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While our guests were busy filling out the address survey, Mr. French Toast and I dived right into creating our save the dates. In the Chinese culture, there is no such thing as a save the date. Needless to say, my mom wasn’t too thrilled with the idea when I told her we were making cards to send to our guests six months ahead of time to tell them to mark their calendars.

“Wah??? Why? You waste postage! Just call!” my mom said in her broken English, The Joy Luck Club style.

“But Mama, we have another excuse to go on a photo shoot and make cute cards, and also we can use it to share our website!”

“You go ahead, but my guests no need STD.” (I kid you not.)

I wanted our STDs to convey a fun and casual side of us. When I saw this, I knew we had to do it:

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With a bribery of dinner, our good friends Di and Trav came along with us for our STD photo shoot. Armed with a cruiser bike, a few chalkboards, and the infamous humping Mokka in tow, we set out to Crissy Field in San Francisco.

It was an overcast morning, so the Golden Gate Bridge was barely peeking through the fog. Nevertheless, Di and Trav were able to capture some wonderful moments for us to use in our STDs.

*all photos by Di and Trav

When you get older and your limbs get stiffer, sitting on a bike and smiling for the camera has never felt more difficult! See that last photo where I look so happy to be sitting in front of the bike? Moments later, I tumbled—HEAD FIRST—onto the ground, which resulted in some scratches, bleeding, and bruises. Nevertheless, this French Toast wasn’t going to let the fall dampen the photo shoot. Next up—the big reveal!

Did you arrange a photo shoot specifically for your save the dates?