For Thanksgiving, my family went on a 7 day cruise to the Mexican Riviera. We had three stops in Acapulco, Zihuatanejo and Manzanillo. As my first experience on the cruise, I thought it was a great experience overall. The unlimited food is a concept that I had to get used to at first but it didn’t take me long. I was ordering room service late at night just because it was there. That said, 7 days on a boat is a little bit too long. Once we left the last port at Manzanillo, I realized it would be TWO full days before we got back to port in San Diego. I would definitely do it again but would opt for a 4 or 5 day cruise instead.

Last week I had the privilege of watching my good friend and parallel Van get married in Washington, D.C. Now this was no ordinary wedding. Van and her fiance Eric were the winners of US Magazine and WeddingChannel.com’s Dream Wedding. I was planning to attend her wedding before she ever won the contest but after news of her selection as the winners made me even more excited. I was also excited to visit DC since it’s been almost twenty *gasp* years since I’ve visited. It would be more meaningful to visit all the monuments and museums since I’m old enough to appreciate them.

The highlight of my trip was the wedding. I have never been to a more “elegant” wedding. Everything about wedding from the venue to the service to the reception was jaw dropping. I’m so glad that I was able to watch one of my closer friends get married. After the wedding, I would have to admit that the museums were the next best highlight. When I was younger, I was ALWAYS fascinated with science so I basically reverted to an 8 year old boy when I visited the National Air and Space and Natural History museums. I spent the majority of my Saturday in those two museums. I did so much walking that my legs had basically given up halfway through the American History Museum.

I posted all my pictures to Flickr but here are some of the highlights of the trip.