NAMES Rebeca Salcedo & John Buffaloe LIVE IN Portland OCCUPATIONS She’s a business consultant; he works for PriceWaterhouseCoopers NUMBER OF ATTENDEES 88 NUMBER OF ATTENDANTS Six bridesmaids, four groomsmen and three flower girls HOW THEY MET They worked at the same bar in Berkeley 12 years ago THE ENGAGEMENT She moved to Portland 10 weeks after they started dating; he proposed three weeks later as they were walking home after dinner WHAT ATTRACTED HER TO HIM His intelligence, his sweetness and the fact that he’s a brilliant musician WHAT ATTRACTED HIM TO HER Her unerring kindness and dark eyes A DATE THEY’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER Rebeca making two combo bank shots at Beulahland PREWEDDING PARTIES He and his pals had a night on the town in San Francisco; she and her friends did the same in Scottsdale WEDDING COLORS White and dark chocolate brown WEDDING FLOWERS White daisies WEDDING CAKE A three-tiered Tres Leches & Torta Domino cake from Pambiche THE THING THEY WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY Started planning sooner and outsourced more THE MOST UNEXPECTED EVENT ON THEIR WEDDING DAY The groom performed with the band while the bride’s family sang backup and played maracas HER ADVICE FOR OTHER BRIDES-TO-BE Try to be present in every moment—it goes by too quickly! THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE WEDDING Sublime, golden and fun HONEYMOON DESTINATION Negril, Jamaica
Photographs by Leah Nash
CEREMONY AND RECEPTION SITE Garden Vineyards
PHOTOGRAPHER Leah Nash, The One Photography
GOWN AND BOUTIQUE Essence of Australia, Charlotte’s Weddings
MENSWEAR Stephen Geoffrey, Charlotte’s Weddings
RINGS Zales and Shane Co
RECEPTION DINNER Portland City Grill
PREWEDDING PARTY A dinner cruise on the Sternwheeler Rose
POSTWEDDING BRUNCH Avalon Hotel & Spa
CAKE Pambiche
CATERER Vibrant Table Catering & Events
OFFICIANT The groom’s uncle and namesake, John Buffaloe
HAIR AND MAKEUP Bliss Salon
INVITATIONS Invitations by Dawn
MUSIC / ENTERTAINMENT Mariachi Viva Mexico, Cubaneo
