me

More Nicole and Eric

See folks he doesn’t always look like last time.

Robi and Mike

I had other dancing pictures but Shannon and Chris had the only one that turned out ok. Other than the Steve pictures to follow.

Um, Shannon that’s the guys’ locker room. But it’s understandable since you just didn’t want to miss Eric on the way to the pool.

My theory on how the whole swimming pool incident got started.

What a charmer.

Watch those eyes buster.

Tanya and Eric

Tanya and Josh

The DJ

The gang.

Also I ended up taking a ton of photos of people with Pete just after the ceremony. Since I got some requests already for those photos in high-res I am just posting links to the high-res picture below.

Ed 1
Ed 2
Eric 1
Eric 2
Josh 1
Josh 2
Mike 1
Mike 2
Neil 1
Neil 2
Niles 1
Niles 2
Reid 1
Reid 2
Rob 1
Rob 2
Robi 1
Snap 1
Snap 2
Steve 1
Steve 2

In China I found out that in August I would have 2 weddings to attend. Not that big a deal except for two things. First, it has been several years since I’ve had a true ‘wedding season’ among my friends. For the past four or five years it has been just 1 or 2 a year and now I have two in two weeks. Second, I knew they were both going to be fun.

So this past weekend I went to Sean’s wedding. For those that don’t know he is the owner of my favorate bar (The Town Pump) in Detroit and has just opened up a new club across the street. He is also a great guy: nice, fun, funny, and throws a good party.

Anyway, I was one of the few among my friends to bring a camera so I promised I’d post the pictures. I did this quickly without much editing (except for size). Also there isn’t really much rhyme or reason for the order. Pretty much just based on what I named the files.

For those of you who want high-res copies let me know and I’ll email them to you. Also, Chris if you can send me photos I’d appreciate it.

So without further ado - the pictures.

Brandi and Jess

Brandi and Neil

I can’t really remember but I’m hoping they were higher up some steps. I swear they’re not really giants and I don’t remember crawling around on the floor.

Cadillac, Josh, me, and Rob

Ed and his wife Carol

Me and Carol and some dude making a funny face.

Chris, Jess, Josh, some sleepy girl, and Shannon

I think the flash from the last picture woke her up.

The cute bartender

The crazy bartender

For Oliver

Happy Cadillac

Happy Cadillac 2

Happy Curtis

Happy Josh - although I was going to title this one “For Oliver 2″. Not sure why the flash didn’t work.

Happier Josh

Happiest Josh

Jamie and Rob

Josh and Girl

Josh and Jamie

Ditto

The bride and groom. Ok, just as a reference I had to hold the camera up to try to get church pictures. So they didn’t get Leslie and Sean like I really wanted (although you’ll normally see I at least got a part of a head) but some of them turned out to amuse me for other reasons. More on this below.

Neil, Nicole, and Josh

Maybe this is Happiest Josh. You’ll have to ask him.

Is it just me or does the girl behind Sean not seem all that thrilled? Zoom in. Really. Not the one in the pink. The head. In the back. Weird.

I’m not saying they ARE porn stars (although some might wish otherwise) but what else could you title this picture?

Now Curtis is really happy. What a great wedding.

I don’t know who these people are. This is back at Sean’s new place after the reception. And yes I could have made another comment but I’ll leave that to Oliver.

Me, Scottish, and Josh

The great thing about having the camera is that I get to remove any pictures like this of me. But of my friends? Nah.

Robi and Neil

The brothers 2

Scottish, me, and Tanya.

Pete and Tanya are the other wedding event this summer. Pictures to follow in a week.

Sean (the groom, if you couldn’t tell from my fantastic church pictures), Cadillac, and Josh

Shannon and breasts or for Oliver 3

Shannon and Chris

Shannon and Neil

This picture is kind of spooky.

Tanya, Josh, Jamie, and Cadillac

That’s Neil.

It’s not me it’s the camera. Swear.

Fred, Daphne, Wilma, Shaggy, Scooby…oh wait, wrong gang.

Pretty mad I didn’t get a picture of the gift after streching but at least this gets the point across.

The kiss.

And they’re giving him a greencard.

Watch those eyes mister.

And that’s it until next week when I should have lots of pictures of kilts.