FAMILY & HOME
BRIDAL BLISS
Bride: Mallory Nezam, account manager at
Elasticity, artist, and yoga instructor at Urban Breath
Groom: Andy Mullenix, software developer at
Montage Healthcare Solutions
Wedding Date: June 27, 2015
Wedding Location: Mallory’s mother’s beautiful
backyard in Webster Groves/Crestwood, Missouri
THE PROPOSAL
We both finished work early on a Thursday in January, and rushed
to Laumeier Sculpture Park for a quick hike before sunset. This was
Andy’s first visit to the park. We grabbed Korean food at Asian
Kitchen, and then watched Saul Williams and Suheir Hammad
perform spoken word in Midtown. This was already a perfect night
- art, the outdoors, delicious international cuisine, poetry. We ended
the evening with wine and desert at The Chocolate Bar in Laumeier
Square. Andy suggested running through the park in the moonlight,
which we did, and he pulled out a ring (handmade by the groom
himself), recited a beautiful line of poetry from John Ashbery (a
mutual favorite) and the deal was sealed. We literally climbed into a
tree for a commemorative smooch!
THE DRESS
I was looking for a dress that combined Western and Indian
aesthetics (my dad’s family is Indian). I found a dress that was a
hybrid, affordable, comfy, and made by hand by a dressmaker in
Barcelona.
FAVORITE MOMENT
It’s small, but I think I’ll always remember when a family friend of
Andy’s came up to me at the wedding and talked about how he’d
known Andy since he was a baby. It was clear that he genuinely
adored Andy and simply wanted to share a moment with me
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