Rehearsal Dinner

Barr Mansion

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Cocktail Hour

Reception

Our Wedding

Emily and Rohan have been together since 2018 and have taken two trips to New Orleans together. Both trips, of course to watch the Texas Longhorns play in the Sugar Bowl. New Orleans is a special place for Emily and Rohan because it's where they spent their first New Year’s together as a couple (Texas vs. Georgia Sugar Bowl in 2019). But little did Emily know, this second trip to New Orleans would be more special than she could have ever imagined.  On January 2, 2024, Emily and Rohan were still getting over the devastating Texas loss to Washington in the CFP semifinal at the Sugar Bowl the night before, but had plans to go to City Park in New Orleans and get beignets at Café Du Monde, followed by a cocktail bar and a nice dinner in the French Quarter. On the way out of the Airbnb, Emily jokingly told Rohan, “Maybe don’t propose to me today. I’m not feeling my best” as she didn’t love her outfit and makeup that she put together for the evening out. Emily had made jokes like this before, but it was completely coincidental that she happened to make the joke that day.  She felt a little silly, wearing a dress and heels to the park on a freezing winter day; however, some tasty beignets and a warm latte made her feel much better about herself and the rest of the day ahead. Emily proceeded to then playfully state, “Okay I feel better now...you can propose if you want haha.” Rohan laughed this off as he had done many times in the past, and then brought up the idea of taking a stroll through the park, but there was nothing that Emily wanted to do less - especially in the heels she had on. But Rohan convinced her that they needed to go for the walk to see a special tree that he just absolutely needed to see before they left New Orleans. And on that brisk stroll, they saw a woman setting up a beautiful picnic for a photo shoot underneath a tree. Rohan approached the woman and amusingly asked, “Oh is this picnic for me?” to which she said, “You wish buddy.”

Emily and Rohan thus continued walking along the path away from the picnic setup and Emily annoyingly told off Rohan, “You could never pull something like that off.” Little did she know. After walking a ways further down the path, Rohan pulled out his phone to check his map and said he thought the special tree he was trying to see was actually the one where the picnic was being set up at. Emily was extremely hesitant to go back because it did not seem like the lady liked Rohan at all, but he convinced her to go back anyway. And as they arrived at this beautiful picnic, Emily did a double take because there was now a picture set up at the picnic - one which she recognized perfectly. It was a framed photo from the first trip Emily and Rohan had taken together to New Orleans right as the clock struck midnight on New Years 2019. Her jaw dropped. They walked up to the picnic and Rohan pulled out a letter he had written two years prior - January 2nd, 2022 - the day he knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Emily. He read the letter and concluded by asking, “Emily Krnavek, will you marry me?” to which Emily responded, “Of course!” The two then enjoyed their picnic, reminiscing on the past picnics they would have at Zilker Park in Austin during college when they first started dating. Emily throughout the rest of the evening was in a complete state of shock as she was not expecting the proposal at all - at least not yet - and was enamored by the fact that it was everything she had ever wanted.

Lady. Portrait and Wedding Photography

Proposal Story

Photos

Alex

Raquel

Nikhil

Makaila

Ryan

Grace

Mike

Callie

Jackson

Dana

Micaleb

Mina

Armand

Hope

Cameron

Madison

Wedding Party

Q + A

Hotel Room Blocks

Hotels are located in the Domain shopping/restaurant area which is ~15 minutes from the venue and ~15 minutes from downtown Austin in the other direction. We hope this location will be ideal for guests traveling from out of town to be able to experience all that Austin has to offer during Memorial Day Weekend. Website links will take you directly to the respective room block reservation pages.

The Westin Austin At The Domain

Archer Hotel Austin

Aloft Austin At The Domain

The room block rates at the three hotels listed above are on a first-come, first-serve basis. We decided to reserve room blocks at three different hotels to offer a range of pricing/rating options for all out-of-town guests. There are 30 rooms blocked at The Westin, 20 blocked at Archer, and 10 blocked at Aloft. Note that more than 10 rooms may be booked at Aloft at the room block rate as long as they have additional availability when you book. These rates are blocked for Friday night (May 23rd) and Saturday night (May 24th). If you would like to extend your stay and enjoy a longer time in Austin and the Domain area for Memorial Day weekend, please contact the respective hotels and they will assist you with room availability and the possibility of additional days at the room block rate.

Emily + Rohan

Emily + Rohan

Things to Do

Em & Ro's Recs:

Restaurants:

Juan in a Million

Bird Bird Biscuit

Round Rock Donuts

Culinary Dropout

Interstellar BBQ

Terry Black's BBQ

Home Slice Pizza

Sammataro Pizza

De Nada Cantina

Amy's Ice Cream

Churro Co.

Shopping:

The Domain

South Congress

Activities:

Zilker Park & Barton Springs

Lady Bird Lake & Lake Travis

Paddle Boarding & Kayaking

Mount Bonnell

Visit UT-Austin

Blanton Museum of Art

6th Street