My Brother's Big Fat Sikh Wedding Part I

You might have been wondering how I've been occupying my time in the last couple of weeks, especially since I didn't get to enjoy Chautauqua with you.. so I thought I'd give you and interim report on my activities. Short hand version: I went to SanFrancisco, participated in nine traditional & non traditional wedding related functions in five days, was reduced to a whisper by halfway through, managed to muddle along till the very end (and yes, ate & danced & partied to the best of my abilities... even paid homage to the best bead store ever) and recovered my voice as soon as I stepped off the airplane at Lester B. And somewhere in the midst of that my sweet little non religious non traditional baby brother had the most traditional wedding I've ever attended. If you're interested the Really Long Version comes complete with descriptions of all the functions, and there's a plethora of gorgeous pictures to go with it. But not today. The wedding reception takes place this weekend here in town & I still have 150 place cards to get finished before then!! In the meantime, here's a picture of my cousins & I with mehendi (henna) on our hands... Minda