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"I get to do a lot of cool things because of my job, but this morning&amp;#x27;s experience was easily one of the coolest!I case you&amp;#x27;ve been, I don&amp;#x27;t know, dead for the last six months, same-sex marriage was legalized in New York last June. And since the Empire State Building only hosts weddings on Valentine&amp;#x27;s Day, this was the first day in this history of EVER that a same-sex marriage could happen at the Empire State Building. And I got to attend the first one! Stephanie and Lela both live in Alaska and they met in an anatomy and physiology class at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. They began dating a few months later and got engaged in September. They had planned to marry in a civil ceremony in New York City in January, but when they were Googling venues, they stumbled across that Colin Cowie wedding-planning contest I told you about&amp;amp;#8212;and they were one of the four couples that won! Their wedding was the first of four this morning&amp;amp;#8212;and the first same-sex marriage to happen in the Empire State Building. Naturally, I cried. Here are some pics. (Sorry about the quality. They&amp;#x27;re from my phone!) Here&amp;#x27;s Lela walking in. That&amp;#x27;s Colin, off to the side! Here&amp;#x27;s the ceremony. The lighting looks a little funky here, but it was great in person! Here they are on the Empire State Building Observatory. That&amp;#x27;s 86 floors up! Yes, it was FREEZING out there&amp;amp;#8212;but going up was so worth it! They were both dressed by Kleinfeld&amp;#x27;s. Lela&amp;#x27;s gorgeous dress is by Alita Graham. I&amp;#x27;ll share more photos when the official photographer&amp;#x27;s pics are in! Happy Valentine&amp;#x27;s Day, everyone! And happy wedding, Steph and Lela! More miscellaneous wedding stuff: * A Site the Lets You Design Your Perfect Dress * I Love This: Super-Pretty Ketubah! * How Much Do You Think Your Man Spent (or Will Spend) on Your Engagement Ring?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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