Point 16 Big Sur, CA

Wedding Day

Wedding

Reception

Our Wedding

Adam and I met at a party aptly called “Wedding Tales” in San Francisco August 2016. I should add, I was not invited to this party...&nbsp;I was a friend of a friend of a friend. Had I not gotten my haircut that day and needed to show off my fresh new 'do, I would not have attended the party (editor's note: Michelle wouldn't have even been invited to said party&nbsp;had Adam not presciently (read: accidentally)&nbsp;changed the invite list on Facebook to "friend of friends"...leading to 350 people "attending" when he woke up the next morning).&nbsp;I asked my friend from grad school, Tashi, if she was down for a theme party. The answer was a resounding yes, especially considering the theme.

The theme of this multi-house progressive&nbsp;block party was&nbsp;based on a Dartmouth party one of the hosts loved. It was&nbsp;stages of a relationship ... starting in the garage was “college” with beer pong being played and 80s power ballads blasting over the speakers. This is&nbsp;&nbsp;where you were supposed to&nbsp;meet your special someone. Then the party moved&nbsp;in to the living room with plastic proposal engagement ring and&nbsp;to the backyard for&nbsp;“wedding” with ice luge and&nbsp;DJ and people in actual wedding dresses&nbsp;(side&nbsp;note:&nbsp;this&nbsp;is why the party wasn't shut down, the cops thought it was an actual wedding). Then we moved across the street to what I later found out was Adam's house for Honeymoon, featuring&nbsp;Hawaiian Leis and&nbsp;Jimmy Buffet tunes, and then,&nbsp;finally, to the&nbsp;last room: divorce court. We walked&nbsp;down the creepy stairs&nbsp;into the dimly lit basement, with “here I go again on my own” playing on a loop,&nbsp;and it&nbsp;was here, in divorce court, that I met&nbsp;Adam. He was&nbsp;acting as officiant, “divorced” me from my friend,&nbsp;and said to make the divorce official, he&nbsp;would need my phone number. We started talking, realized we both lived in Australia, one beach town and 7 years apart, and hit it off.&nbsp;





After waiting 5 days (!) to text me the perfect opening line ("So, if you make out with the woman whose divorce you just officiated what does that say about you?")&nbsp;we started dating shortly thereafter&nbsp;and realized we were the others full whole person who somehow makes the other feel even more themselves. 1 year later, I&nbsp;moved into that house on Hickory street with Adam and Mike (Hi, Officiant!)&nbsp;becoming the party guest that never left.&nbsp; We also purchased "Just Divorced"&nbsp;custom denim jackets for the party the next year, and we joke that we are the Benjamin Button of relationships #StartedFromDivorceNowWeHere.&nbsp;Shortly after Wedding Tales Part II,&nbsp;we moved into our little sunny apartment (the Pup Palace in Potrero Hill).&nbsp;I should also add I’m a graduate student in Psychology, specialized in couples, and we met after I&nbsp;gotten jaded about relationships and love after counseling couples&nbsp;and individuals around&nbsp;heartbreak&nbsp;and disappointment. So yeah,&nbsp;Adam taught me to re-believe in love and has also made me a more hopeful therapist and person.&nbsp;They don't call me squishymushy for nothing &lt;3





Counting down to Wedding Tales Part III: The Trilogy,&nbsp;exactly 3 years after we met that fateful August day.

How We Met

"You asshole!" Those were the first words out of Michelle's mouth after I asked her to marry me. We were on the edge of a&nbsp;cliff&nbsp;&nbsp;in the Australian Blue Mountains and I was down on one knee as the sun was setting.&nbsp;

Of course, I probably deserved that reaction&nbsp;since the ring I had just shown her was plastic and she was in sweatpants with hair that hadn't been washed in 5 days.&nbsp;



But, it&nbsp;was&nbsp;the fake ring from the night we first met at The Wedding Tales party 2 years earlier.&nbsp;After that realization dawned on her, the tears started to flow. And then they kept flowing. Now she was crying so hard I wasn't sure what was going on. Then, she grabbed the fake ring and put it on. Needless to say, I was confused.&nbsp; 



Then a smile started to creep up her face and I thought...well this has to be a good thing. Next laughing and crying. Now she was looking at the fake ring like she wanted to keep it forever. Even though I had the REAL ring in my pocket, I was now thinking..."maybe I can just return this real&nbsp;one for a refund?"



That thought quickly left my mind as I pulled out the real ring. MORE&nbsp;TEARS. Actual convulsive, heaving&nbsp;tears. Michelle grabbed the real ring and put that one on top of the fake one. And then one huge smile spread&nbsp;across her face.&nbsp; 



I leapt up to hug her and then realized she still hadn't said "yes." "So, is that a "yes?" I asked.&nbsp;



"Yes," she finally said.&nbsp;

The Proposal

Our Story

A quick word on Big Sur...

Information

Due to the remote and rustic nature of Big Sur, housing options are extremely limited and book up one year in advance. We will provide shuttle service to and from the wedding (the&nbsp;closest location on a map: Lucia Lodge) from a limited number of stops. If you would like to arrange your own transportation, you will need to do so in advance as there is very limited cell-phone service.Those flying in from out of town can fly into SFO&nbsp;(~3 hours),&nbsp; or Monterey (~45 minutes to downtown Big Sur), or LAX (~5 hours).

Please visit the&nbsp;accommodations tab for a list of suggested and convenient accommodations.&nbsp;We recommend booking as soon as possible. Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions.&nbsp;

Cheers,&nbsp; Michelle and Adam

Details

Joseph William Sullivan IV is Michelle's younger (and favorite) brother. A Harvard scholar and current D.C. resident, "Joey"&nbsp;(as only Michelle is allowed to call him) is taking his Man of Honor responsibilities very seriously.

Joe Sullivan

Michelle Micon Fried has been training for this day since birth by consistently being cooler, smarter,&nbsp;funnier, and&nbsp;better looking&nbsp;than her older brother. Of course, he'd say he taught her everything she knows.&nbsp;Guess you'll just have to find out who's right on wedding day.&nbsp;

Michi Fried

After formally retiring from the&nbsp;Pro Squash Tour in 2016, Mike recently made the jump into the Major League Wedding (MLW)&nbsp;circuit&nbsp;in 2017. Swearing by his non-gluten free&nbsp;diet (with a side of sweet potatoes) and after formally pronouncing himself the&nbsp;groom's first life partner (pre-Michelle) it's anyone's guess what comes out of this writer/blogger/vlogger/tour guide/22nd century renaissance man's&nbsp;mouth as the couple's wedding day officiant.&nbsp;

Michael Charles Lewis (aka Lew, Louie, Mikey, @mclewis21)

Wedding Party

Photos

Registry

Q + A

Post Ranch Inn

~3 hour drive from SFO to Big Sur depending on traffic.&nbsp; Easiest way is to rent a car and drive!&nbsp;Be mindful of SF&nbsp;traffic, leave&nbsp;before 2pm &nbsp;or after 5pm Friday!

San Francisco International Airport

VRBO: Wind and Sea, Big Sur

~45 minutes to Big Sur, 15 minutes to Carmel.&nbsp; Flights from&nbsp;NYC or DC may have a layover before arriving here.&nbsp;

Monterey Regional Airport

Ventana Big Sur

~5 hour drive from LA depending on traffic

Los Angeles International Airport

Glamping at Ventana - $$$ (pay to use shower and facilities!)

Ventana Big Sur Glamping

Yurts for a glamping experience ($$$)&nbsp;... or the Autonomous Tent if you're ballin'&nbsp;($$$$$) - right across the street from venue&nbsp;

Treebones Resort

$$$-$$$$ Lots of different types of accommodations, from cabins to hipster motor lodge rooms, located central to "town"

Glen Oaks Big Sur

Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn

AirBNB: Ecolodge Ranch Big Sur

$$ -&nbsp;Sleeps 6, has 3 nights/ price 2 deal, seems very rustic, albeit has a hot tub

AirBnb: Big "Surene"

$$$$ - Huge house, near venue, sleeps 6-8

AirBNB - Big Sur Stone House

$$$$ - Located 45 minutes north of venue

Hyatt Carmel Highlands, Overlooking Big Sur Coast

Ragged Point Inn

$$&nbsp;Very rustic, but close to venue

Lucia Lodge

Big Sur River Inn

Ripplewood Resort

Big Sur Lodge

$$$ - a bit of a long drive to the venue

Carmel Valley Ranch

Travel

A great hike, a little touristy, but can't miss McWay Falls

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

Don't let the name fool you, this place serves some classy and delicious food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!

Big Sur Bakery

Great place for drinks overlooking the Pacific or a bite... also has cornhole and ping pong!

Nepenthe

Lots of hikes and great beaches along route 1!

Andrew Molera State Park

Esalen Institute

Things to Do

Adam + Michelle Wedding Weekend Shuttle Schedule

​ADAM +MICHELLE SHUTTLE SCHEDULES

8/2 WELCOME PARTY SCHEDULE





Festivities 6:00 PM to 9:00 @ BigSurific



 





BUS&nbsp;1&nbsp; = 44 people





4:30 Carmel at Rio Road & Highway One at Starbucks&nbsp;





6:00 BigSurific





BUS 2 = 43 people





4:00 Palo Colorado Canyon at Highway One&nbsp;





4:15 Ripplewood/ Glen Oaks





4:30 Big Sur Lodge





4:45 Ventana/ Post Ranch, southbound turnout&nbsp;





5:00 Deetjens&nbsp;





5:45 Lucia Lodge





6:00 BigSurific





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SHUTTLE A - 10 people





5:15 Wind & Sea&nbsp;





6:00 BigSurific





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SMALL B & C





4:30 Rancho Rico - 10





5:15 Treebones - 16





6:00 BigSurific





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9:00 Depart BigSurific&nbsp;taking guests to the Discovery busses





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8/3 THE WEDDING&nbsp;





Ceremony 3:00PM





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SHUTTLE A





1:15 Wind & Sea&nbsp;





2:00 Point 16





2:15 Treebones



2:30 Point 16





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SHUTTLE B





2:00 Big Surific





2:15 Point 16&nbsp;





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SHUTTLE C





1:30 Rancho Rico





2:15 Big Surific





2:30 Point 16





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BUS 1&nbsp;





1:30 Carmel at Rio Road & Highway One at Starbucks&nbsp;





3:00 Point 16





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BUS 2 3





1:00 Palo Colorado Canyon at Highway One&nbsp;





1:20 Ripplewood/ Glen Oaks





1:40 Big Sur Lodge&nbsp;





2:00 Ventana/ Post Ranch, southbound turnout&nbsp;





2:10 Deetjens&nbsp;





2:40 Lucia Lodge&nbsp;





3:00 Point 16





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10pm





BUS 1 Do route back&nbsp;to Carmel after wedding





SHUTTLE A B C Do routes home&nbsp;after wedding





BUS 2 Drive to after party





SHUTTLE A B C taking people home all night&nbsp;

Michelle & Adam

Michelle & Adam

Photos