Real Weddings

September, 2011

Chandler and Amir

How we met: Chandler and Amir met on the beach in Rehoboth, Delaware through mutual friends during Fourth of July weekend in 2008. After dinner on their first date a couple of weeks later, Chandler suggested the couple stop by a neighborhood bar where two of his closest friends and former college roommates were having a drink. In the hours that followed, Amir and one of the friends proceeded to have a heated discussion about a topic about which they both had strong opinions: food. Chandler was mortified; his roommates liked Amir’s style. Later that night the other friend went home and told his wife that he’d just met the man that Chandler was going to marry.

How we proposed: In August of 2010, during their annual trip to Ptown, Chandler and Amir began each morning with a run through the Province Lands. One morning, faking an early conference call with work, Chandler got up while Amir was still sleeping (a difficult thing for him), bicycled out to the Province Lands, and hid a bottle of champagne along the trail at what he thought would be the perfect spot for a proposal. During the run they laughed, joked, and discussed their future together. Although they had talked several times before about marriage, they had never made a definite decision. Feeling particularly close to Chandler that morning, about halfway through the run Amir spontaneously stopped Chandler and asked “Are you ready to talk again about getting married?’” Chandler grinned and told Amir that he needed a little more time…specifically enough time to round the corner to the spot where he’d hidden the champagne. After years of dating and months of discussing spending their lives together, they were, literally, in exactly the same “place” regarding the question of marriage.

Our ceremony: Chandler and Amir turned to friends, parents, and siblings to play key roles in their ceremony, sharing readings, prayers, and personal wishes from the Christian and Jewish traditions. Their friends also played a key role in their first dance, where a more traditionally slow couple’s dance to Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” ended abruptly with a fake “record scratch” and turned into a flash mob to “Raise Your Glass” by Pink...

Details of the Wedding

• Reception: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum
• Rehearsal Dinner: Pamet Harbor Yacht Club
• Caterer: Casual Gourmet
• Wedding cake: Casual Gourmet
• Tents: Undercover Tent & Party
• DJ: DJ Joe Anthony, Cape and Islands Entertainment
• Florist: Wildflower of Provincetown
• Photographer: Scott Henrichsen
• Videographer: Doreen Birdsell
• Shuttle Service: Cape Destinations

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