Jeff & Mal: Bachelorette Party & Wedding Shower Weekend Extravaganza!

This past Friday I jumped in my car again and headed North. This time, it wasn't a football game even though the Mountaineers played at home. Nope, this time I had to head even farther North than usual. As you probably know, my Big, Julie Klein, won a free wedding in Hilton Head, SC this November! I am soooooooo excited for her and Dave because they really deserved this! Thanks to all of you who voted for them to help give them such an amazing opportunity!

Here are some pictures from the beautiful drive home. The leaves were already starting to change...

This past weekend was Julie's wedding shower at Franco's Trattoria in Pittsburgh. It was absolutely amazing and she got tons of wonderful things. The food was very delicious! The cupcakes were made by the maid of honor's aunt and were absolutely amazing! I had a coconut topped cupcake that was key lime! Delicious!! Here are some photos of the shower:

After the shower was over, all the bridesmaids jumped in our cars and headed to a hotel on the south side of PGH where we started getting ready for Julie's Bachelorette party - PGH style! We all got dressed up, did each other's hair and make up, had a few drinks to get the party started... super fun time with the other bridesmaids! Then we headed a few blocks down the street to the Hofbräuhaus. The place was a German bar that was celebrating Octoberfest! It was PACKED!!!! We headed through the restaurant and went outside to the back side of the restaurant where we had yummy pretzels and cheese fries! I have never seen such large beer steins in my entire life! Check out the pictures to see what I mean...

After hanging outside for awhile, we noticed the inside crowd was starting to thin out making room for some of us who were outside. We headed in and I have never seen such a thing in my life. The room was like a large dining hall, filled with GIANT tables and GIANT benches for seating. People were standing on the benches singing, dancing and waving around their beer steins to the tunes of the German band that was playing all night. Just like everyone else, we all jumped up on the tables and started singing and dancing (of course WE wouldn't be swinging around beer steins - would we? hehe) We had such an awesome time celebrating Julie's upcoming wedding! The band even sang her a song - "Sweet Julie Klein" to the tune of "Sweet Caroline" !!!! It was awesome!! Here are some photos from the evening...

AOII love