My wedding with Ruby featured in Style Me Pretty

03 Jul 2013

Maybe not programming related, but stil features plenty of “Ruby”. My wedding was recently featured on style me pretty. Check it out:

Sometimes a wedding is so awesome, it’s almost impossible to put into words; it’s sooo gorgeous, sooo amazingly beautiful, there’s not enough adjectives in the English language to really do it justice. Â This, my friends, is one of those weddings. Â A cultural fusion of Eastern and Western traditions mixed with the ultra-coolness of Austin and&

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