Lisa + Ken :: McLove (Edmonton, AB) Part I of II

Words by Maureen Young

When you’ve lived in the shadows before having an epiphany, codenames are par for course.  Lisa + Ken, aka Bridezilla + Godzilla, made us laugh when we got the zilla itinerary.  There was more laughs than roars though on their wedding day.

Lisa and her 5 bridemaids filled the salon with the sound of giggles as they chatted about how 3 of them (including Lisa) were married this year alone.  It was brilliant to seeing Rachelle again, who was still aglow from marrying Len in Cancun.  Having started hair at 8.30am, the girls were running late getting back to the house for make up and door games, so they put pedal to the metal in a bid to have everything prepped in time.

Ken and his 5 groom’s men duelled with Ken’s Japanese sword collection (Street Fighter was too tame for them!) and spent the morning horsing around – boys will be boys!  Matt, one of the groom’s men, performed surgery on his boutinnere when he accidentally broke the flower off – take note, krazy glue can fix anything, including your wedding day aesthetics!

The boys had a Murphy’s law morning when, after the surgery, the limo didn’t turn up!  The limo driver, clearly having heard how gorgeous the girls looked, went straight to Lisa’s and left the boys stranded at Ken’s!  Anton donned his chauffeur’s cap (figuratively speaking of course, Anton never covers up his anime hair do) and came to the rescue.  The magical TSX transported all 7 of them safe and sound to Lisa’s.

Having overcome 2 challenges, the boys had reached the final level – ‘Door Games To Steal Lisa from Evil Elia,’ as Ken affectionately titled it.  To prep for this final stage, they powered up at McDs and, having been told the girls could be bribed with Starbucks, ordered take away from there.  Given the calibre of door games, not sure if the bribery worked!

Ryosuke, having flown in from Japan, endured a leg wax!  All the groom’s men were vamped up and had full make up done by a blindfolded Ken before enduring wasabi infused sushi.  Having duelled with Japanese sword play earlier that day, the boys kissed and made up by passing seaweed from lips to lips.  If leg waxing is a less intense door game, not sure we want to know what the more intense option was!

The girls, suitably bribed and entertained, granted Ken a pass through the door for his first glimpse at his beautiful bride.

From Lisa’s everyone headed to McDonald’s… Hotel McDonald… where guests joined Lisa + Ken to witness their new beginning.  Ken, even after seeing his bride, coudn’t keep his emotions contained and when Lisa walked in, tears welled up in his eyes.

There was a definite McDs theme on the wedding day – any guesses where Part II starts out??

Much Love,

A+R