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Mrs. Pearl, Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 26, High school history teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 37, Software engineer Engagement Date: No official date, we just decided :-) Wedding Date: July 2007 Venue: St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Church, Ritz Carlton Huntington Hotel About Me: Mr. Pearl and I have been together for about four and a half years now. We've been "engaged" since 2004 and were originally supposed to get married in June 2006, but postponed the wedding to July 2007. I love shopping for housewares and office supplies, music, reading chick lit, football, and the diverse world of Los Angeles dining.
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Part II: First Look

October 26th, 2007 @ 12:09 pm by Mrs. Pearl

Part I: Let’s Get Beautified

Every time I see our “first look” pictures, I think of a song that I’ve loved since my pre-teen years called “The First Time” by Surface. Specifically, this part of the song

Can you tell from the look on my face
That I love you more today
The first time I looked into your eyes I cried
Do you remember the first time
We fell in love
You looked into my eyes
Wiped the tears away
The first time
When we fell in love

I think that best encapsulates how I felt when I first saw Mr. Pearl that day, then looked into his eyes.

Anyway, onto the eye candy :)

My coordinator and photographer set up a first look session for Mr. P and I in the foyer of the hotel/our reception venue. It was a great location because it provided a long hallway for us to walk down and meet each other while the shutterbugs clicked away.

Mr. P got there first with his guys and hung out nervously waiting for me. I was a bit late, but what can I say? Beauty takes time!!

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Meanwhile, back to me. . . I was making my way down to the ground floor, but walking my way around the hotel. The minute I stepped off the elevator, I had people gawking (nicely) at me and giving me friendly congratulations. My “favorites” were the ones with the crappy comments about marriage, saying stuff like “It’s not too late!” Uh yeah, ’cause you were going to change my mind? Let me run back up to my room, toss on some sweats, and call the whole thing off! Or…not.

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When I got down to the lobby, I saw my grandma (Nana) and her husband sitting in chairs waiting for our First Look. The day before the wedding, she called me and let me know that she was going to be attending after all. It caused a little bit of scrambling, but I was glad she’d be there to see the first of her grandchildren get married. She came up to my room while I was getting ready to say hello, but she mentioned she’d have to leave to get ready for the wedding (they drove down to LA the morning of the wedding) and I’d see her later. She was really excited to see me all dolled up. It was kind of touching for me to realize that we had three generations of our family’s women standing there (my mom is in the pink sweater in pictures below) and someday after I married Mr. P, a fourth generation would be on its way.

And at last, we see each other!!! [note the entourage waiting and snapping away in the background]

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Notice how I started crying almost immediately. The big, dopey grin was to prevent damage to my makeup from sobbing. I wasn’t the only one though. Mr. P was just as teary-eyed as I was, even if he’d probably deny it to everyone!

Next up: Formal Portraits

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8 Responses to “Part II: First Look”

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Miss Jasmine (message)  1,170 posts, Bumble bee

I love these pictures– so moving and emotional. And you look so beautiful!!! Congratulations– can’t wait to see more pictures!

Btw, we share the same hair/makeup person– Sherry McAnelly. Your bridal look turned out amazing!!!

 
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bree (message)  40 posts, Newbee

The picture of you walking in crying is so beautiful, so emotional, I love it.
Your makeup looks fabulous!!!

 
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Angel

Your first look is beautiful. It’s one of my favorite parts. It doesn’t matter what’s going on, the first look moment is when I stop everything and watch the magic.

I have a song for how I feel about our first look moment too! I’m not sure if many people know about it, but I’m sure that if they did, it would get more wedding play. It’s a duet from Bryan Adams and Sarah McLachlan called “Don’t Let Go” from a soundtrack.

“I can’t believe this moment’s come
It’s so incredible that we’re alone
There’s so much to be said and done
It’s impossible not to be overcome
Will you forgive me if I feel this way
Cuz we’ve just met - tell me that’s OK
So take this feeling’n make it grow
Never let it - never let it go”

 
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Mrs. Bee (message)  3,235 posts, Sugar bee

mrs. pearl you are one happy, glowing, beautiful bride!!

 
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jean

o my gosh - such great pics!!! i also want to do a first-look photo session too but wasn’t sure where to do it. now, after seeing how pretty your pics turned out, i think our “getting-ready” hotel will be it!

 
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Janie

You look so happy and beautiful in your pictures. Thank you for not posting any more than you did because I have a tendency to cry rivers at sweet sights and the few gorgeous portraits you had posted had me tearing already! Congratulations on your marriage, Mrs. Pearl and best wishes on your new life with the lucky Mr. Pearl!

 
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John Schnack

Hi everyone! I’m John, Mr. and Mrs. Pearl’s photographer! Just wanted to say hi to Mrs. Pearl and tell everyone that she and her husband were such an absolute joy to work with! Thanks for making my job easy!

 
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Mrs. Pearl, Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 26, High school history teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 37, Software engineer Engagement Date: No official date, we just decided :-) Wedding Date: July 2007 Venue: St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Church, Ritz Carlton Huntington Hotel About Me: Mr. Pearl and I have been together for about four and a half years now. We've been "engaged" since 2004 and were originally supposed to get married in June 2006, but postponed the wedding to July 2007. I love shopping for housewares and office supplies, music, reading chick lit, football, and the diverse world of Los Angeles dining.

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