Notes on a Stag

Levi: “So Joe is organizing the stag and guess what…. it’s going to be in VEGAS”

Inner Monologue Levi: don’t look too excited don’t look too excited

Naama: ” That is so great, oh my goodness you guys are going to have such a good time!”

Inner monologue Naama: Be cool…  be cool… don’t seem nervous or upset, block out immediate mental image of last week’s CSI where the prostitute drugs the straying husband and steals all his money. You are way too calm and collected for that ….you are the laid back girlfriend … that’s right.

So maybe that wasn’t exactly how it  happened but I would be lying if I said I didn’t have a few moments of …shall we say… uncertainty after I dropped the boys off at the airport on Friday. I mean a stag in VEGAS! It cannot possibly get more debauchery-filled then that. So how do you cope? How does the calm cool collected bride-to-be refrain from becoming the ultimate cliche? More importantly, how does the guy…. go to Vegas, party like a rock star and still come home in his partner’s good books?

Truth is most of us girls look forward to the weekends of freedom as much as the boys do. It gives us an opportunity to do all the things that make the men a lil’ coo-coo. This past Sunday  I committed the ultimate weekend crime, I spent a great deal of the morning and early afternoon lying in bed and talking on the phone. A travesty in Levi’s mind but a perfect Sunday morning in mine.   A large portion of the weekend also went to doing extremely girly wedding stuff which I won’t share because I have too much pride to admit my love of china, stem wear and lace. Levi…well, he  seemed to have spent the majority of the weekend drinking and gambling. And again… he won’t share because ….(insert cheesy Vegas tag-line….i’ll start you off…”what happens in______ “)

An important discovery which I will share however, is that Levi and I actually consciously decided that we would not call each other while he was away and truthfully, that was the smartest thing we could have done.  A few well placed text messages mostly having to do with the Raptors crushing victories over the Bobcats and the Pacer’s let us know that one another was alive and well.

So not only did Levi come out looking cool and not weighed down by his ball and chain, but, I did not get woken up by late night drunken phone calls because Levi felt he “had to call”.

I think the no-phone call clause should be manditory for all stags/stagettes to ensure a peaceful and pleasant reunion. Oh and guys…. ALWAYS always bring home a present. That helps a lot too.

126 Days and Counting

It’s been a while since we posted, so I thought I would give an update on what has been going on in the last few months with the Levy/Cooperman wedding planning (or to put it another way, how much work Naama has done, and how little Levi has done, but is very very appreciative!):

The Rimrock

After the debacle that was the Silver Tip, Naama took the bull by the horns and found the perfect spot for our wedding. Since that time, I had a chance to check it out and I must say I’m pretty pumped. The Rimrock is a special place (the only hotel I’ve ever been to where you have to DOWN an elevator to get to your rooms…and trust me, the rooms aren’t underground). I think every room has a spectacular view and the area where we are going to have the ceremony and reception will suit us perfectly.

The Band

After going back and forth on a number of bands in the Calgary area, Naama and I really latched on to Zeev Berger’s idea of having something a little different like an Afro Cuban band. As it turns out, there is a band based out of Calgary that plays afro cuban music and is available next June. I’ll keep the name of the band a surprise for now, but I hope everyone is ready to bust a move – latin styles. Announcement: T-roy will be leading a latin dance training session just past noon on Sunday in front of the pool…this is not to be missed.

The Pre-Party Party

Otherwise known as the out-of-towners party is close to being finalized. It will be Friday night in Calgary…that is all I can say now, but everyone from out of town will have a place to party on Friday night. Stay tuned…

The Website

Yes, the all important website has some fresh updates. The colors have been changed to match our wedding colors, check it out…ooh la la. If you go to our home page, you will find the all important countdown to the big day.

And Everything Else

Of course there about 100 million other things that Nams is diligently getting done when she’s not writing her PhD thesis, but hey, the important thing is we have that countdown clock on our website. Without that, we should all ask ourselves, where would our wedding planning be? Nowhere I say, nowhere.