All photography by Mar Faedo

When Manny and I thought about what we wanted for our wedding we knew two things, 1 - we wanted breakfast and 2 - we wanted everyone we loved to be there. So we did exactly that. We had our brunch wedding at The Rusty Pelican and then had a huge after party at our favorite local bar, Better Days Miami. Fortunately my best friend knew the owner, and we were able to book the bar for a few hours. The only patrons present were those that knew us personally.

Manny & I had a once in a life time opportunity to buy a house. So we took all the money we had saved and purchased our dream home. We knew we wanted to live together with God's blessing under our union so a few weeks after he proposed, we got married in our new backyard. It was a beautiful day, and one we have circled on the calendar - June 17th. We will probably celebrate this date with dinner and a movie for years to come, but we decided that we are going to celebrate our anniversary on the day of the wedding for a few reasons. First and foremost, on December 3rd we took personal vows that we wrote to each other which made our promise extra special and secondly, we were surrounded by those we love most which makes the memory of our wedding in December that much more important.

Breakfast is our jam - literally. One of the first things Manny and I connected over was our mutual love for breakfast. I remember in our dating years our Saturday breakfast dates were the dates I would look forward to the most. So when it came time to plan our special day we knew we wanted to have a brunch wedding with those we loved most.