Our Wedding!

Since we were the Bride and Groom at this wedding, the photos below are not of the entire day (we let someone else do that job...), but rather some photos that we took of each other in between the festivities.

Our May Day wedding took place at the gracious estate of a family friend in San Diego. The weather behaved wonderfully for the pre-ceremony afternoon tea strewn with lush arrangements by Posies Flowers, and the lake side wedding began with Mark rowing to the ceremony in a wooden rowboat. Ashley Wedding Videography did a stellar job capturing some special moments throughout the day, and they got some great, unobtrusive footage during the ceremony. A poolside cocktail hour with entertainment from California Guitar Trio's Bert Lams, chapman stick player Tom Griesgraber, and silhouette artist Karl Johnson was followed by a candle lit dinner by the lake. The fantastic Third Coast Jazz Band and energetic dance instructors from 2 To Groove rounded out the evening, and an antique getaway car whisked us to the US Grant. We hope you enjoy this glimpse into our wedding day. (Click here to see the short version of our wedding video by Ashley Wedding Videography!)

Mark & Stacy in NYC!

A surprise trip to...?

The amazing view from the top of the Rockefeller Center. The observation deck is about 70 stories up. The first couple photos were taken with a true panoramic swing lens camera with a 180 degree field of view.

You can click on any of the photos to see them larger.

Central Park!

This is where we stayed for 7 days: The Desmond Tutu Center. It is a historic monastery that has been renovated into a chic hotel in the historic Chelsea district of Manhattan.

Pizza in the Bronx!!! Yum!

The Met.

A surprise outing for tea at the Ritz. It sits directly across the street from Central Park.

waiting patiently.

Yes, it's what you think it is :-)

A post engagement carriage ride in Central Park.

We walked by this bus stop billboard on the way to tea....Stacy made a comment about the beautiful rings, and little did she know she'd have the exact ring in less than an hour. We came back for photos several days later.

Photographer Rob Morris from Unveiled Wedding Photography was flown out to NY from San Diego as part of the next surprise. Rob, a native New Yorker, provided a two day engagement session and guided tour.

A few samples from the engagement session throughout several NY areas, starting at Truman Capote's house in Brooklyn where he penned "Breakfast at Tiffany's".

More sights around New York....

The Brooklyn Bridge.

Coney Island....

More sights....

The famous Bronx zoo......

More from Central Park:

Broadway show we caught on our last evening (and afterwards we had amazing pizza in Times Square).