This weekend I was in San Francisco for my friend Maggie’s wedding. Maggie is one of my oldest friends, from when we sat next to each other in homeroom freshman year of high school. She moved to Germany a couple years ago and met Eric, and they got married last Friday at San Francisco City Hall. Apparently German bureaucracy is too much of a pain in the ass to navigate (too much paperwork), so they just came back to the States to get married. It was an extremely low-key affair, with just me and her brother acting as witnesses. There was going to be a party at her grandmother’s house the next day where all the family would show up.
I met Maggie in the city on Friday morning and went with her to do some last minute errands before the ceremony, then I went with her while she got her hair done. She had this awesome vintage hat with a veil, so the guy did her hair Veronica Lake-style and secured the hat for her. I was getting lots of instruction from the guy about placement of bobby pins and how to smooth out her hair for pictures and stuff. I didn’t bother to tell him he was talking to the wrong person, that hair is a total mystery to me, but I just smiled and nodded and pretended I knew what he was talking about.
Success! Here she is with the hat:
Then it was back to the hotel to get ready. She had this gorgeous emerald green vintage dress that she had gotten in L.A. several years ago and she looked fucking amazing. I just kept taking pictures of her because she was so stunning.
With the happy couple ready to go, we headed off to City Hall. There was a lot of waiting for our turn, but they actually got to have the little ceremony in the rotunda, which, if you’ve never seen it, is really beautiful. But not as beautiful as Maggie looked:
Here’s Eric during his vows:
He got all misty-eyed, which was very sweet.
The ceremony was short and sweet, then it was back to the hotel to celebrate! We went to a restaurant next to the hotel and had a couple bottles of champagne and our other friend from high school, Elizabeth, came and met us.
Here’s Maggie and Eric showing off the new bling:
Eric was very excited about his ring and kept telling everyone, “It has dragons on it!”
All in all it was a very mellow celebration (we were back at the hotel in bed by about 10:30 that night), but it was so much fun, and I was so glad to be a part of it. Maggie and Eric are so happy and I can tell they love each other very much. I wish them all the best!
