Ever since I first laid eyes on this dashing couple, I knew their wedding day would be fabulous! With her own talent in event design, Emilia‘s darling details helped complete this magical day! Of course my favorite fact is how music-centric these two love birds are – and how much they gushed about it!

Music has always been a big part of our relationship. Bill was the first guy to ever give me a real mix tape when we first dated our sophmore year of college. Our college parties always ended up in sweaty dance party. When we reconnected two years after graduating, we lived in different states and would send each other love letters and mix CDs. We took about 5 crates of records each when we moved across the country to California together. So when we started thinking about this wedding it was pretty obvious to us that music had to play a major role. We would accept nothing less than a massive, sweaty dancefest at the end of the night. The more grinding and rocking out the better!

And the music talk doesn’t stop there…oh no, far from it:

We are pretty lucky to have wonderful, talented, generous friends and family. Bill’s brother, Danny, is a musician and he and my childhood best friend and sultry songstress, Bekah, agreed to sing “I Found a Reason” by the Velvet Underground whilst playing the guitar and ukulele. I need a recording of this because, I have to say, it pretty much beats the original in my mind. Bill orchestrated an INSANE reading of one of our songs – Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” – by his friends Tony and Kyle (on electric guitar). Definitely the highlight of the ceremony…except for the whole getting married part, of course!

Bekah and her hilarious boyfriend Harry also serenaded us as part of their toast by doing a cover of “You and I” by Ingrid Michaelson (also way beyond the original).

For the dinner, we played songs off all the “mix tapes” we had made for each other of the years (starting in 2000!!!). The Wedding Warriors got a CD of some of the songs in their goodie bags.

My dad is in a few bands (I know…coolest dad ever) and I had really wanted one of the bands to play but it never quite came together. But after dinner, he surprised everyone by changing out of his quite dapper suit into jeans and a cut off t-shirt and rocking out with the band She’s Busy. Everyone went WILD and Bill and I had an impromptu first dance to my dad belting out “Born on the Bayou” (so random!).

And then things went kiiiind of crazy. Our friend Sam of Arpline manned the iTunes playlist and the dance floor was PACKED. The highlight of the evening had to be watching my mother get down to “Shoop”. It was really hard to pry people off the floor and onto the party bus to get back to the hotel.

I was sad that Bill and I missed our actual first dance but we stole a moment together and danced inside the tea house to “Bring it on Home to Me” (Davina + Daniel being the ninjas they are totally caught us!).

Dinner Time!
Friends Of Mine – The Zombies
Cosmic Dancer – T.Rex
Thirteen – Big Star
The Swimming Song – Loudon Wainwright III
By The Time It Gets Dark – Yo La Tengo
Postcards From Italy – Beirut
This Must Be the Place – Talking Heads
Bessie Smith – Bob Dylan & The Band
Monkey Time/Dancing In The Street – Laura Nyro & Labelle
Some Velvet Morning – Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
The Man In Me – Bob Dylan
Starry Eyes – Roky Erickson
Lion in the Winter – Hoyt Axton
Burning Up With Love – Little Richard
A History of Lovers – Iron & Wine / Calexico
Andalucia – John Cale
Love Is Strange – Nancy & Lee
Memories – Leonard Cohen
Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen
Alone Again Or – Love
Oh Yoko! – John Lennon
Candy – Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson
(I’ll Love You) Forever And Ever – Bonnie Prince Billy
I’ll Be Your Mirror – The Velvet Underground
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
Lust For Life – Girls
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths
Ladies And Gentleman, We Are Floating In Space – Spiritualized
By Your Side – Beachwood Sparks
In Dreams – Roy Orbison
Sea of Love – The Nightcrawlers
I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Heart of Darkness – Sparklehorse
Coney Island Baby – Tom Waits
Dress Sexy At My Funeral – Smog
Fish & Bird – Tom Waits

Dance Party!!!
I Want You Back – The Jackson 5
Twist And Shout – Backbeat Band
Let’s have a party – Wanda Jackson
Love Man – Otis Redding
Need You – INXS
James Brown – Sex Machine
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Show Me – Joe Tex
Poison – Bel Biv
Kiss – Prince
Honky Tonk Woman – The Rolling Stones
Bring It On Home To Me – Sam Cooke
Uptown Girl – Billy Joel (Father / Daughter Dance)
The Real Thing – The Detroit Cobras
Love Shack – B52’s
Let’s Dance – David Bowie
Hey Ya! – Andre 3000
Crazy In Love – Beyoncé Feat. Jay-Z
Best I Ever Had (Skeemix) – Drake feat. R. Kelly
Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
Work It – Missy Elliott
OMG (feat. will.i.am) – Usher
Slow Jamz – Kanye West Feat. Twista & Jamie Foxx
Ignition (Remix – R Kelly
Shoop – Salt-N-Pepa
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake
Like A Prayer – Madonna
Under Pressure – Queen
Blister In The Sun – Violent Femmes
Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyoncé
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
Electric Feel – MGMT

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Photos By: Davina + Daniel