Guests were ushered outside. As witnesses, we all signed the enlarged marriage certificate on the wall and as we walked out, we were met with the sound of rain. The sunlight was at a perfect pitch, catching and radiating the bits of mock rain from Skip Arnold's interpretation of the rice throwing act.

Guests in line to sign

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It was as if Skip caught two slices of a downfall and set them in the midst of a clear day. The couple penetrated the first slice, or wall of rain. The rain came down on them like rice would, while their clear umbrella kept them dry from the barrage.

"It was meant as a moment of solitude, the first moment to themselves. There is something about falling water, it’s refreshing."
~Skip

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They entered in on the quiet corridor for a short private walk and strolled slowly to the second wall of water enjoying their moment alone, and then passed through it out into the sun, to the delighted throng of friends and family.   

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Ruben hoisted Bec up onto the hood of the car to shimmy the garter down and off her thigh. This is a strange and somewhat lewd public act, simulating the intimacy the couple would soon share. George pumped up that metaphor with his pink satiny version of the garter, seemingly normal at first, an elasticized and puckered silk band adorned with a small pink pearl.

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Ruben held it up for the crowd to see as he unzipped it slowly, revealing a billowing shiny vermillion flower of fabric unfurled out of the zipper. It was not a shy metaphor. He threw it out over the crowd and one fellow was the flower’s happy victor and captor.   

R&B’s Volvo had been decal-adorned and transformed by Joshua Callaghan into a simulation of an ice cream truck, replete with the chilly goods, as well as a boom box on the roof blaring a raucous soundtrack.

"I wanted to make their car into an ice cream truck. I think it is a romantic idea to run away in an ice cream truck. In some way too the ice cream truck is a small family business very typical of Los Angeles that relates to this new family enterprise. Lastly, everyone likes ice cream too, so I thought it would be a nice element to introduce to the event."
~Joshua

The audience was drawn into the cooler of treats, and gathered around the 'truck' to treat themselves to some ice cream well before dinner - a fun derivation from the norm. Obviously, it was a crowd pleaser. Bec and Ruben were driven around on a short and sweet joy ride by the best man, Ronnie Diaz, and maid of honor, Sara Cross, while the guests made their way back inside.

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