Moving from the subject of same-sex marriage to the subject of different-sex ones, Saturday we went to the wedding of Tawn’s school friend Bua and her fiancee Pom.  Their engagement party was thirteen months ago and it is hard to believe a year has passed so quickly.

Bua is a Qantas flight attendant and Pom is a first officer with Orient Thai Airlines (a mostly domestic Thai carrier) and so their engagement party and subsequent wedding was airline themed.  Here’s the wedding invitation:

We arrived at the Hyatt Grand Erawan with Pim and her husband Arm to find the area just outside the ballroom converted into a check-in lobby, completed with two “Love Airways” podia, below.

We sat at a table of Tawn’s school friends, all of whom have had babies recently.  Unfortunately, with 600 guests the bride and groom were never together long enough for me to get a picture of them!  We had plenty of time to visit with our friends, though, and to play with the babies.  Actually, there were a lot of guests with young children.  Bua had arranged for a play area outside the ballroom complete with small jungle gyms, toys, and a clown armed with incredible balloon animal making skills.  He made a good Mickey Mouse, a passable Ultraman, and an amazing Little Mermaid.

Below left, Tawn and a shocked Nam-ing, Jaa and Teuk’s 6-month old.  Below right, me with Jae Jae, Saa and Job’s 3-month old, in his cute little jeans.  Unfortunately, Pim and Arm’s nearly 3-year old daughter, Tara, decided she would rather go visit her grandparents this evening.  Tawn even tried to convince her by telling her that her Uncle Chris would be there, but that didn’t seem to be much of a selling point.

The food was a Chinese banquet with an especially tasty Peking duck.  The skin was super-crispy and the plum sauce was unusually not sickeningly sweet.