The London Ambulance bike is on standby at Heathrow
Phil and Tania's Wedding, Short Hills, New Jersey, USA - 20th August 2011
Phil and Tania get married in the grounds of their mega-pad, deep in the leafy suburbs of New Jersey. The Arnewood School massive - Sean, Hamish, Martin and Nosher - make their various ways over for the gig: Martin from Düsseldorf, Sean and Hamish from Heathrow and Nosher from Mallorca. This involved a 5.30am start, and then car to Palma Airport, plane to Gatwick, train to Victoria, tube to Paddington, train to Heathrow, plane to Newark and finally a taxi to the hotel. The gig is just like one of those in a Hollywood production, and it's followed by canapes, one of the most comprehensive mobile bars ever and then some exellent food. After some dancing, and a quick session on a baby grand piano, the minibus hauls us all back to the Hilton Short Hills. All the while the driver is freaking out about cops pulling him over for having passengers drinking from open containers, until someone suggests turning the coach lights out. On the flight over, Nosher's 747 - Virgin flight VS001 - is delayed in to Newark by a raging thunderstorm which is in the process of soaking the pre-wedding dinner guests who are over in Manhattan on a launch somewhere off Battery Park. After an hour in a stack, we're low on fuel so land at Stewart Field in Newbury, Massachussetts to refuel, before Newark opens up again a couple of hours later. The immigration queues are the worst ever - taking over an hour as several flights have all rocked up together, so the total journey time from leaving the villa in Mallorca to pitching up at the hotel is about 24 hours.
next album: A Manhattan Hotdog, New York, USA - 21st August 2011
previous album: A Tram Trip to Port Soller, Mallorca - 18th August 2011
The ticket barriers at Paddington
A Class 332 at Paddington
Flash graffiti on the trackside
Graffiti on an electrical cabinet
More railway graffiti on the way to Heathrow
A fuzzy glimpse of Stewart Field
The grassy concrete apron at Stewart Field
Somebody kicks back on the plane
Sean and Hamish in their room
Hamish roams around the Short Hills Mall
Short Hills Mall - cathedral of consumerism
An anonynous Macy's store
Sean and Hamish in the bar at Short Hills Hilton
Hamish checks his camera
Sean's borrowed guitar case has his initials on
Our beer stash
Sean and Hamish wait for the bus
The crowds mill around
The bus loads up
Some guests get an early beer in
On the bus
At Phil and Tanya's house
Chairs in the garden
The guests assemble in the garden
Girls wave fans on a hot day
The string quartet, with one from Juilliard
Phil's mum, Bernice
A view from the back
Phil and the others wait for the bride's arrival
Tanya and Phil
The reception kicks off
The string quartet has relocated
Tania and Phil roam around and mingle
More musical action
A pile of small boys mess around
Out in the marquee
Tania and Phil and some guests
Hamish
Some of Nosher's table
The disco glitter ball whirls around
Phil and Tania dance
Tania busts some moves
Inside, a small girl plays a large piano
Sean and another guest roam around the kitchen
Nosher plays a bit of piano
Phil plugs the piano in
Berenice and Phil have a dance
Hamish takes a photo as the cake is moved about
Sean gurns
Bernice has a dance as Bob looks on
Sean does some more gurning
Crazy dancing
A couple of guests say goodnight
The Rolls-Royce appears
Phil and Tania pile in to a vintage Rolls Royce
Champagne in the back of the Rolls
The guests go nuts whilst waiting for the coach
More dancing on the drive
Hamish mills about
Back in the bus
The view from the bus window
Hamish mills around back in the hotel bar
Behind the bar at the Short Hills Hilton
The Short Hills Hilton
The hotel's reception
Sean, Martin and Hamish chat
Martin gives people a lift to Summit station
Downtown Summit
Nosher in Martin's rented Mustang
Sean and Martin on the stairs
We arrive for a wedding brunch
Lisa and Rob
Kai shows off something on his phone
Bernice comes over for a chat
The derelict Barnes Chevrolet in Orange
Intricate brickwork
Derelict warehouses in Orange
Sergio's second-hand car lot
Rusty oil tanks and broken windows
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The London Ambulance bike is on standby at Heathrow
The London Ambulance bike is on standby at Heathrow
The ticket barriers at Paddington
A Class 332 at Paddington
Flash graffiti on the trackside
Graffiti on an electrical cabinet
More railway graffiti on the way to Heathrow
A fuzzy glimpse of Stewart Field
The grassy concrete apron at Stewart Field
Somebody kicks back on the plane
Sean and Hamish in their room
Hamish roams around the Short Hills Mall
Short Hills Mall - cathedral of consumerism
An anonynous Macy's store
Sean and Hamish in the bar at Short Hills Hilton
Hamish checks his camera
Sean's borrowed guitar case has his initials on
Our beer stash
Sean and Hamish wait for the bus
The crowds mill around
The bus loads up
Some guests get an early beer in
On the bus
At Phil and Tanya's house
Chairs in the garden
The guests assemble in the garden
Girls wave fans on a hot day
The string quartet, with one from Juilliard
Phil's mum, Bernice
A view from the back
Phil and the others wait for the bride's arrival
Tanya and Phil
The reception kicks off
The string quartet has relocated
Tania and Phil roam around and mingle
More musical action
A pile of small boys mess around
Out in the marquee
Tania and Phil and some guests
Hamish
Some of Nosher's table
The disco glitter ball whirls around
Phil and Tania dance
Tania busts some moves
Inside, a small girl plays a large piano
Sean and another guest roam around the kitchen
Nosher plays a bit of piano
Phil plugs the piano in
Berenice and Phil have a dance
Hamish takes a photo as the cake is moved about
Sean gurns
Bernice has a dance as Bob looks on
Sean does some more gurning
Crazy dancing
A couple of guests say goodnight
The Rolls-Royce appears
Phil and Tania pile in to a vintage Rolls Royce
Champagne in the back of the Rolls
The guests go nuts whilst waiting for the coach
More dancing on the drive
Hamish mills about
Back in the bus
The view from the bus window
Hamish mills around back in the hotel bar
Behind the bar at the Short Hills Hilton
The Short Hills Hilton
The hotel's reception
Sean, Martin and Hamish chat
Martin gives people a lift to Summit station
Downtown Summit
Nosher in Martin's rented Mustang
Sean and Martin on the stairs
We arrive for a wedding brunch
Lisa and Rob
Kai shows off something on his phone
Bernice comes over for a chat
The derelict Barnes Chevrolet in Orange
Intricate brickwork
Derelict warehouses in Orange
Sergio's second-hand car lot
Rusty oil tanks and broken windows