Wedding Announcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen and Michelle Grybowski, of Clayton, are pleased to announce the wedding of their son, Julian, to Tomoko Nakata, daughter of Mr. Minoru Nakata and the late Hiroko Nakata, of Osaka, Japan. The ceremony was held at the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon on Saturday, August 7. A reception followed at the same location.

The bride is a 2003 graduate of Yamatogawa High School in Osaka. She received an Associate’s degree in Communications from Osaka Seikei Women’s College in 2005.

The groom is 2003 graduate of Thousand Islands High School. In 2007, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cultural Anthropology from Hamilton College in Clinton. He is employed by the government of Osaka Prefecture as an assistant teacher of high-school English.

Ms. Norma Zimmer, mayor of Clayton, presided over the ceremony. The best man was James Chapman, of Norwich, and the maid of honor was the groom’s sister, Hannah Grybowski, of West Harrison.

The couple had previously been married in a civil ceremony in Japan, but were delighted to share their union with family and friends. Following their travel in the United States, the couple will reside in Osaka, Japan.

We apologize for the inconvenience

Regular readers of the column may have noticed that my updates have become somewhat irregular as of late, especially considering that I’m still on the first day of my trip to Shikoku just after New Year’s. Rest assured that I am still alive and well, and that I have been hard at work editing the tale, which continues to grow in the telling. I’ve simply been rather preoccupied with a variety of major events—including one extremely major one—these last few months, and that, along with an Internet connection that always knows when I least want it to flake out, has taken up the majority of my time.

That said, I would be remiss if I were to keep you in the dark any longer waiting for my return, so I’ll let the attached picture help do some of the explaining. With any luck, I’ll be back here sometime soon, and back on track for weekly updates. Wish me luck!