“May your love be like the misty rain, gentle coming in but flooding the river.”
– Traditional Brazilian Blessing
“Prince said he’d party like it’s 1999. Today we’re going to party like it’s January 2021”
* Stay safe upright * Control your glass * Sip wine
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow (Vrbov) survives by bending with the wind…
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, : Punj 5 Lessons BJJ Can Teach You About Life
We overheard: “I’m not used to public speaking. I only found out today that a toastmaster isn’t actually a kitchen appliance.”
“Loyal, caring, sincere, honest, and a great man. But enough about MEdia Dragon!
Meet Trina and Kuba – two total cuties who fell head over heels for each other 16 years ago before tying the knot!
“We were two 14 years-old spring chickens when we met at a high school …” where both confessed to having a mutual crush on each other.
The pair pulled together an amazing team of photographers and entertainers to help make their dream day come to life – and ‘dream’ is definitely the right word, because this wedding was super-lush peppered with roses and flowers. Trina looked like heaven in her white dress with divine full length veil pairing the bridesmaids with soft pink pearl silk dresses. Kuba was stylish, handsome and looked very dapper in ivory suit matching with the best men. Polish descent was even behind the lens.
The harbour view venue spoke for itself as they exchanged the vows overlooking the sea. Inside upstairs and downstairs the airy rooms were layered with ethereal tones and textures, a neutral, earthy palette and plenty of grog like bison vodka and Belvedere to help everyone ease into the day!
We had sunshine and blue skies during the afternoon, and the light gentle sprinkle to cool media dragons after Rusputin dances on the covered balcony in the evening – we knew God was there working his magic for Kuba’s Godparents and one and all.
Lucky stars ensured that Trina and Kuba put all their faith in celebrant Sarah Brown who absolutely nailed the ceremony and MCing. Sarah wanted to add some spontaneity to the ceremony, and she opted for no rehearsal. She encouraged everyone to dance as no one was watching and we all obeyed 😊
Malcheoun loves movies and we did feel like we were in the scene from Love Actually, where musicians pop up and play a surprise song during the wedding ceremony.
Moreover, two years old Zoe added panoramic smiles to the tables around her …
Christopher and Lidka were in seventh heaven. As were Aylene and Renato with Jet.
Erica, Olek with Julian created special relaxing and joyous atmosphere. Cossack dance by Olek was sensational and impressed Madison and Gabbie.
Anna with son Philip and Mirek and Bogusha with Phil and Jessica dominated the floor. Sam was on chauffeur duties and paid full attention to soulful speeches …
You are going to write the next chapters of your life stories together, and we cannot wait to read them… Happy wedding day to you both!
“You are the most perfect match for each other.” Was the phrase many used ..
This day will be forever remembered in your life, and We cannot be happier to witness this wondrous occasion with you two! Enjoy the moments of your wedding as much as you can. Enjoy the joy of being united with each other in the presence of the near and dear ones.
So: “Lover, Lover, Lover”; Cohen wrote it in 1973, during a spell with the Israeli troops in Sinai during the Yom Kippur war. When he sings the chorus “Lover, Lover, Lover come back to me” his voice is pained and plaintive. As Freedman points out, the lyrics fit within a tradition where the Divine is posited as lover with whom union is sought. But what was Cohen really doing in the desert? He was estranged from his wife, the mother of his young children. “Because it is so horrible between us I will go and stop Egypt’s bullet,” he wrote to her at the time. Nobody can hear the word “lover”, sung as Cohen sings it, and not also hear a man calling out to a woman. Printed, this word is nothing. Sung, it is everything.
The Reunion Dublin Review of Books: “For Leonard Cohen fans
Inside a midsummer Bondi wedding, held at the break of dawn
TAKING A RATIONALIST APPROACH to dating and marriage.
Smithsonian Magazine: “Long-distance migration is the most extreme and life-threatening thing that any animal does. And migratory shorebirds make the most miraculous journeys of all, given the distances they cover and their tiny size. There are some 70 species of shorebirds in the world that make the journey from the top of the globe to the bottom and back every year. The Hudsonian godwit is one of them. Named after the Canadian bay where the species was first identified, and the bird’s distinctive two-syllable cry (“god-wiiit!”), Hudsonian godwits lay their eggs each spring in this Alaskan bog.
(All godwits breed in the Northern Hemisphere.) In June or July, they leave their self-sufficient hatchlings and head south. First, they fly for three days to the wetlands of Saskatchewan and feed for one month. Then they continue down through the Americas to the northern Amazon—a 4,000-mile trip. They feed again and a week later head to Argentina, feeding another time before continuing over the Andes to Chiloé Island, on the fecund Gulf of Ancud, where they arrive in September or October and winter for a little over six months.
The longest leg of their journey, some 6,000 miles, is on the return from Chile. They fly night and day at speeds between 29 and 50 miles per hour, not stopping to eat, drink or rest. They pause for a couple of weeks to refuel in wetlands in the central United States—usually Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas or Oklahoma—and then continue back to the Alaskan bog. Their goal is an endless summer…”