Wedding Day Dinner

After we got married at San Francisco City Hall and took photos at the Golden Gate Bridge, we took our families to our favorite pizza place, Pauline's Pizza.

Not only did we have dinner at Pauline's after our first date (and closed the place down), but we visit so often, we have a favorite table and especially favorite servers. We rented out a room for our dinner so we had a fun, cozy atmosphere to chat with family during dinner and host the awesome slide show our moms coordinated and put together.

Such a fun evening of delicious food (signature pizzas and butterscotch pudding!) to close out one of the most memorable days of our life.

Here are some of our favorite photos from the dinner. Photo credit to Pamela Palma.







Our favorite Pauline's Pizza servers!

Photo Time

Hey -- we're back! It's been weeks and we've got a lot more to share from our Big Day and honeymoon.

Where were we? Oh yeah -- after we got hitched at City Hall, our families joined us on a shuttle bus and we headed to one of our favorite San Francisco spots -- and an iconic one at that -- the Golden Gate Bridge for some photos.

We've biked over the Golden Gate Bridge hundreds of times. It's the gateway to some of our favorite times spent together on our bikes so it was fitting to incorporate it into our truly San Francisco Big Day.

In typical San Francisco summer style, there was some fog and it was a bit chilly. We cuddled together for some quick photos as our family bundled up inside the Warming Hut (until it closed). It was fun to get some photos and share the views with our loved ones from out of town.

Here are a few of our favorite shots (photo credit to Pamela Palma unless otherwise noted):














photo credit: Lauryn Morris


photo credit: Lauryn Morris

Just Married!

We were hitched without a hitch last Friday. Travis and I couldn't be more thrilled with how the day unfolded with our family surrounding us.

Ceremony photos (photo credit to Pamela Palma):

Pre-Wedding with my sister, Kathryn:



Beautiful Bridal Bouquet. I loved it!



Travis and I got ready separately so we staged a "reveal" at City Hall. This is Travis pre-reveal:



The Reveal!



Posing Post-Reveal -- we were super excited to see each other!



Our ceremony in action on the Mayor's Balcony at San Francisco City Hall:



Rev. Rich officiating:



Hurray! We're married!



We Did It!



Making it official -- filling out the paperwork:



Exiting City Hall together:



Requisite City Hall shot:



More photos coming soon...

It's Coming Together ... In Photos

Family is in town and we have one day to go. In fact, tomorrow at this time Travis and I will officially be hitched!

Here are some photos from the past few days.

Bachelorette lunch with the LUNA ladies:



Wedding present central -- Thanks, everybody!



Solo Hike to Twin Peaks. Let's hope this awesome weather sticks!



Sewing Runners for Decor:



Putting Family to Work - Hanging Artwork:



Spray Tan Time:



Renting Bikes for Saturday's Big Ride:



One thing we missed capturing was the meeting of the Reids and Crawfords! Travis' parents and my parents and sister met up for a fun dinner last night. It was fun for everyone to finally meet in person before the ceremony.

Here's to a great weekend of fun, festivities and love. Thanks, everyone, for all of your support and assistance getting us ready for the BIG DAY!

Dinner With the Crawfords

The wedding is only 3 days away and family has started coming to town. (This is really happening!)

On Sunday, Travis' older brother Luke flew in from NYC and Travis' parents, Ray and Mamie, flew in from Ohio. Unfortunately, we have to work through today, so it's been up to them to entertain themselves in SF.

Ray and Mamie invited us to their flat rental in Noe Valley for dinner last night. It was fun to visit and hear about their day wandering the Academy of Sciences, The Japanese Tea Garden and the outside of the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. Plus, they hosted a feast!




Thanks for a fun evening, Ray, Mamie & Luke!

We're Getting Excited!

We've been pretty busy around here getting the details dialed in for the Big Day: site visits, vendor check ins, family check ins, etc.

But... we're excited it's so close -- can't you tell?


Fynn got a bow tie for the Big Day and Travis has been "practicing" wearing his new wedding band.

Obtaining Our Marriage License in Photos

Walking to City Hall before work:


Almost there:


The long hall to the County Clerk office:


Filling out the paperwork (and our new names):


It's official -- well the paperwork is!



It was actually a lot of fun to head to City Hall and obtain our marriage license. Not only did it make things feel more real, but it felt magical, too. We're really getting married!

Getting Crafty

Since we're less than 3 weeks from the wedding, it's time to start tackling some of the decoration tasks. I've decided to add some simple elements to spruce up the dinner after our ceremony. We've reserved a private room at Pauline's Pizza and I'm using the lower photo below as inspiration for the tables -- simple, classic and comfortable.


I reserved the book Handmade Weddings from Hello Lucky (the same company that did our invitations), months ago at the San Francisco Public Library. I finally received a notice it was available about 2 weeks ago so I marched over to check it out. So cute and inspiring! Of course I don't have the time to do most of the projects, but I did decide to go for the yarn bombed vase centerpieces this weekend:


On Saturday, I headed to the nearby Thrift Town and Goodwill to see what types of vases and votives I could track down. I managed to find 4 similar vases at Thrift Town and 14 votives at Goodwill. Score! I also visited a local knitting store and purchased some bright orange (Ojai Orange) yarn and the drug store for double-sided tape.


Lauryn stopped by again on her way out of town last night so I asked if she was up for a project. She was game and turned out to be the perfect craft partner with her amazing attention to detail and background in design. We got to work!


It took us a while to get the hang of working with yarn, curvy glass and double-sided tape. After a while, we got the hang of it and perfected a technique utilizing all 4 of our hands and joked that we were an efficient human weaving vase loom.


In all, we were super impressed with how the vases turned out. They look sharp and well done. Many thanks to Lauryn's diligence to detail! In all, this project took about 3 hours and cost $17. Nice!