Charity & Mark in San Francisco, CA

Charity and Mark met when he accepted a job at a California-based software company where Charity was spending her summer interning. Their immediate attraction was obvious, and Mark spent much of his time hanging out in Charity’s cubicle. They caught an animated flick on their first date and spent the rest of the night drinking, laughing, and telling stories at a nearby Italian restaurant. It was way past midnight before the smitten couple headed home. The Bride Charity Lu, 31, engineer The Groom Mark Woon, 31, engineer The Date February 17 Seven years later, on a hiking trip near Stinson Beach, they took a break to overlook the cascading Pacific Ocean. It was there that Mark got down on one knee and asked Charity to be his wife, and they soon began planning a modern event in San Francisco. To make their grand wedding vision a reality, they chose the stunning Stanford Memorial Church, one of the bride’s favorite locales on her alma mater’s campus, and the Asian Art Museum for its dramatic effects and grand architecture. Their bright green and orange color palette played well with the mix of geometric patterns and clean lines.