Gastronomie: About a boy...

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Since my opening post on Alinea, my appearance is not much of a secret to you all. Nor is it a secret how lucky I am to be married to the guy I'm married to.

But, I guess there is a little bit of anonymity on this site, with regard to who I am. And, well, maybe I'm just a little bit ready to celebrate my marriage publicly. 'Cos last week, we had a GREAT, AMAZING anniversary dinner at COI which I'm not allowed to write about (per C), until I finish my Alinea posts. That dinner reminded me so much of our wedding night, in ways I could never explain without sounding like a weird "girl".

So, to tide you all over, and to give you a sense of the magic that started my marriage to this incredible guy, I am sharing a few pictures of our wedding (a mostly-traditional Persian wedding, complete with the Persian chef at the former Pan Pacific hotel).

Holy crap, we DID IT!

Honey we fed to each other at the end of the ceremony in the foreground.

Flowers made of bread in the backround.

Centrally located, the Koran my parent were married by.

Women in our families grinding cones of pressed sugar over us to "sweeten our lives". Tali was the first one up, and watching her took my breath away.

My beautiful Tali -- our family matriarch. Her blessing of our marriage, and her love for C give me strength unmatched.

Oh... my... love.

Surrounded by love.

Such an amazing sport - dragged out on the dance floor by our "surprise" belly dancer.

My mom and dad, FLOORED by the appearance of the belly dancer. The one secret we kept from them all night.

Now, THIS is a party!