August 5th in San Diego

Ying and Marty: To have and to hold.

Ok, so what is it about this wonderful place where the temperature is moderate, the ocean is blue and the sky opens up amidst that big city and just swallow's up your problems, your stress and your troubles that are somehow magically made insignificant in the greater scope of things when faced with that great big ocean? Well that's the short version of the question I asked my self as I flew in on Sunday at 9:30 am and walked along side of that massive body of flowing, moving, living water.

Well, as it turned out that was the substance of this wonderful wedding. Marty works for the Scripps Institue of Oceanography and Ying Wu is a professor at UCSD, a Phd in Cognative Neuroscience. This is their life. They live on a 28 foot catamaran, which is perfect for who they are and what they aspire to. The ceremony was held at the Kona Kai Resort on Shelter Island. Appropriately, they took all their friends and family out on a 58 foot catamaran "The Aolani" for a sail in the bay and a fine dinner aboard. To end the evening we sailed back into the mooring and dropped them off at their beautiful floating home on the Pacific.

So welcome to a world of spirit and love that is open minded, inspired and refreshingly unique to these souls and their chosen paths in life. Long live the dream of being a creative partner in life. Long live the spirit of love that resides within the heart and expresses itself differently for each and every couple.
To my new friends, Marty and Ying. May the universe bless your dreams and everyday of your lives!















Thanks to my daughter Jennie Lynn for the great shots of "dad at work".