Last Friday on August 17 I attended a wedding for a second cousin I didn't know I had. She's of Swedish heritage, and the man she married was of Italian heritage. When I went to the reception, there was Swedish and Italian food. My favorite was the big blocks of cheese, which I cut several slices from over the course of the night.

The coolest part was the wedding singer. I've always wanted to go to a reception with a wedding singer. For that matter, I also always wanted to attend an Italian wedding after watching The Godfather. That was when a crowning moment of awesome fell from the sky and the wedding singer sang "Sing Softly Love". That there solidified this as the coolest wedding reception I've ever been to.

Those Italians know how to have weddings. I think I'd be interested in doing some research on wedding traditions around the world. I always imagined that if I got married the wedding would be very cultured.