Katie and I go way back. (At least, as far as I’m concerned! My family moved to Washington in 1998 and I’ve since lost touch with most of my childhood friends.) We met, at least circumstantially, in our Freshman Grammar for Journalists class at the University of Oregon. We were both students at the Robert...
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Allison & Ryan’s Wedding Slideshow
Today I’m revisiting Allison & Ryan’s amazing equinox wedding on the Oregon coast. Allison (Mrs. Bear Cub) is finally starting the long-awaited recaps of her day with gorgeous images from photographers Susanica Tam and Jonathan Moore (and me as a “special guest” photog) over on Weddingbee. I was inspired by Jonathan’s beautiful slideshow to put...
Allison & Ryan: An Oregon Coast Wedding at Camp Westwind (Part Two)
(Read Part One)
For a few minutes before their handfasting ceremony, Allison and Ryan stood alone to take in the view from the high meadow, the seaside cliff perfectly like the one on which Allison had always dreamed of being married.
Those of us who had made the steep, mile-long hike with them from Camp Westwind stood...
Allison & Ryan: An Oregon Coast Wedding at Camp Westwind (Part One)
What better place for two astronomers to wed than under the open sky?
Allison met Ryan while in grad school in New Mexico. Equal parts goofy and silly, they were a perfect match. After grad school, the two got engaged in Thailand and were offered jobs at a US-owned observatory in Chile. There, they lived in...

