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| Best Man |
Name: Richard Eshman
Aliases/Nicknames/AKA/Also Responds To: Rico
How I know the bride/groom: The bride - through my brother. My baby brother is the groom.
Favorite pickup line: "Did it hurt? When you fell from Heaven?"
People tell me I look like: Elvis Presley and Taylor Hicks.
I tell people my favorite movie is: Tie between Scarface and Tombstone.
My actual favorite movie is: Tie between Some Kind of Wonderful and Can't Buy Me Love.
Hidden talent: The yoga pose that looks like the frog.
Words to live by: The words I hear everyday before I leave for work: "I love you Daddy!"
Aliases/Nicknames/AKA/Also Responds To: Rico
How I know the bride/groom: The bride - through my brother. My baby brother is the groom.
Favorite pickup line: "Did it hurt? When you fell from Heaven?"
People tell me I look like: Elvis Presley and Taylor Hicks.
I tell people my favorite movie is: Tie between Scarface and Tombstone.
My actual favorite movie is: Tie between Some Kind of Wonderful and Can't Buy Me Love.
Hidden talent: The yoga pose that looks like the frog.
Words to live by: The words I hear everyday before I leave for work: "I love you Daddy!"
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| Groomsman |
Aliases/Nicknames/AKA/Also Responds To: David. Only people in this wedding party can get me to respond to "Davey".
How I know the bride/groom: Long-time college friend of Michael, and I met his lovely future wife while they were dating.
Favorite pickup line: "Wanna go lay out under the stars?" (Caution: The last time I used this I ended up getting married. It is that powerful.)
People tell me I look like: Jim Mora, Jr. and, alternatively, George Costanza.
I tell people my favorite movie is: Braveheart. How could you not get caught up in it? Freedom!!!
My actual favorite movie is: Aladdin. Seriously, it's a modern classic.
Hidden talent: My thumb is double-jointed and I can dislocate it back-and-forth. Women tend to dislike this talent.
Words to live by: "Yes Dear, whatever you want to do sounds great." Michael, you may want to laminate this phrase to keep in your wallet.
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| Groomsman/Bridesboy |
Name: Pat Ryan
Aliases/Nicknames/AKA/Also Responds To: I respond to a variety of names, including: Pat, Paddy, Pitty Pat, Spidey, Dirty Peach, Papa Grande/Papa G/Papa. I also answer to "dude" or "buddy"... but not "guy." Never "guy."
How I know the bride/groom: I met the Bride on the first day of law school and we basically lived within 500 feet from each other for the better part of four years (in Athens, Atlanta, and over international waters on the Carnival Imagination). Coincidentally, during those four years I had more medical problems stemming from small, child-like pinches than at any other point in my life. She is one of my best friends and has imparted valuable life lessons on me, such as: (1) teaching me the meaning of "whip" and (2) convincing me that I shouldn't be afraid to partake in "Disney Dance Parties" at 2:00 in the morning. There are rumors that she will wear a white dress to the wedding, but my money is on the Sports Illustrated Tampa Bay Bucs sweatshirt.
Even though I went to law school with the Groom, I didn't truly befriend him until we embarked on one of our favorite shared past times -- eating burritos at Barberitos. We solidified our friendship when we attempted to drink at every bar in downtown Athens over a three night span (affectionately known as "the 45"). The only time I was disappointed in Eshman was when he declined to go to the movies with me because, and I quote, "Audrey is sick in bed, so I'm going to bring her soup." Most importantly, Eshman is the sole recipient of the Pat Ryan Lifetime Achievement Award (2011) for his coining of the phrase "Broseph Gordon Levitt."
Favorite pickup line: With Wing-woman: "Haveeeeeee you met Pat?" - Audrey.
Without Wing-woman: Knocking over glasses of red wine onto the friends of the girl I want to talk to. High risk, high reward... very low success rate.
People tell me I look like: A bartender in Fort Lauderdale once told me I looked like Jackie Chan...
I tell people my favorite movie is: Step Up 2 - The Streets
My actual favorite movie is: Step Up 3D. See also Milo and Otis.
Hidden talent: Ability to climb fences and jump tables. I can also make most situations awkward with virtually no effort at all.
Words to live by: The Italians have a saying, Lemon: "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." And although they've never won a war or mass-produced a decent car, in this case they're right.
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| Groomsman |
Aliases/Nicknames/AKA/Also Responds To: Stoney.
How I know the bride/groom: High school magic camp AKA physics class with the groom (we had an extremely boring substitute teacher for a couple of months, and Michael and I bonded by entertaining ourselves with goofy little "magic" tricks that we made up during class). We continued to bond over our shared, stupid sense of humor the following years rooming together in college and beyond.
Favorite pickup line: "Are you using the Confundus spell or are you just naturally mind-blowing?"
People tell me I look like: I don't really get that from people.
I tell people my favorite movie is: Avatar.
My actual favorite movie is: Fern Gully.
Hidden talent: Upon meeting someone for the first time, I have the incredible ability to forget his or her name almost instantaneously.
Words to live by: When life sends you lemons, say "eff the lemons" and bail.