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"Today, Anne Sage tells us about her gorgeous California wedding, including one thing she would have changed...(You&amp;#x27;ll love these photos!) Don&amp;#x27;t you love Anne and Si&amp;#x27;s photos? Here, she tells us about the big day... What did you love most about your wedding? Our wedding day reflected who we are as a couple. We love elegance and style, but we&amp;#x27;re playful and spontaneous, too. So, after our early morning ceremony, all our guests walked to a San Francisco diner (where my mother had taken me for silver-dollar pancakes when I was a little girl). I had booked a number of tables in advance, but regular customers were there, as well--sort of like a &amp;#x27;wedding flash mob.&amp;#x27; It was fun to see how our presence brought smiles to the faces of random bystanders! We had an evening reception in Sonoma, so our guests had some downtime that afternoon. But we did sneak off with our wedding party to the Golden Gate Bridge, a place my husband and I both love; we wanted to spend a few moments with the close friends and family who had stood by us at the altar. Our photographer Anna brought us to Fort Point where we played on the cannons, danced the Running Man on the buttresses, and ran wild while a local theatre troupe gave an impromptu performance of MacBeth. One of the most surreal and memorable experiences of my life! How did you transport everyone from San Francisco to the Sonoma reception? We rented busses to transport guests to Sonoma and back. Of course, we didn&amp;#x27;t finalize this detail until the day before the wedding, when the only thing available was a big yellow school bus. It made for some terrific photos! What&amp;#x27;s one thing you&amp;#x27;d do differently? I&amp;#x27;d ask for more help. From designing the invitations to assembling welcome boxes, I planned and executed most of the details myself--in part because I&amp;#x27;m a control freak, but also because I didn&amp;#x27;t want to burden people. Then, the week before the wedding, my maid-of-honor and I banded together to complete the last-minute projects, and I found myself wishing I&amp;#x27;d embraced that team spirit from the beginning. Don&amp;#x27;t go it alone; find the friends and family who love wedding planning as much as you do, and celebrate their camaraderie. *** See more photos here. *** Bride&amp;#x27;s Gown: Reem Acra Bride&amp;#x27;s Shoes: Prada Groom&amp;#x27;s Suit and Shoes: John Varvatos Bridesmaid&amp;#x27;s Gowns: Jenny Yoo Photographer: Anna Kilbridge Florist: Karen Axel of Tapestry Flowers Ceremony: Trinity Episcopal Church Reception: Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn Thank you so much, Anne! Dear readers, where would you want to get married? And do you usually plan things on your own or will you call on friends and family? Sometimes it&amp;#x27;s hard to ask, but your loved ones often are happy to help! P.S. On the flip side, bridezillas! And a clumsy best man knocks a bride into the pool... More Real Weddings * Getting Married in a Ghost Town! * Tying the Knot On a Rainy Swedish Beach * A Romantic Outdoor Wedding * Getting Hitched in a Woodsy Cabin More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! AddGlamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: Anna Kilbridge; Courtesy Anne Sage"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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