A bad start to a beautiful wedding

We went to a formal wedding on Saturday. I broke out my tuxedo and we planned for a nice fun day. It was in New Jersey so we needed a car. ZipCar has some nicer cars so we went with a BMW for the day.

It was going to be a long event with the full Catholic mass/wedding in the afternoon and the dreaded lull between the wedding and the reception. So a good friend of ours came over to stay with Danielle and Victoria.

I went to get the car. I unlock it with my ZipCard and hop in. Nice. But where’s the key? The way ZipCar works is that you can only open the car and start the car if it has been programmed to your ZipCard for that time. So you always leave the keys in the car.

The previous driver didn’t.

Ultimately, ZipCar is a very cool concept that totally fits with the Brooklyn lifestyle. But it is totally dependant on everyone following the rules. No keys, no functioning car.

Thankfully our friend drove over to our place to be with the girls so we just borrowed her car. Saved us some money, really, but I really wanted to drive the Beemer.

So we’re off to the wedding. A few minutes late but not bad. Until we hit Jersey. Someone decided that Saturday afternoon would be a good day to do major work on one of the bridges and close all but one lane. There was a five miles stretch that took us about an hour. We arrived as the bride was exiting the church. Nice.

The reception made up for all of it though. It was at a totally spectacular spot in New Jersey. Apparently the pool scene in Cocoon was filmed at this place among other things. No expense was spared. I don’t even want to think about what this event cost. Six figures easy. Everyone had a great time.

So a lousy start turned into an excellent night.

I did manage to get lost driving home though…