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california

From San Diego weddings to Los Angeles weddings to San Francisco weddings, California is one of our largest and most epic states for offbeat weddings.

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Alex & Mark’s Mexi-Kitchy-Chic-Forest-Wonderland Wedding

You’ve seen this wedding before when Ariel raved about the “best woman’s” amazing outfit. Now get the entire scoop on my friend Alex’s beautiful offbeat redwood forest wedding that I was lucky to attend. The Offbeat Bride: Alex- Community Manager Her Offbeat Partner: Mark- Restaurant Manager Location & date of wedding: Nestldown, Los Gatos CA […]

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Emily & Geoff’s Jewish Rockabilly Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Emily, Web Master/Science writer (and Tribesmaid Ellamie) Her Offbeat Partner: Geoff, Teacher/Poet Location & date of wedding: Valley Beth Shalom Temple, Encino, CA (I had my baby naming, my bat mitzvah and went to elementary school here) — May 25, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: First of all, we skipped most […]

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Adorable groom riding an elephant

The final post for Offbeat Bride’s “Elephun Elephant Day” is some adorable wedding porn taken by Megan, the offbeat intern… I was on location in the Pacific Palisades taking photos of a fellow Offbeat Bride’s wedding when we all heard this great commotion — yelling, cheering, tambourines, etc. — and when I checked it out […]

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Alli & Liz’s Rock n’ Roll Beach Wedding

From the start, we wanted a private beach wedding for those we’re closest to, with a kick-ass party following for all our friends and family. We decided early on to go with a rock ‘n roll motif, which helped us remember that this wasn’t a boring, traditional wedding, but a unique celebration of our commitment.