Meeting Ned

It's funny to think that some of the people we're closest to today didn't know us before we were Mr. and Mrs. Carter. They weren't at our wedding and don't know many of the people who were instrumental in our formation and "courtship."

Likewise, we often don't know their people. In this case, John and Susan were married two weeks after we were by Ned, one of the priests they worked with while living in community in Peru. Heath had the chance to meet Ned briefly last summer, but last weekend, I had the chance to meet him myself.

We met up with the group at The Kerryman downtown, but quickly headed to the much more quiet beer garden at the Clark Street Alehouse. Good conversation, good beer and—in this case—a good story...

Susan ordered an Oberon beer from Bell's, a popular brewery in Kalamazoo, MI, that had been "banned" in Chicago for awhile, but is recently back. When the waitress brought it out, she informed us that it was free of charge since Mr. Bell himself was in the house. I sent Heath and John off with the camera and they came back with pictures of Mr. Bell. He had been...how should I put this?...tasting his wares quite a bit. HILARIOUS!

Dusk on Lake Shore Drive


The guys with Mr. Bell



Group pic with Ned