Monday, April 2, 2007

Engagement announcement, stay tuned

So the People Editor from The Ambler Gazette sent us a form, which we filled out and sent back. A draft of the announcement came back to us for approval, thusly:
Carol Ann McCurley of Maple Glen and Foster and Jannine McCurley of Mohnton, Pa., announce the engagement of their daughter, Dana L. McCurley, to Paul D. Gillin, son of the late Rose Marie and the late Donald Gillin formerly of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Ms. McCurley is a 1995 graduate of Upper Dublin High School and a 1999 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, where she received a bachelor’s degree in English. She is the director of Paul Gillin Communications in Framingham, Mass.

Mr. Gillin is a 1975 graduate of Arlington High School and a 1979 graduate of Boston University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He is the principal of Paul Gillin Communications.

A Sept 1, 2007, wedding is planned.


"We're writers," we think, and forge forward with a more "interesting" version:

Carol Ann McCurley of Maple Glen and Foster and Jannine McCurley of Mohnton, announce the engagement of their daughter, Dana L. McCurley, to Paul D. Gillin, son of the late Rose Marie and the late Donald Gillin formerly of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Ms. McCurley is a 1995 graduate of Upper Dublin High School and a 1999 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University. She met Paul while working at TechTarget and is now the director of Paul Gillin Communications, a writing and communications consultancy run by her fiancé in Framingham, Mass.

Mr. Gillin was previously editor-in-chief of Computerworld and founding editor of TechTarget, a successful Internet startup. He is currently principal of Paul Gillin Communications. He is a 1979 graduate of Boston University.

A Sept 1, 2007, wedding is planned in Mass.


"No, no," says the People Editor. Apparently we have to stick to their formula. So the boring first version it is. But let's just pretend we got the better one in there, eh? ;-)

Oh, and we didn't send the picture that my mom took of us at the restaurant, as previously talked about (Engagement announcement in my hometown newspaper); we sent in this one:

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