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Lindsay & John: An Outdoor Wedding in Irvine, CA

Lindsay and John met the summer before their senior year of college through mutual friends at Muldoon’s Irish Pub in Newport Beach. Despite much north

Lindsay and John met the summer before their senior year of college through mutual friends at Muldoon’s Irish Pub in Newport Beach. Despite much northern California/southern California rivalry discussion -- Lindsay is from Silicon Valley and John from Orange County -- the two walked away from the night thinking, “this is someone I could marry.” The Bride Lindsay Jochims, 26, financial analyst The Groom John Raney, 27, law student The Date May 26 Only two months later, John had to travel back to Boston to finish school, but the two decided to continue seeing each other. Three-and-a-half years later, when the couple was living in San Diego, John took Lindsay out on the balcony of the restaurant where they were having dinner and asked that she be his forever. A little more than a year later, they were married in a small chapel on Balboa Island.

The fondant icing on the cake matched the reception table overlays.
The Reception Decor
The Bridal Bouquet
Tables were set up on the grounds of the country club overlooking the golf course. Paper lanterns and votives on the tables and hanging from the walls created a romantic glow.
The couple bought 200 pears, one for each guest, from Trader Joe’s just days before the wedding. They had tags printed on faux leaves that read “Perfect Pear.” The favors doubled as table decorations and matched the couple’s colors perfectly.
The couple rode from the ceremony to the reception in a family friend’s 1940 Buick Roadmaster convertible. After the reception, a bus carried guests to Muldoon’s Irish Pub, the place where it all began for Lindsay and John.
The bride and groom danced their first dance to Van Morrison’s “Have I Told You Lately.”
The Escort Cards
The groom’s aunt arranged the centerpieces. Everyone agreed that a natural, loose feeling worked best for the occasion and the location. The arrangements included hydrangeas, dahlias, tuberoses, white lilacs, roses, seeded eucalyptus, and peonies.