Hi there! My name is Brian and I’m engayged!
I was raised in a very small, southern town called Yadkinville, in the tobacco state of North Carolina. Aching to experience a new way of life, I decided to make a big ole’ leap from “The Town of Progress” to “The Big Apple” at eighteen years of age. During college in 2000, I took a job as a waiter at a NYC theme restaurant called Jekyll and Hyde where I met my future husband-to-be. On Cinco De Mayo in 2001, we decided to start going steady. Eight years later in 2009, we became domestic partners in the state of NY on St. Patrick’s Day. To keep with our holiday theme, Tom proposed to me on Pearl Harbor Day that same year. He said, “If you’re gonna bomb, it might as well be on Pearl Harbor Day, right?!” He’s a funny man, my Tom. That’s one of his most charming qualities. Obviously, I said yes.
We have been planning or wedding since January 2010 and documenting our process on our personal site, www.TheGayWeddingExperience.com. For this event, we have decided to create our own holiday! We will be getting married on October 17th, 2010 – a Sunday (our favorite day of the week). Of course, being the crazy fun couple we are, we didn’t want anything too run-of-the-mill so we decided on a destination wedding in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We and our lucky guests will be taking a cab to a plane, to a plane to a cab, to a boat to a deserted island with no electricity for a sunset ceremony in the sand, followed by a beach reception lit solely by candlelight, torches, bonfires, and the starlit sky. We can’t wait! I look forward to sharing my journey in this wedding planning process with you.
That sounds amazing! Can’t wait for all your updates! Congrats!
ANOTHER GUY! HOORAY! Wonderful story! Back when I was going to school in NY we frequented Jekyl/Hyde so maybe we’ve already met! Love the pearl harbor story!
Congrats! Can’t wait to hear about your planning – it already sounds like it will be an amazing wedding.
Welcome! Can’t wait to read about the wedding.
Welcome aboard! Great story, great picture, and I LOVE the chalkboard speech bubble– we’re getting some for the photobooth at our wedding. Looking forward to hearing more!
@Tami: Thanks so much! I can’t wait to share more of our plans! :)
@Derek: HAHA! Perhaps we have met… NYC is a lot smaller than people think.
@Mandy: Thanks! I am hoping it will be amazing.
@Monica: Thanks! Stay tuned – more to come very soon. :)
@Alyia: Thanks so much! So glad to be here. I LOVED the chalkboard bubbles too – a fun thing brought to our shoot by our photographer Kristina Hill. They would be great for your photobooth!
Hello Brian! I am looking forward to your posts! Welcome!
Welcome!! Can’t wait to hear more!
Thanks for the warm welcome Michelle and Wasabi!