Miranda & Josh | Mexican Cultural Institute wedding | Washington, DC
Miranda and Josh got married at the resplendent (that's a new word on this blog!) Mexican Cultural Institute last month, amid scads of friends and family and minus frills and buffet seating and white dresses. These two threw exactly the party they wanted with all the things they needed - good food and drink, lots of folks, an amazing venue and none of the fuss. Miranda and Josh:
Miranda skipped a giant white fluffy dress for this elegant azure number.
The Mexican Cultural Institute has these amazing murals in the stairwell, echoing the Federal Buildings in Mexico City. When we met before the wedding to walk through the venue, I was floored (walled?).
And the rest of the house is really sweet too - that's an organ on the right!
Ceremony time in the indigo tile room. Miranda's dad served as officiant and they arranged seating so that all their guests would surround them. It was lovely.
Many thanks, as always, to Julia for coming out to work with me. A bunch of these are hers - she did a great job at this wedding!
Much love for grandmothers.
I love the guy in the back with his face in his hand.
Mad dance floor action.
Congratulations, you guys!
Miranda and Josh's vendor team:
Ceremony and reception: Mexican Cultural Institute
Catering: Well Dunn Catering
Cake: BakeHouse
Hair and makeup: Blondie's Hair Studio
I shoot at this museum a lot, so sometimes it's hard to think of new things to do in the space. But we took some new angles for these two.
A quick jaunt in the classical side.
This girl seemed to have no idea there was a photo shoot happening on either side of her. Modern, right?
Portraits wrapped, we took a very chilly walk two blocks over to the courthouse. Check out David's hat - very swank!
Congratulations you guys!
Anyway, here are two images from the wedding. They're nice enough - Michelle is totally beautiful and wore this awesome black dress and veil. But what I would really love to show you is the crazy rainstorm and ensuing food fight. All the guests ran out in the rain and got drenched and then came back in and took shots of Jack Daniels. And smashed cake in each others' faces. It was AMAZING. And for some reason I didn't think to keep a single photo from the scene. Anyway! Enjoy these two. It was a great wedding.
And now you're going to ask me: where is that venue!? and I will tell you: I don't think it's a thing anymore. I'm pretty sure it never had a name, and when I search for the address in Google, it is a for-sale listing. Womp womp. You'll have to get your crazy-awesome-funky-slanty barn venue elsewhere.