[AGL] Adventures of Frances and Lorelei in San Francisco

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Frances,

Great story, great locale and Travis Rivers as an extra.

But who was the woman getting married? You didn't say.

Michael

On 2/8/2015 6:55 PM, Frances Morey via Austin-ghetto-list wrote:
> We arrived on Thursday and had lunch at the Reef--met Josh, a friend 
> of Lorelei's from art school who docks his magnificent sail boat 
> there. He told us about an art opening on Friday at Sweeties (which we 
> made.)
> I got in touch with Travis Rivers and he invited us to lunch on Friday 
> at the Ferry Building oyster bar. Fabulous. He is a regular and got 
> the very best table looking out at the Bay Bridge, watching the 
> ferries come and go. He is quite the raconteur and told us much of the 
> history of SF as well as the ballroom where the wedding reception was 
> to be held--the occasion for the trip.
> We attended the magnificent wedding on Saturday. Everyone commented on 
> how nice the ladies from Texas looked in their finery. But, darn it 
> all, the camera/phone was all but dead and I was unable to take or 
> send photos. I'll have some photos of us coming from other 
> photographers by email, but I'm sure it will take a while.
> The wedding ceremony was held at the Swedenborgian Church at 2100 Lyon 
> Street. The Mother-of-the-Bride told me that the family was 1%-ers 
> with a ten million dollar mansion in Pacific Heights. She is very 
> happy for her daughter to have landed this SF scion. She was a 
> professional in the music industry when they were dating, successful 
> enough to have bought her own house. She has degrees from UT.
> The reception was at the Julia Howell Ballroom, named for the first 
> female architect to have graduated from the Sorbonne in 
> Paris. According to Travis she is said to have designed the 
> Hearst mansion and many other structures in SF. You can imagine the 
> grandeur of it. One of the guests at our table, a doctor, told us that 
> his high school was also designed by her. The guests were 
> professionals, all handsome with good looking partners dressed to the 
> nine's.
> One of the bride's friends from Austin came to SF for the wedding but 
> she didn't show up for the reception--h'ordervs, drinks, dinner with 
> fine wines and dancing. She was one of the guests at our table whose 
> place card seating spot curiously remained empty. She was staying at 
> the Omni right across the street from the Julia Howell Ballroom. This 
> morning we heard that unfortunately the woman had attempted suicide 
> while it was going on and is the hospital in intensive care. Her 
> mother is flying in to be with her. Such an incredibly sad end note 
> for the bride and groom's special day.
> That was just our first three days! We are here for another six days 
> but it is sure to be anticlimactic after all the events of the first 
> three.
> Best,
> Frances
>

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