So I got back from Austin last night. The wedding was beautiful and the food was fabulous . The bride outshone everyone, as is the way it should be. The church was your stereotypical postcard Protestant church out in the middle of nowhere, white spire in the midst of fields. The happy couple are off in the Carribbean somewhere now, celebrating the beginning of what I hope is a long, long time together.

Travel tip: never spend more time in your hotel room than you do out and about in the town you're visiting. I am immeasurably comforted by the fact that I'm going out there again soon.

ps
James, it's my father's wife's daughter. Technically, she's my step-sister, although she's never really been my sister, as her mother isn't really my mother, as my father has been more of friend than a father my entire life. So yeah, she got married this last weekend.