Saturday was my first wedding gig of the year (only one, so far). Our string trio made the trek down to Laguna Beach and the Aliso Creek Inn. The adventure was getting there. I had reserved a Sienna from Zipcar to transport the cello, violin, viola, three musicians, and three stands and music with various other paraphernalia. I had a message from zipcar that the person who had the car just before me was running 5 minutes late. Well, after 10 minutes, we couldn't wait, so I cancelled my reservation (and Zipcar gave me a 2-hour credit) and we did a Tetris thing to get all our stuff into the violinist's Prius. The Prius needed gas, so we finally hit the freeway 1/2 hour late. Traffic was great until we hit the 133 where we crawled along, as well as along the Pac Coast Highway. We were supposed to start playing at 4:30 for 1/2 hour before the wedding, but we arrived at 4:40. Turns out, the bridal veil was late, so the whole ceremony was put off for 1/2 hour. Whew. After we got started, everything turned out just fine, and the wedding was lovely.
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