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Carlos & Kevin’s Mid-Century Masculine Palm Springs Wedding

Monday, April 8, 2019

Don Draper said that “advertising is based on one thing: happiness,” which Carlos and Kevin must have had in mind while planning their “midcentury masculine Mad Men-chic” wedding celebration. The Avalon Hotel & Bungalows Palm Springs, with its Old Hollywood aesthetic, was …

Dan & Marilyn’s Scenic Del Mar Wedding

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

When Dan and Marilyn first stepped foot on the rooftop of L’Auberge Del Mar, they knew they had found “the one”—the venue, that is. The color palette for their ceremony at nearby Seagrove Park skewed navy to play off the natural ocean …

Ashley & Brian’s Romantic Callaway Vineyard Wedding

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Brian wooed Ashley as any upstanding college student would: He invited her to Phi Tau’s annual toga party at Cal Poly Pomona. “It was this night our true feelings for each other came out,” Ashley recalls. “We danced and drank cheap vodka …

Kristen and Patrick’s Garden Rancho Bernardo Wedding

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Although they’d sat in the same elementary and high school classes, Kristen and Patrick’s friendship didn’t snowball into a relationship until they had taken a few snowboarding trips with mutual friends. Years later, Patrick surprised her by popping the question on the …

John & Lianne’s Navy Inspired Wedding

Friday, November 16, 2018

John and Lianne’s wedding was genuinely bigger than themselves. The groom’s best man, a Navy diver like him, received orders to deploy nine months before the big day—he would miss it. “When we found out, we knew we had to do a …

Demetrio & Lauren’s Point Loma Wedding

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

When Lauren asked her cousin to deliver a variation on Elliot Arnold’s classic “Apache Marriage Blessing” at her wedding, she especially liked the line “You can ride out the storms when clouds hide the face of the sun in your lives… remembering …