October 10, 2009, 2 PM

That’s the day; that’s our wedding. We’ll be at Church of Our Saviour, and we hope you’ll join us.

Many Thanks!!!!

Many thanks to all who attended and much love. Photos are up via Chelsea’s facebook, and we’ll send some to you by email or mail if you like. Now. . . we start writing thank-you notes. If you get an indesipherable squiggle in the mail postmarked Boston. . . that’s from us.

Parking

As we mentioned before – parking in Boston/Brookline is horrific. Here are some options to mitigate the horror.

1. Take the T!!!!!!!!! (Green “C” line to St. Mary’s stop, 1.5 blocks from the church)

2. Come early and drive around the church in circles looking for parking.

The ceremony

The ceremony will be performed by the famous Father Joel M. Ives, who – did you know? – is descended from Pierre Ives, the inventor of French Toast. Childcare will be provided in the Parish House for any children who may have difficulty sitting quietly through a lengthy old-language service. Adults, too, for that matter. Music will be provided by John Dunn, longtime Music Director of the Boston Boy Choir, at the organ, and the Church of Our Saviour Choir augmented by members of Seraphim Singers and conducted by Jennifer Lester.

To the moon, Alice!

Is it the best of ideas to begin a post with a reference to spousal abuse?

Well, it’s done, now. We’re looking for honeymoon ideas. We’re not able to go away right after the wedding,

What to see in Boston

OK, so, like, we’re in Boston, ya know? And, like, so, we want to know how to, like, um, educize ourselves with summa yer, uh, culcher. Whaddowedo?

Boston has one of the great collections of art museums in the world. The ICA has just opened a new building in the waterfront and is a genuinely interesting place. The Harvard Museums (Fogg et al.) are varied, rambling, and have all sorts of little gems in their collections. Look particularly for the Semitic Museum and the Museum of Comparative Zoology, home of the glass flower and glass jellyfish, which, to use a technical term, are wicked cool. The famous Museum of Fine Arts and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum are closer to the church and have superb collections.

Koppel HUNGRY!

If you are a gourmand, gourmet, epicure, bon viveur, or simple glutton, there are many fine restaurants which you will enjoy in Boston and several terrible ones which will leave you sobbing over the wasted time and expense. Some uncategorised and meandering reviews:

Avoid Aujourd’hui at the Four Seasons, it’s overpriced, needlessly snooty, and not particularly good. Most of the steakhouses are B-grade at best. Do try the simple authenticity of Moby Dick, the oddly named Persian restaurant, recently updated to include. . . menus. Cash only but worth the trouble. Incidentally, the website is unintentionally hilarious. Take my parents, tell Moti I sent you. She won’t remember my name but will tell you what you want to eat. Don’t try to argue.

Hotels

Hotels are a big mess in Boston. Our suggestion, for the more internetically talented, is that you use Travelocity, Orbitz, Hotels.com, Priceline, or Hotwire to book a hotel in Brookline or in Kenmore Square.  The Hotel Commonwealth in Kenmore Square should be relatively convenient. If you find a room slightly distant please check with the groom for information on accessibility and convenience! We want you to be comfortable and at ease.

We are reserving blocks of rooms at two hotels, at slightly discounted rates. When contacting the hotels, refer to the Prosser-Slater wedding.

The easiest is the Holiday Inn on Beacon St., in terms of access to the church; there’s also a Marriott Courtyard a bit further up the street. Both are a reasonable walk or MBTA ride to the church, and since the reception is upstairs in the Parish Hall, it’ll be a piece of cake!

RSVP

So, ah, you make, the reply, yes? You wish to bring the friend, yes? Please respond by:

Phone to the bride
Email to our merged personality here.

Hand-scriven parchment: 140 Avon St., Malden, MA 02148
Or by a puff of crimson smoke visible from the church. One puff per guest. No puffins, please.

Travelling to Boston

It’s tricky.  A batch of hotel rooms is currently under investigation.  Parking is being negotiated with a confused bridge troll.  In the meantime:

Pack everything you own!  Boston is alternately scorching and freezing in October, and we’re gambling on the average – a 65°F (18°C) high and a 40°F (4°C) low.  Prepare for all eventualities.  God may smite us with hail or bless us with sunshine.

Amtrak is the best way to get here, followed by bus and then air.  For those who prefer to drive, once you’ve made your peace with God, your destination will be 25 Monmouth St., Brookline, MA 02446.  That’s Brookline not Boston.

MBTA: Take the C line of the Green Line to St. Mary’s Street.  Walk south, across the tracks and away from Dunkin’ Donuts et al., and the take a right, walking up Beacon Street in the same direction in which you just travelled.  Take your next left onto Carlton Street.  The church is at the next intersection.

From 93 North or South: Take Exit 26 to Storrow Drive.  Follow Storrow Drive, staying in the centre lane where there are three, and in the right lane where there are two, to the Fenway/Kenmore exit.  Reciting the 23rd Psalm, take the very sudden right fork to Kenmore Square; at the end of the ramp, provided you’ve survived this long, take a right onto Beacon Street, and follow it through Kenmore Square.  Continuing on Beacon Street (the central of your three options) you will go through two lights, cross a bridge over Interstate 90, and then take a left at the next light onto Park St.  You will then take an immediate right onto Medfield St, which turns into Monmouth St., on which you will find the church, street parking, and, if the bridge trolls are successfully bribed, a parking lot after the church on the left.

From 90, headed East:
Take exit 18 for Allston/Cambridge. Go through the tolls on the right side and you are more likely to survive. Follow the sign toward Cambridge through a four-way, oddly lit merge. At that merge, you will get to the right so that you can get on to Storrow Drive. Follow Storrow Drive to the Kenmore Square exit, staying right on the ramp. Follow the directions above to the church.