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"I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you" - Mae West

 

A monthly journal of love, marriage, and events galore

“Excellence is in the details” – Perry Paxton

When Linda and Chris were deciding on a venue for their celebration, San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum was the obvious choice. The couple are both extremely proud of their Chinese heritage and really wanted to emphasize that when it came to the motif of the event. The couple designed virtually every element of the decor,…
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Four years in the making …

Back in March 2020, Debra and Mack were getting ready to head out to Mexico for their wedding when they got notice that all travel and gatherings were cancelled due to the pandemic. After the initial shock wore off, sadness set in. A few years later, the couple decided they were ready to shake off…
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Chihuahua or pug? How about both?!

Stephanie and Charley first met when Stephanie was bartending at [now closed] Soda Popinski. Her words, “Charley and his friends would come in all the time (Charley lived around the corner). I worked the same shifts for a long time, so we all got to know each other really well. My friend Molly told me…
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All I need in life are family, friends, Felix, food, and festivalsđź’•

I’ll come clean, I swiped that title straight from Michelle’s IG page. I had to, can you think of a more perfect title to their page?! When Michelle, who happens to be one of our day-of assistants, asked us to help with their wedding at San Francisco’s Westin St. Francis, “of course” was the only…
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A sign of good fortune

 A few days after Andrew and Brian’s wedding, I received a really nice note from the couple. One of the lines that really stuck out was how their friends told them that their wedding “was inspiring because it felt like a continuation of the normalization/visibility of gay marriage.” Maybe living in the Bay Area we…
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“The biggest happiness is when at the end of the year you feel better than at the beginning.” – Henry David Thoreau

The story has it that, as the current year is nearing the end, we say goodbye to Father Time as he hands the upcoming year off to the Baby New Year. While none of the Dreams on a Dime team has been a baby for quite some time, we will try to approach 2024 as…
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