Bridesmaids
Melina Huynh - Maid of Honor
Melina and Gloria had an different start to their friendship. They both didn't like each other in 6th grade. However, something changed in 7th grade after they sat next together in English class. They went to undergrad together and were roommates for all four years. These two are thick as thieves. Melina has been there through all the hardships and the best times. Definitely took the saying "keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" to a whole new level.
Phuong Kripalani - Matron on Honor
Phuong is Gloria’s second oldest sister. Phuong has always been one of Gloria's biggest supporters and will always tell it like it is. These two together are a match for their wallets as they will always encourage each other to treat themselves whether that’s purses or food. Since they have matching foodie energy, they always end up going halfsies on meals whenever they eat together.
Yen Sansone - Bridesmaid
Yen is Gloria’s third oldest sister. Growing up they definitely fought like sisters, and while they still will sass one another, they have also continually had each other's back. They grew the closest when Yen would stay up late baking and Gloria stayed up to taste test. Though Yen has rarely baked what Gloria requests, Gloria has made a request that Yen couldn't refuse- making the couple's wedding cake.
Amber Eagan - Bridesmaid
Amber and Gloria met through working at Helio and has become best friends through their love of food. Amber has played an integral part in introducing Gloria and Ricky starting off with both of them helping her move to being the reason why Ricky showed up to try and meet Gloria during a birthday celebration to finally hyping Ricky up to Gloria and notifying him that she was interested. This match wouldn’t have happened without Amber’s introduction.
Allison White - Bridesmaid
Allison is like another sister to Gloria. When Allison moved to Syracuse a few years back, Allison, Phuong, Yen and Gloria formed the Brunchies where they occasionally went to brunch together. They bonded over their shared love of food, with Allison always cracking jokes and helping to keep Gloria in the know with pop culture. You can catch these two drinking wine and singing karaoke. Allison's kids love Appa as much as Appa loves them.
Sierra Nash - Bridesmaid
Sierra and Gloria met through working at Helio and became best of friends after going out for brunch and nearly spending everyday with each other after moving in the same townhouse complexes. She’s been there for a lot of milestones including driving with Gloria to pick up Appa up for the first time. She’s also unofficially been claimed as Ricky’s best man since she helped plan the engagement and “kidnapped” Appa for the couple’s first date.
Groomsmen
Mark Palmisano - Best Man
Rick and Mark met in Middle School. Mark lived a few houses away from Rick's grandma making it easy to hang out and do stupid things they probably shouldn't have been doing. They have always kept in touch anytime Mark would come home from the Airforce and would have big parties with everyone just to hangout and catch up. When Mark moved back to Syracuse, and they ended up living a block away from each other for a bit and would go on walks with Mark's dog, Lacey.
Alleister Nash - Groomsman
Alleister is Rick's cousin, but has been more like a brother to Rick. Rick has so many amazing memories of them hanging out with their friend Fred, staying up all night playing games like Melee, Pokémon and Dragon Ball Z and if you ask Al who was better, don't let him fool you. Al is one of the most dedicated people Rick knows. Rick will always be impressed by how Al pushed himself to get his pro card in bodybuilding and now turned one of his dreams into reality by making his garage gym into a small business.
Patrick Hughes - Groomsman
Rick met Pat in Middle School and once Rick saw him playing Need for Speed on a Gameboy Micro in Social Studies, he knew he was going to be good friends with Pat. Also, Pat's love for the Philadelphia Eagles is almost contagious and it gets Rick rooting for them regularly - GO BIRDS!
Tyler Malfa - Groomsman
Rick became friends with Tyler after being invited over to his house to play manhunt. It was awesome but sadly they never did play manhunt again. However, there were still many great memories like all the all-nighters of at least 5 people in Tyler's basement gaming while his mom was banging on the floor telling them to keep it down.
Bradley Buck - Groomsman
Rick met Bradley in High School. Rick remembers just thinking how nice of a guy Brad was, and he just wanted to be his friend. They didn't hangout a bunch in High School but as the years went on, they became better friends. Rick still remember randomly running into Brad and his wife, Jessica, at Blizzard Beach in Florida. Now every year, Rick goes to Brad's family camp every July 4th weekend, and they talk regularly about their interests such as Anime and videogames. Brad's kids even call him Uncle Rick.
Ankur Patankur - Groomsman
Rick met Ankur in High School. They have so many great memories of hanging out with their friends Joe, Kyle and Christian where they came up with video ideas to record and many late-night trips to Strong Hearts. Ankur ended up moving away to Texas, which made it HARDER to hangout, but they made it work by chatting on Discord and getting really obsessed with the game Risk of Rain 2.
Ring Bearers
Appa - Honorary Ring Bearer
Appa is the honorary ring bearer. The most handsome and best dog we could’ve ever hoped for. ❤️
Dean Kripalani - Ring Bearer
Dean is one of the two ring bearers, entrusted with the important responsibility of ring security on the big day.
Sam Kripalani - Ring Bearer
Sam is one of the two ring bearers, entrusted with the important responsibility of ring security on the big day.
Flower Girl
Rylie Sansone - Flower Girl
Rylie is the flower girl, responsible for scattering flower petals to symbolize the couple's journey of love and new beginnings.