Crashing Waves and Smashing Seafood

It's a busy week at That Old House.
One week ago, these two Californians blew in -- to spend 10 days
in intensive wedding planning, visiting, and having a good time.

Our daughter Alida and her fiance Josh

On Saturday, we had about 30 people to the house to celebrate with us, to get to know Josh, to vote on whether we approve of this whole wedding thing . . . you think I'm kidding?  It wasn't a formal vote, just a show of hands.  It was an almost-unanimous "Yes."   :-P

On Sunday it was out to the family beach house,
so the menfolk could take out the ice-eater they'd put in last December.  

After the work was done, we had dinner here:

 

And it's not a boat, it's this restaurant:

The Soundview, on the North Road in Greenport.

And right on the edge of Long Island Sound.

From the tables by the big windows along the back, this is what you see:

And if you time it right you watch the sun set

over Connecticut, across the Sound.  The sun drops like a stone!

Wish I could grab that driftwood among the rocks!

We all ordered seafood.

Lots of it.

We can recommend the old-fashioned Fisherman's Platter.

Which is not made from old fishermen, thank goodness.

Josh and Alida got window seats, and they took the sunset and water pictures.

My sister Peggy and her husband Bill.  We ate at the Soundview with them in December.  This is getting to be an ice-eater tradition.

And our daughter Anne, who was very engrossed in the menu.

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It was a fun and busy weekend.

For our dog Dion, it was a mixed blessing.

On the one hand, many of Saturday's guests were quite liberal in sharing their

hors d'oeuvres with the doggy, or were at least prone to dropping tidbits.

But Dion paid a price. 

Help!  They've mistaken me for a pig in a blanket!

 A Saturday morning BATH.

Please save me from further indignities.

I hate smelling like coconut and vanilla.  I have such a nice natural musk . . . .

  The good part was a long snuggle in Mom's lap.

The bad part was the BATH.  But at least we didn't wash his ears; they take too long to dry!

On today's Wedding To-Do List -- finding that perfect photographer.  

He or she is out there somewhere.   -- Cass