I got to spend Saturday at a lovely Portland park (Peninsula Park) watching these two get married, catching up with old friends I haven't seen in way too long, meeting new friends, and enjoying my version of America - people in tuxes, people in running shorts, a utilikilt, a couple of people in BDUs, a guy in a really incredible purple suit with an orange vest, rocking wing tips, all coming together to celebrate life and love.
There was a pot-luck lunch, little kids running around blowing bubbles, conversations about dogs and dresses and (oddly enough for my crowd) almost no politics... it was a lovely day. And then, in the gazebo where Daniel and Davey just pledged their vows, there was a lovely young woman, celebrating her quinceanera in a beautiful purple dress that extended into the next zip code, accompanied by a troupe of mariachi... It just doesn't get any more American than that.
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