Wedding vows for one senator; Sox kudos from another

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Coming just days after the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Judicial Court's ruling allowing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, state Senator Jarrett Barrios and his longtime partner, Doug Hattaway, were married in a Cambridge ceremony. Officiated by Justice of the Peace (and Cambridge City Councilor) Denise Simmons, the wedding at the First Parish and reception at the nearby Washburn Hall at the Episcopal Divinity School were attended by family, friends, and a host of notables from state government and Barrios's district, which includes parts of Cambridge, Somerville, Boston, Everett, Revere, Chelsea, and Saugus. Speakers during the ceremony included the Rev. Robert J. Bowers, a priest who is going on an indefinite leave now that his parish, St. Catherine's of Sienna in Charlestown, is closing, and state Representative Michael Festa. Among those in attendance were: Mary Bonauto of Gay and Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, who led the legal fight that brought same-sex marriage to the state; former state senator and now head of the Human Rights Commission Cheryl Jacques; politico Charles Baker; Democratic Party chair Phil Johnston; state Senators Dianne Wilkerson and Marian Walsh and Walsh's husband, Judge Paul Buckley; state Representative Barbara L'Italien; Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner Katherine Abbott; Somerville mayor Joe Curtatone and his Providence counterpart, David Cicilline; Boston City Council president Mike Flaherty and council colleagues Mike Ross and Felix Arroyo; and House Speaker Sal DiMasi and his wife, Debbie. The couple were toasted at the reception by Senate president Robert Travaglini, who celebrated Barrios, Hattaway, and their two sons as a true family. Travaglini's support is an interesting juxtaposition to his authoring of a compromise measure earlier this year that would have banned same-sex marriage but allowed civil unions.

A RESOLUTION 86 YEARS IN THE MAKING In the wee hours of yesterday morning, the US Senate passed a resolution honoring the Red Sox. Sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy, the resolution, which had the support (or at least not a vocal opposition) from senators in places like Missouri and New York, congratulated the team for a winning series. "The Curse of the Bambino, as it is called, was finally lifted after 86 long years, and we had a World Series victory to celebrate at long last," said Kennedy in his remarks to the Senate. Kennedy ticked off all the accomplishments of the team's playoff travels. (He also got a little partisan dig in about the region not winning the other great American "contact sport" -- politics.) Kennedy named the Sox roster and the entire management team, noting in the resolution that skipper Terry Francona turned a self-proclaimed band of idiots into a great baseball team.

TRY HAILING A FILM CREW Over the weekend, actors Bob Wahlberg and Lance Greene reunited for a project in Boston. This time they were shooting the short film "Downtown," by writer Brad Sohn, an alum of Buckingham, Browne & Nichols and Harvard. Wahlberg and Greene most recently worked on Dave McLaughlin's successful drama "Back to Before" at the Boston Center for the Arts last December, and they were both in the movie "Southie," which McLaughlin co-wrote with actor-writer-director John Shea. "Downtown," shot entirely in town over the weekend, is expected to be in film festivals over the next year. Wahlberg plays a cab driver and picks up a fare (Greene), a Harvard grad who put the cab driver in prison after a barroom brawl some eight years before. It's been a busy time for Sohn, who wrote the screenplay for a project now called "The Untitled Ed Burns Football Project," which was just announced. In the film, Ed Burns plays Cam Stonehouse, a onetime Super Bowl MVP who disappears to rural North Carolina after winning the big game. The former player is coaxed out of retirement and plays with a semi-pro team before once again trying to lead the New England Patriots back to the Super Bowl. We know things are easier on the big screen, but we'll keep Tom Brady, thank you very much.

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