What an awesome wedding!

This past weekend Val and I were in Chicago for Paula and Nil's wedding. It was easily one of the most unique and beautiful weddings I've ever been to. There were a lot of things that made this wedding special. First off Paula and Val met a year or two ago at the UW and since then we all have become very good friends, so it was great for us to be able to witness them formally begin their life together. They are both wonderful people - I feel very fortunate to have them as friends.
Another thing that I thought was great was the unmistakeable blending of cultural flavors throughout the whole wedding. Paula and Nil come from very different cultural backgrounds, but they did an amazing job of mixing elements from both. From the spectacular food, which was completely vegetarian - even the cake was made with no eggs!, to to the mix of the live mariachi band and Indian music from the DJ, they took different elements and combined them to get all sorts of awesome colors, textures, flavors, sounds. It was really wonderful to be a part of that mix.
I could go on and on, but I'll leave it to the photos to tell the rest of the story.