tying together two themes of my life lately
I’ve been to or known of a lot of weddings of people I know this year, including two in June (both lovely, and very different). Thus I was charmed to find my interest in transit combined with this recent swell in weddings in Annie’s post about a couple traveling to their own wedding on the Tube.
Favorite line: “We didn’t feel that we needed a stretch limo to get to their register office when we have got an Oyster card and the Tube.”
What a great idea! Weddings are often resource-intensive, so I love their concept of trying to make lighter mark. Three weeks ago Barbara also wrote about doing a “local food” catering for a wedding (vegetarian, too), for another person who is committed to “green” living. The food, of course, sounded absolutely lovely, but that goes without saying since it is Barbara.
Post about my trip to Toronto coming soon, I promise.
There were so many resource-intensive things about a wedding (or weddings in general) that I didn’t even consider at the start. For instance, registry gifts that were shipped to us often came with disturbing amounts of packaging. We tried to recycle what we could, but those little styrofoam peanuts are the bane of my existence.
There are certain things you can do: local, organic food, recycled paper for invites, etc. My cousin and his bride drove away in the same car his parents drove away in from their wedding (their family is into vintage cars and has my grandfather’s Model T). We tried to do our part by cutting down on the paper waste: no RSVP cards (online or phone RSVPs only) and no place cards or table numbers. It’s definitely a challenge though!
Comment by Kira — July 15, 2008 @ 9:06 am