We here at Tirico Suave try to be modest. We don’t like to boast about our connections. But once in a while, we don’t mind showing off. And this is one of those times. We were cordially invited to Eli Manning’s wedding this past weekend, and while we try to separate our personal life from our journalistic duties, we feel we owe it our readers to share our experiences. So here’s a few of the photos we were able to snap and along with some of the better stories that we could remember. (I’m definitely going to forget few things, but if you’ve ever done apple pucker shooters with Lawrence Tynes for seven hours straight, you’re lucky to remember your name in the morning, let alone every story from the day/night before.)
The Manning family. L to R: Cooper, his date 90210′s Gabrielle Carteris (she hasn’t aged a day), Archie, Olivia, the lovely bride Abby, Eli, Bridget Moynahan and baby, and Peyton. Peyton’s wife Ashley could not attend so Peyton decided to take Bridget. And yes, she’s dresses her boy in girl clothes for some reason. There seems to be a lot going on there and we weren’t about to get involved.
Here’s Jeremy Shockey and his date. Jeremy sort of stole the show at the wedding. For instance…
Here’s a tip for any of you thinking of being the cut up at one of your friend’s weddings: when the priest says “speak now or forever hold your peace” obnoxiously yelling out “I USED TO HIT THAT!” and high-fiving Jeff Feagles doesn’t go over as well as you might imagine in your head.
In spite of what you see every Sunday, even the biggest rivals tend to leave it on the field, and are sometimes even friends in their personal lives. This is a great example of that. Here, seated at table 18.1 are the Super Bowl runner-up New England Patriots. L to R: Wes Welker, Rodney Harrison, Bill Belichick, Junior Seau, Josh McDaniels. I’m not sure who the two women are in the front, but both left with Belichick.
Despite what the media tells you, there isn’t any bad blood between Eli Manning and Tiki Barber, and this photo is proof. And who would have thought that Tiki Barber could make a mean Midori Sour?
The ability to show his softer, more personable side continues to pay off for Tom Coughlin, as he absolutely dominated the limbo contest.
Eli’s backups past and present cutting a rug. L to R: Jared Lorenzen, Tim Hasselbeck and David Carr.
A party ain’t a party until Kyle Orton shows up
Big brother and best man, Peyton, gave an absolutely touching toast that had even the 350 lb. lineman a little choked up. Only at the end did it get a little awkward, when Peyton, always the consummate pitchman, managed to work a plug for his new Gatorade flavor, Kiwi Clutch, into his speech. Speaking of awkward…..
Peyton’s toast was followed by an impromptu ‘toast’ by Jeremy Shockey, where he, master of comedic timing, again pointed to the bride while yelling “I USED TO HIT THAT!” and then proceeded to demand a trade and threatened to hold out all of next season if he was still a NY Giant. This went on for sometime, until fittingly Kevin Boss was able to drag him outside.
Unfortunately, the rest of the night is a blur. But we just wanted to say thanks to the entire Manning family for having us. It was truly a phenomenal day all around and an experience that we’ll cherish forever. And if things work out between Cooper and Gabrielle, we’d be honored to do the whole thing all over again.
