Tabrizi fo' Sheezy

Well, clearly the most important update is that Hoss and Carolyn were married yesterday, which resulted in a true DGSC weekend. For my new followers, DGSC or Dirty Girls Social Club is a name associated with 12 of my closest friends from high school. The namesake is attributed to a book by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez about a group of girlfriends and their lives. We took this name in 2003, the first year of what would become an annual dinner and a lifetime of friendship.

The first of this group of friends, Carolyn Fawcett tied the knot yesterday. She is now Mrs. Tabrizi and it was a great event. The weekend began with many of us coming into town (with a few boyfriends and fiances) on Friday and staying with the wonderful Angela Damiano (shout out to my favorite hostess!). We ate at one of my FAVORITE Mexican places in Alexandria and I was heart broken when I was unable to have a Cadilac Margarita, my favorite, because the machine was broken. Some how I survived. We spent the evening sharing funny stories, showing the guys some old videos and laughing so hard our faces hurt.

The wedding Saturday was fantastic! There were two beautiful ceremonies followed by a great reception full of sweet dance moves and lassos.

and in true dirty girl fashion, Angela and I prepared a song for the bride and groom. This is a tradition started a few years ago, Angela and I began by performing "Light my Candle" at a DGSC dinner one year. We then in years to come began writing our own songs to be performed at large get togethers. This wedding was no different, we composed a brief ditty for Carolyn and Hoss to the tune of Train, "Hey Soul Sister". The video is available for viewing on my facebook. I'm not sure how to post it on here, perhaps my dear friend Kelly Shanley will post it in the comment section?

Overall a great night, it was no shocker JoJo tore up the dance floor during the cupid shuffle, as I have shared with many of you, she loves a group dance! It was great to spend time with JoJo, Matt and the Shanley's as well. Nothing like a taste of family and home.

Overall a great weekend. Life in Wilmington is going well... last week went by fast with a 3 day work week but I am getting excited for the awesome programs and events that are coming up in a month. Dinner at Pat and Joann's was great. They prepared me a wonderful Italian dinner and I returned the favor by setting Joann up with a new more user friendly gmail accout. I continue to enjoy spending time with my amazing new friends here and look forward to introducing more of them to you via the Mancuso Monologues but until next time...

Stefanie Jo

Of course, some shout outs:

Congrats to the several couples that were wed this weekend:

Carolyn & Hoss         Kat & CJ           Mike & Christina

Also, welcome Brayden Roemmich, nephew of my little one Ashley Carlton.

Kelly Ann Shanley traveling to Greece next weekend...lucky girl!

Shout out to big Peter Mancuso, thinking about him this week <3