The bride and groom drove away under the moonlight on a Cinderella-style, horse-drawn carriage. But that’s just how the fairy-tale wedding concluded. Before Amy and Felipe’s sendoff, there were lion dancers, a Native American drummer and hundreds of people lined up with sparklers to wish the high school sweethearts well after their wedding. The...
Celestial meets vintage was the theme of Laura and Chris’ beautifuly decorated winter wedding at the Montclair Women’s Cultural Arts Club in Oakland. The day began with the ladies at the Clairmont, where Laura put on her beaded feather dress, custom-designed feather hair piece and gold shoes. I was excited when her bouquet – a...
Ben proposed to Tiffany during a secret trip to San Diego. He told her only that they were going on a trip, with no destination named. They ended up by the water. He proposed (with a ring she had been dreaming about). She said yes. We ended up back by the water for their engagement...
Not that complicated. When I first met Van and Duy at Bijan in San Jose, I asked them about their engagement, their wedding, their relationship. Van kept saying, “It’s complicated,” with a giggle. While planning a wedding from their home down south was certainly tricky, or “complicated,” with lots of details to be worked out...
It’s a secret. Tiffany and Jason came to San Francisco to start their life together. Just the two of them. It was a secret elopement. Both of their parents eloped. In a way this was expected, Tiffany told me. It was more a matter of when, not if. They live in Tucson, Ariz., but went...
