Showing posts with label Hyatt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hyatt. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The Classy Kraus' of Rochester
This is Air Bud. Who's Air Bud? We didn't know either. We just tried to play basketball at Cobbles Elementary and he'd steal the ball...
Genesee Waterways Center in Genesee Valley Park in Rochester. Megan's work helped fund a regatta called the Diversity Invitational.
While we were waiting for the regatta to start, I saw this crazy tree in the park. A bit tropical looking for this area.
Crew racing!
Here's my crew boat.
I believe this is the boat Megan's work bought. I could be wrong though...
First of all, there's a "Professional Disc Golf Association." Second, the "World Championship" was going on. Third, this guy had a disc golf cart. If I were in Buffalo I'd say "For Realz?"
We're still celebrating our first wedding anniversary. This time, we had a free night stay at the Hyatt Rochester because that's where our reception was (if you remember). We didn't get the Presidential Suite this time, but we still managed to have a good time...
It's amazingly difficult to take a picture of downtown Rochester without getting it full of empty parking spaces. It's the difficult position many mid-sized cities have. People won't come downtown unless there is more parking than in the suburbs. But, people don't want to come downtown because it is boring since they bulldozed all the retail space to make parking lots.
Thanks Lindsay! If you ever get the opportunity to work with her, you are very lucky!
Champagne and chocolate covered strawberries. Oh la la!
Take note, to the Hyatt Corporation this is our official name.
Goodbye Midtown Plaza. This was a urban renewal project in the 60s that closed off a bunch of streets and made a huge, windowless superblock indoor mall. For my Michigan folk, think the old malls in downtown Muskegon and Grand Rapids which met the same fate.
Despite the whole Paetec situation, I think downtown is still heading in a much more stable and sustainable direction.
Goodbye Robocop Architecture.
The old Sibley Department Store. This reminds me of the Merchandise Mart building in Chicago. Under the right management, this place could be the crown jewel of Rochester.
Dinner at Scene on Main in the Hyatt. Since we got married, they renovated the first few floors of the Hyatt and it's pretty swanky (and "IT'S OUR WEDDING COLORS!" as Megan pointed out immediately). I believe this was called "Scene Snax"
This is the flatbread
The filet and fingerling fries. I know it's in a hotel, but it is really super good food and you should go to it. And, we happened to be there when the Tall Club had their convention, which meant that Megan and I were the shortest people there.
NOW FOR SOME BUSINESS:
BARKTOBER FEST 2011 is on September 24th in Egypt Park (next to Lollypop Farm) and I'm on The Dirty Dogs team. So, please support me (and the homeless and abused animals of Lollypop Farm) by going to http://lollypop.kintera.org/ba
That's it for now. Megan's trying to make a cake with Rachel...
Thursday, December 30, 2010
WE'RE MARRIED: PARTY-TWO
LAST BUT NOT LEAST! The final batch of wedding photos. Thanks again to James Schuck for the pics. Thanks again to everyone for making it such a wonderful day. If you want any of these pics, please let me know and I'll send you the originals. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Just an average day in the life of Ronan Carroll
I'm "shooting dice," Roddy is wobbly, and Ronan plays guitar in the band! "IT'S RAININ' MEN, ALLELUIA! IT'S RAININ' MEN, AMEN!!!!"
The party was so awesome that these glasses were dead after the party. I found out about this in Portugal and they are buried in the beautiful beach sand of the Atlantic Ocean. RIP USA Olympic sunglass I found on the CTA...
Sarah looks scared. Maybe she thinks I'm the bad guy from "The Matrix"
THE SKYCOASTERS! http://www.skycoasters.com/ Again, a completely awesome band and I highly, highly suggest checking out their promo video on their website. It sold me!
Who needs a wedding cake when you have an ice cream buffet?
Mary is making moves never seen before on the dance floor by our friends and family
Katie being nice to me because I just got married and she has to
Never left the dance floor...
Megan coming to make sure I'm not harassing to many people while dancing
I have to steal this guy's moves.
Erin is confusing my family. "I don't recognize her, but she dances like a Kraus..."
OLE!
Ronan bullfighting Marisa on the dance floor
Richard Bell Sr.
Practicing for her own wedding in the spring
Drew needs no practice for his wedding. He's a pro!
Mike: Oh, boy, oh boy, oh boy. I feel so good I could spit in Potter's eye. I think I will. What did you say, huh? Oh, maybe I'd better go home.Where's my hat? Where's my... [Megan takes the hat from Uncle Mike's head and hands it to him] Oh, thank you, Megan. Which one is mine?
Megan: The middle one.
Mike: Oh, thank you, Megan, old boy, old boy. Now, look –– if you'll point me in the right direction... would you do that? Megan?
Megan: Right down here.
Mike: Old Building and Loan pal, huh...
Megan: Now you just turn this way and go right straight down.
Mike: That way, huh? [begins singing, then a crash is heard] I'm all right. I'm all right. [singing] "...the sweetest flower that grows . . . "
Old Building and Loan pal...
Little known fact, I am the best singer you've ever heard. True and Tachel (Rachel) doesn't have to ask her Aunt Megan if it's "really true."
Look at all that hair
Brides should not punch their bridesmaids...
YEAH!!!
I should have worn this instead of a tux...
Dancing with Grandma Kraus
Aunt Maureen. Believe it or not, we're not Italian...
Noah Hopson in a practice run for his Awesome wedding in Michigan
Glamour shot!
Phil playing coy
In hindsight, they should have been our dancing stunt doubles...
Eric: "I didn't know your husband played in a terrible punk rock band. How bad was he?"
Megan: "The worst: songwriting skils of Sesame Street, guitar play of a fingerless man, and the angelic singing abilities of Sid Vicious."
LIMBO!!!!!!
DOUBLE LIMBO! IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL! WHAT DOES IT MEAN! DOUBLE LIMBO!!!
The party's over. You don't have to go home, but you can stay on the blog. Thanks again to everyone. We hope the wedding was as much fun for you as it was for us. THANKS!
Megan and Mike
Just an average day in the life of Ronan Carroll
I'm "shooting dice," Roddy is wobbly, and Ronan plays guitar in the band! "IT'S RAININ' MEN, ALLELUIA! IT'S RAININ' MEN, AMEN!!!!"
The party was so awesome that these glasses were dead after the party. I found out about this in Portugal and they are buried in the beautiful beach sand of the Atlantic Ocean. RIP USA Olympic sunglass I found on the CTA...
Sarah looks scared. Maybe she thinks I'm the bad guy from "The Matrix"
THE SKYCOASTERS! http://www.skycoasters.com/ Again, a completely awesome band and I highly, highly suggest checking out their promo video on their website. It sold me!
Who needs a wedding cake when you have an ice cream buffet?
Mary is making moves never seen before on the dance floor by our friends and family
Katie being nice to me because I just got married and she has to
Never left the dance floor...
Megan coming to make sure I'm not harassing to many people while dancing
I have to steal this guy's moves.
Erin is confusing my family. "I don't recognize her, but she dances like a Kraus..."
OLE!
Ronan bullfighting Marisa on the dance floor
Richard Bell Sr.
Practicing for her own wedding in the spring
Drew needs no practice for his wedding. He's a pro!
Mike: Oh, boy, oh boy, oh boy. I feel so good I could spit in Potter's eye. I think I will. What did you say, huh? Oh, maybe I'd better go home.Where's my hat? Where's my... [Megan takes the hat from Uncle Mike's head and hands it to him] Oh, thank you, Megan. Which one is mine?
Megan: The middle one.
Mike: Oh, thank you, Megan, old boy, old boy. Now, look –– if you'll point me in the right direction... would you do that? Megan?
Megan: Right down here.
Mike: Old Building and Loan pal, huh...
Megan: Now you just turn this way and go right straight down.
Mike: That way, huh? [begins singing, then a crash is heard] I'm all right. I'm all right. [singing] "...the sweetest flower that grows . . . "
Old Building and Loan pal...
Little known fact, I am the best singer you've ever heard. True and Tachel (Rachel) doesn't have to ask her Aunt Megan if it's "really true."
Look at all that hair
Brides should not punch their bridesmaids...
YEAH!!!
I should have worn this instead of a tux...
Dancing with Grandma Kraus
Aunt Maureen. Believe it or not, we're not Italian...
Noah Hopson in a practice run for his Awesome wedding in Michigan
Glamour shot!
Phil playing coy
In hindsight, they should have been our dancing stunt doubles...
Eric: "I didn't know your husband played in a terrible punk rock band. How bad was he?"
Megan: "The worst: songwriting skils of Sesame Street, guitar play of a fingerless man, and the angelic singing abilities of Sid Vicious."
LIMBO!!!!!!
DOUBLE LIMBO! IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL! WHAT DOES IT MEAN! DOUBLE LIMBO!!!
The party's over. You don't have to go home, but you can stay on the blog. Thanks again to everyone. We hope the wedding was as much fun for you as it was for us. THANKS!
Megan and Mike
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