Cincinnati, Ohio

The drive from Batesville to Cincinnati was only about 45 mins. After I arrived and checked in with Holiday Inn, Leslie, Lien, Adam, and Jessica were still in Columbus - shopping (without me). They had just landed, but they were too tired to drive to Columbus right away. When does shopping become a type of resting?!

Kaoruko and her roommate came to Holiday Inn to pick me up. They took me to Newport on the Levee. We had smoothies. The parking was a bit expensive ($5); however, we were all glad that we could see each other and catch up. We took some pictures and then they took me back to the hotel.

Jeff came over...

Finally, the gang arrived and we went to White Castle. We were so excited about it; however, we realized that the food simply was not as good as the hype. We also went to Newport on the Levee. It was a short meet-and-greet, because we went to Maggie and Craig's afterward. Nice house they have!

On the Wedding day, we woke up late, but we did managed to have nice brunch at Brio before heading over to the wedding location - in Covington, KY, I believe. The wedding was beautiful in that the wedding party looked so chic, the setting looks so romantic, and the atmosphere felt so loving. I took many pictures as usual. The only thing undesirable was that it was rather hot and humid. Many people were so wet...

Maggie and Craig's reception was also a big success. Every one of us had fun dancing, meeting the people we have met - Heather and Kathy, and two new people we met - Rob and Brian. I danced away and I was quite a star...because I was dancing and dancing and dancing...with my cam walker boot on.

We left for Columbus in the early A.M. Even though we did stop at Momo's for some Boba drinks, we got to the airport early enough that we had plenty of time to go through security checkpoint after we took forever to find the express dropbox for our rental car keys. =)