It's life's encounters that are the most fun to share with readers, and a great example occurred last Saturday as I was walking north on Euclid. I bumped into a woman, who recognized me from my blog, in the small parking lot at 449 N. Euclid. She explained that she had arranged to rendezvous with her daughter who was getting married later that day, and she opened her car door to show me the wedding bouquets (see last picture) lined up in the back seat. The limousine containing the wedding party was on its way to meet her so she could hand-off the flowers to the bride and her bridesmaids.
The family chose to meet at this particular location because the wedding photographer operates from her studio adjacent to the lot. In the brief time before the limo arrived I learned almost everything about the young couple, i.e. that they live in D.C., that the bridegroom is Russian, and that his parents had made the trip to St. Louis for the ceremony. In the rush of activity that followed however, and feeling like an intruder at this point, I never learned their names.
The limousine pulled up in front of Fellenz Antiques on Euclid and the bride, trailed by the driver, was handed her bridal bouquet, above and below, created by the cleverly-named "Flowers to the People" located on Cherokee St.
The groom, carrying some precious cargo in a red bag, greeted his future mother-in-law, above and below.
Not only did the bride's mother plan the wedding, she was also assuming dog-sitting duties while the couple went on their wedding trip. In the photo above, it looks as if the puppy is getting a final "pup-talk" before being handed over.
The photographer went over logistics with the bride, above, and the wedding party, below. I understood they were headed to either Forest Park or Tower Grove Park for photos before the ceremony.
What struck me most about the whole encounter was that this lovely scene took place in about ten minutes flat, and most of it occurred in an alley, which none of the elegantly-dressed participants seemed to even notice. Life in the city…and being at the right place at the right time!