Gemini's Vera Wang gown of white silk-faced satin featured a lace-up back lined with a bloom of duchesse satin in the bride's favorite hue. A profusion of roses accented with mini orchids filled Gemini’s bouquet.
An eclipse theme and pink rose decor help create a unique union
Gemini and Joshua held their ceremony at the open-air Rotunda at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Their reception followed at the James Leary Flood Mansion in Pacific Heights. "We decided to have a solar eclipse as the theme of our wedding," says Gemini, who, despite her name, is a Virgo. "To us an eclipse symbolizes two separate entities merging together."
Wedding Dress
Vera Wang, verawang.com
Bridesmaid Dresses
Vera Wang, verawang.com
Wedding Planner
Joyce Scardina Becker, Events of Distinction, eventsofdistinction.com
Ceremony Site
Rotunda at the Palace of Fine Arts, palaceoffinearts.org
Reception Site
The James Leary Flood Mansion, 415-563-2900, floodmansion.org
Photographers
Wendy McLaurin Richardson, wmrphoto.com
Grace Image, graceimage.com
Roses bathed the moss-covered columns at the Rotunda's entranceway and the pomander balls on chairs by the aisles.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Joshua, his five groomsmen and the ring bearer, Brian Britt, 7, all wore traditional tuxedos with ties in varying hues of pink.
To execute the wedding's stellar concept, the couple worked with planner Joyce Scardina Becker of Events of Distinction to create an icon of a rosy sun and chocolate-colored moon (Gemini is a chocoholic who loves pink) that was emblazoned on the invitations, bookmarks (which doubled as place cards) and the top of the cake.
Vessels on the two long reception tables (one was called "Sole" and the other "Luna") were filled with brilliant bursts of pink hydrangeas, Garden roses, snowberries and cockscomb.
The reception feast (which was dairy-free because the bride is allergic) included prosciutto-wrapped grissini, soy-glazed wild salmon and seared beef fillet.
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