slide show from our wedding reception

Music:
"Chances" by Five for Fighting
"Pictures of You" by The Cure
"The Rollercoaster Ride" by Belle and Sebastian
"What is Life" by George Harrison
"The Joker" by The Steve Miller Band

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(not so) baby chloe and baby dylan

A weekend trip to southern California afforded Emmelle, C-Monster and me to visit our favorite family in Thousand Oaks. I had my camera to snap a few pictures of the photogenic tots. It also reminded me that I've neglected my photo journal duties of our wedding. So let's get back into the swing of things with some adorable photos of the younglings.

Baby Chloe, (a.k.a. our co-flower girl) who is no longer a baby with her fourth birthday arriving in a matter of weeks. She owned (hogged) our wedding reception dance floor, much to the delight of pretty much everyone in attendance. She is a scene stealer, this one. Chloe's father has been relegated to Muppet Babies' nanny status.



Proudly showing off vastly improving motor skills and Auntie Emmelle's gift - Hello Kitty stickers.



And here is Baby Dylan, who from here on out will be referred to as Baby Godzilla, hell-bent on razing all of older sister's possessions and projects. But let's cut Baby Godzilla some slack. His mother's refusal to cut his hair leaves him partially blind. He has no idea where he's going.



And why is Baby Godzilla smiling below? Because [insert name here] got bludgeoned over the head with a [blunt or sharp object]. That is funny. This occurred after older sister demanded his removal from the Hello Kitty nail application appointment because "it's for girls. Dylan is a boy". This is not fully accurate. Dylan is half boy, half green lizard who terrorizes his older sister (and the Japanese). Moments later, he stole older sister's new nail polish, slammed it shut in his tiny foot-operated vehicle and sped away. He would return later to trample all over a puzzle older sister was working on. Roar!

He is inspiring.



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rooster cafe in irvine

Exclusive 12-course fine dining experience at the chef's table or a quick morning bite counter-side at a local diner? No one knows for sure. Great company though.

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i'm going to build a spaceship then

Nearly three months into our relationship, I regret not being able to capture and save the numerous conversations at the dinner table, in the car, tucked in bed for future viewing and sharing. Perhaps those conversations are best kept in private and floated into the ether.

Regardless, at least there's Gmail chat.

Whenever possible (and noteworthy), I'll try to post quips and anecdotes related to Emmelle and my most critical discussions. Such as the one below. "Critical".


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the yusan wedding

Preview clip from videographer. Congratulations to the happy couple; it's always life affirming to see two people who clearly belong together, come together.

Susan and Yosup // SDE from N Compass Cinema on Vimeo.

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nearing the quarter mark

Dear reader,

We hope you are well. It goes without saying that it certainly has been awhile. Blog postings have been sparse (read: almost non-existent) since Mr. GreensandBrowns and Emmelle tied the knot and returned from their sublime honeymoon. Our editorial team certainly expected to update these pages frequently with all sorts of quips and anecdotes about Year One of life as Mister and Misses. We’ve missed the mark, but there is still so much time! Plus,we offer an extremely vague excuse here.

Without going into any detail whatsoever, we can assure you that the two are currently engaged in all manners of mischievous scheming. Just the first phase of planning has consumed unthinkable hours and it’s about to become much more complex. Unfortunately, there are minimal photographs, videos, few content pieces of any kind for posterity to direct you to at this moment. But know this. They are plotting in the shadows. Inconspicuously mapping out their plan to establish their empire and pillage, plunder and conquer the world (or at least their own household). Just wait.

Until then, we are grateful for your patience.

Stay tuned for updates on Mr. GreensandBrowns latest adventures and musings. Until then, thanks for stopping by!

Sincerely,

The GreensandBrowns team

wedding photos: pauly sprocket and the groomsmen five

We recently received our edited wedding photos and are still in the process of viewing, sorting, commenting and generally enjoying the collection. Rather than to share them chronologically, I plan to devote a few GreensandBrowns entries of the key players over the next couple of months (At this current pace, my plan is to complete my thoughts on our eventful day within a year's time). Here's a look at the first batch of photos, focused around the groom and groomsmen.

The beginnings of a truly handsome day. Here's yours truly at the Cypress hotel, putting together the look that will be treasured by millions for years to come.



Our budget allowed us to fly out a wedding day ironing specialist (note: we didn't fly him out). Outside of the complaining, Eddie Money did a more than satisfactory job with the shirts, ties and pocket squares. Check out the beautiful time piece! You'd imagine his services would include boxer brief pressing as well to afford such a handsome piece of wrist candy. He doesn't though; we checked.



From left to right: Laser, Eddie Money, Togna and the groom. Yes, handsome gentlemen also put their pants on one leg at a time. It's unclear whether Togna is wearing pants by this point. Federal Investigation (bless his soul) was out running last minute errands. The bride's brother would arrive later in the afternoon.



A thoughtful gift from the groomsmen. A handsomely crafted cask strength Highland Park, bottled in 1986 and aged 22 years. Sweet and powerful smoke. This is where the bottle started on the wedding day after a few nips the night before and was a reliable companion to squelch nerves leading up to the ceremony.



Scratching off my second to last to-do item of the day in between drams of the Highland Park and a High West bourbon. The hand-written list included "go to the hotel gym", "buy soda" and "give rings to best man" all in my very handsome penmanship. The one remaining item? "Get married!"



Federal Investigation returns just in time to help Togna put his pants on. Is Togna more handsome with or without his pants on? The debate rages on...



Direction from Jason Wu, our photographer: "Can you guys try to be less handsome? My camera is overheating." (Spoiler alert: It didn't work):



With the brother-in-law, a contrast (and complement) of handsome head styles.



From left to right: Handsome, handsome, handsome, handsome, handsome, handsome. Also, Eddie Money practicing for post-reception activities.



Attempting to tone down the handsome level during the ceremony. It's obviously too difficult.



The best man lying at every opportunity throughout the best man's speech. Handsomely done.



Forgetting to be handsome. Shame.



Grabbing the attention of all the women with some handsome dance moves.



Federal Investigation is too handsome to be impressed with the size of anything (or anyone):



You can't be the six handsomest guys all day long and not expect that there wouldn't be some sort of night-end acknowledgment (caressing). Impossible; we are only (handsome) human. Eddie Money was finally able to find a suitable partner to apply his much practiced techniques.



I wake up the next morning and continue to keep it handsome. I have yet to take this expression off my face.



Thanks to Jason Wu for the amazing photos. While he certainly had some handsome subjects to work with, we love the way he brought it all to life! It'll be even more evident in future posts of the beautiful bride. Quick shout out for the Jason Wu blog as well.

And a great big thanks to the groomsmen. I am humbled and forever in gratitude for your humor, intellect, wit, generosity and friendship. Keep it handsome.

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france - time lapse

Crank this bad boy up to 1080p and enjoy. This concludes all thoughts and images from France (for tonight).



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honeymoon in france (nice)

In the blog world, I'm about a month behind as I am just now finally catching up on reviewing pictures taken during the second week of our honeymoon. No matter, I think I'll be playing a little catch up for months to come. I'm quite sure that I'll still be opining about our wedding day six months down the road.



So without wasting anymore time, here's a little from the beach side city of Nice, tucked away neatly along the western side of the French Riviera, just miles from the Italian border. We (famously) lost internet connectivity during this leg of the trip. Besides the pain brought upon my readership's inability to keep abreast of all our of our French escapades, this also prevented Emmelle and I from planning any activities. Thus, the beach town kept us hostage - swimming, shopping, and general frolicking...It's a charmed life (or it was).







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the best man

The best man's speech from the best man. I think that Togna, one of the groomsmen, put it best when he said that this was Laser's "shining moment...in his entire life".

Thank you Laser. While there were glaring half-truths and outright lies sprinkled throughout your speech, you get a pass on this one. We'll never forget it.

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