Venue: Ocean Manor Ft. Lauderdale
Hair & Makeup: Sumaiya Waheed
Photography: Nami Dadlani Photography
Engagement Date: February 26, 2011
Wedding: Summer 2011 in Pakistan

From the Photographer’s blog:
“I cannot tell you what a fun experience it was working with Somaira and Abbas at the Engagement Party. From the minute you meet them it becomes clear that they are best friends and madly in love. Have I mentioned how lucky I am to get such amazing clients? Somaira is composed, breathtakingly beautiful and exudes a confidence that photographs like a dream. Then there is Abbas who is spontaneous, compassionate and articulate.”

Somaira’s gorgeous pink engagement outfit was picked out by her future mother-in-law. When Somaira first heard that Abbas’ mother had picked pink, she was skeptical. But as soon as she saw it, it was love at first sight! We think her mother-in-law has great taste and are positively in love with her breathtaking Anarkali salwar kameez!

Location: Kerala, India
Date: May 18, 2011
Photography: Chandra Digital Studios
Bridal Outfit: Jaya Lakshmi in Ernakulam, Kerala
Hair & Makeup: Bride

Funny Moment
Sheryl: “The photographers kept taking so many shots of us and some of them were very “Bollywood-esque”. Ajo and I could not stop cracking up as they gave us directions on how to pose.”

Special Moment
Sheryl: “It was really great to meet each others grandparents; that was so special. It was really the reason we decided to even have our engagement party in India.”

Click to see Sheryl & Ajo’s super-romantic Central Park e-session here!

Groom: Rasha, 24

Matches aren’t made in heaven–they’re made through friends! Shoshi and Rasha first met in November 2004 at a mutual friend’s house. They became friends and started hanging out and staying up late nights talking on the phone, pretty frequently. On June 3rd, 2005, they finally went on a movie date. The next day, Rasha went down on one knee with a single red rose in his hand in the middle of a busy street and asked Shoshi to be his girlfriend.

Shoshi and Rasha have had a whirlwind romance and wedding celebration with events in Bangladesh and New York City! Check out their creative post-engagement photshoot (and the super adorable Louis Vuitton bag that Rasha got her for Valentine’s day!). Rasha’s brother, Romy Chowdhury, an amateur photographer, came up with the idea of a photoshoot in downtown Manhattan because trendy NYC areas such as Soho and Union Square deftly defines this cute and stylish couple. Beat this, Central Park!

Stay tuned for Shoshi & Rasha’s wedding photos!

Bride: Aekta Erry

Groom: Faizal Thobani

Aekta: We met in Washington DC, where I live and he had been working for about a year as a software consultant. We met at a random bar. I noticed him, but didn’t think twice, because I just thought he was another cute indian guy, no big deal. We continued to pass each other looks for a while. An hour or two into the night, he mosies down to my side and asks me what I’m drinking and smiles. I’m thinking that he is CLEARLY trying to pick me. He asks me “So…..my friends over there wanted me to ask you if you think I’m cute……so do you?”……and started to laugh…what he said was cute, (corny, but cute) and he got what he wanted, my number. He introduced himself as “Sam”, which is what he does with everyone, because he thinks the name “Faizal” will be butchered. So, being hindu, I assumed it was short for a punjabi or another hindu name. He called and we went out, later coming to find out he was Muslim. Growing up in a very close, conservative hindu/punjabi family, I knew there would be problems with my family in the long run. But we just fell in love with each other and now I just can’t see the rest of my days with anyone else. After getting to know Faizal and knowing that I am happy, my family supports us. Needless to say, we worked through it all and we are now engaged!!!!!

The wedding will take place in Dallas, TX.

(Tentatively, the Omni Mandalay, in Las Colinas)

Aekta and Faizal's Engagement

Aekta and Faizal's Engagement

Aekta and Faizal's Engagement

Aekta and Faizal's Engagement

Aekta and Faizal's Engagement

Aekta and Faizal's Engagement

Aekta and Faizal's Engagement

Thank you Aekya and Faizal for sharing the wonderful news! We congratulate you and can’t wait for the wedding!!

Tangina: “Kowser and I met late last October of last year through mutual friends. Because we lived so far away from each other, we were hesitant at first to pursue anything but gave it a shot anyway, thinking it probably wouldn’t go anywhere – little did we know that after our first conversation (and Kowser’s persistence!) he had me hooked. We both knew that we had found what we were looking for. We became serious pretty quickly and he surprised me with a proposal in April of 2009 which I of course accepted. We had a formal engagement in May which allowed our families to meet as well and also hammer out the wedding details.”