Saturday June 20, 2009 A small, odd parade on Cedar Ave. as the #23 bus reached Cedar and 35th St. There were adults and children wearing tall, elaborate headdresses. Other parts of their costumes ranged from minimal additions to ordinary clothing to elaborate masks and other decorations.

(The #23 bus usually runs on 38th St.; but there's road repair on 38th between Cedar and Bloomington Avenues. "Minnesota has two seasons: winter and road repair.")

Picked up Fare For All food at Pillsbury House.

***On to the wedding of Carolyn Brust and Tom Koefoed (sp?), in Bloomington. Depending on which signs you believe, the site was either Moir Park or the Moir Picnic Area of Central Park.

The trip began easily enough. The #5E bus runs frequently, and reaches the Mall of America fairly quickly.

But then...the #539B runs once an hour on Saturdays. I needed to get off at Old Shakopee Road and Thomas Ave. The bus ran on Old Shakopee Road, moved on to another street, returned to Old Shakopee Road, moved on to another street, etc.

Then came the walk. Moir Park was at 104th St and Morgan Ave. Morgan and Thomas were in alphabetical order, but with streets not part of that pattern interpolated.

The guests were from several different subcultures, including sf fandom. But a couple of the fans hadn't been around in fandom for some time.

There were more smokers than I'd seen at any gathering in a while. And there were a lot of dogs.

Before the ceremony proper, there were Irish love songs. The singer looked very likely to be of Irish ancestry.

The ceremony was conducted by the bride's father, Steve Brust.

Wedding guests were given small bubble blowers and commemorative frisbies.

And food; much food.

Reen Brust (mother of the bride) arranged a ride home for me with Dave (?).

I was happy to attend, and I'm happy for the newlyweds.