[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-manhattan-wedding-bash":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"This weekend, Stuart and I flew to New York City to celebrate the wedding of one of my best friends from university, Rose Jung (to her man, Ki, whom I'd met once, on Skype).\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/roseki_wed_stuart_sarah-d179d82de9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nYou'll spot Rose and Ki's name in the upcoming edition of \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/492969.html\">\u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, so I made this little drawing for them. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seawigs_rose_ki-565ccc25c2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's the lovely couple! Congratulations, Ki and Rose!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rose_ki_wedding_1-a12544ab7d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more photos under the cut-->\\r\nHere's Rose and her family. Funnily enough, the very \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/20284.html\">first comic strip I ever made for publication\u003C/a> was about the fabulous kimchi Rose's mother used to send along with her to Bryn Mawr; I was always pecking at Rose's dorm-room door late at night, seagull-like, for kimchi snacks.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/roseki_wed_jungs-60fac99a94.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSome Korean wedding dolls:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rose_ki_wedding_dolls-4d0d98eb8c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd the first dance. Rose and Ki held their reception at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.riverparknyc.com/\">Riverpark\u003C/a>, with its striking view of the Empire State building.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rose_ki_wedding_dance2-4f4745a618.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWe were wondering if a certain Korean pop song would come up on the playlist and... yup, there it was! Ha ha, here's the video, for people like my parents who might not have heard of a very silly Internet phenomenon called \u003Ci>Gangnam Style\u003C/i>, which topped the UK charts last week. Perhaps it's a good thing I didn't get any photos of us dancing to it.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2274\"/>\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ca href=\"http://youtu.be/9bZkp7q19f0\">\u003Ci>Direct YouTube link\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nA few more photos: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rose_ki_wedding_cake-70813e9658.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rose_dad_dance-ed6a25b6b4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks so much, Rose and Ki, or an amazing evening, and the amazing brunch the next morning at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.scandinaviahouse.org/\">Scandanavia House\u003C/a>. We love you guys! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rose_sarah_wedding-8cb295a769.jpg\">","2012-10-22T17:43:00.000Z","manhattan-wedding-bash",[],"manhattan wedding bash",1776628724323]