
It’s convenient when the wedding ceremony and reception are in the same location. For Abbie & Matt’s Monterey County winery wedding, there was an extra layer of convenience: The winery is also their home.
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It’s convenient when the wedding ceremony and reception are in the same location. For Abbie & Matt’s Monterey County winery wedding, there was an extra layer of convenience: The winery is also their home.
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The picture at the top of this blog post doesn’t look anything like an engagement photo, which is exactly what we were going for during Cara & Edmund’s Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk engagement session.
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Getting married in a cathedral carries a sense of history; priests often mention that many, many other couples have wed there. For Cynthia & Marshall’s Monterey Cathedral wedding, that history is significant: They got married in the oldest continuously functioning church in California.
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Tiburon is a small, well-to-do bayfront community across the Golden Gate from San Francisco, with more amazing views per square mile than just about anywhere. Tara & John’s Tiburon wedding reflected that, because everywhere we went there were amazing views.
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Before Jennie & Mike’s Olympia’s Valley Estate wedding, I was so excited to return to the Petaluma venue — After just one wedding there last year, the farm became one of my all-time favorite venues. And while the venue was amazing again, it was the wonderful people at Jennie & Mike wedding who made it so memorable.
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What happens when an opera singer gets married, and chooses another opera singer to be her maid of honor? A duet during the ceremony, of course.
That surprise was just one of the many awesome things about Erin & Jared’s San Jose wedding. The scenery, the weather, the live music and home-brewed beer and dancing and food … all elements that made their wedding such a great event.
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There was a moment during Kathleen & Kyle’s Treasure Island Winery SF wedding, right before they were supposed to walk down the stairs for the grand entrance into their reception, when everyone was seated and the newlyweds had a moment to themselves, and I heard Kate say to Kyle, “This is really fun!”
I don’t know if they knew I was listening. But I agree: It was really fun.
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