I would say that California is the most beautiful State in the continental US. Last time I visited, I went to LA for a wedding. I didn't realize that I had forgotten to write about that here. The wedding was for two of my friends from law school. The bride chose peonies as her bouquet, which, since a painting I did of peonies, has become my favorite flower.
The bride is Korean and the groom is Chinese, so they did a Korean ceremony, Chinese, and western one. The Chinese tradition (which I didn't know about) had the young couple offer tea to their elders. For the Korean one, the groom has to carry the brides mom on his back and walk around a table, to thank her for raising his wife. Then he has to carry his wife, and then his own mom, around the same table.
There were three outfits. The main ceremony, which was held in a botanical garden south of LA, had the bride wearing white. It was beautifully done. After the ceremony, the party was in a garden area, with Christmas lights. Food trucks from in and out burger and Korilla were there, and there was a dance floor. It got a bit cold, but it was so nice to have the dance party outdoors. The bride, who was raised by her mom and grandma, had said to the groom that she knew he was the one when she asked him if he could love her mom and grandma as his own, and he said yes. The groom said he loved how the bride was so caring, and when someone broke his toe during basketball, she threatened to go look for the perpetrator and stab him. Their vows were really cute, and it's a reminder that it's often such small things, or unexpected things, that can touch people and make them feel loved.
This time in California, we drove south to Big Sur. Big Sur is so pretty. Despite how developed California is, when you drive along route one, there is something very wile looking about it. I know it's not the case, but the California coast looks like it has been untouched. I hope that we do a better job to protect the earth that we live on, because I do hope that if I have children, they will be able to enjoy such a beautiful view too.
The coasts curve, and the water glitters under the sun, a deep blue green that looks unreal--as though someone turned up the "saturation" meter to maximum. There are many hiking trails, but we only did a few.
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