I'm so incredibly lucky to have these lovely ladies by my side, so I made them this quirky stop motion video to ask them to be my bridesmaid:
Maid of Honor
Culver City, CA
Food I can't get enough of: Potatoes (which includes french fries, baked potato, mashed potato, potato skins...and preferably with steak)
Favorite thing to splurge on: Shoes!
Top thing on my bucket list: Go on more tropical beach vacations
Handy skill for the wedding: Knowing the bride since she was born and being ridculously organized
SERA AKKAS
Santa Clara, CA
Food I can't get enough of: Thin crust pizza
Favorite thing to splurge on: Designer shoes
Top things on my bucket list: Attend a soccer World Cup
Handy skill for the wedding: Fashion sense, I know the Bride's impeccable taste to a T!NICOLE LANTIN
New York, NY
Food I can't get enough of: Sushi, smoothies, and anything with noodles in it!
Favorite thing to splurge on: Travel (to appease my wanderlust tendencies), clothes (simply a must, especially when living in NYC), spa treatments (because every girl needs some self-pampering from time to time)
Top things on my bucket list: Scuba dive in Southeast Asia, see a real-life African safari, live by the water and own a sailboat or yacht
Handy skill for the wedding: A sharp, sometimes obsessive attention to detail
NATALIE NEWMAN
Costa Mesa, CA
Food I can't get enough of: French fries!
Favorite thing to splurge on: Clothes
Top things on my bucket list: Go on an African Safari
Handy skill for the wedding: Staying calm in unexpected situations
MICHELE 'MEESH' PAI (soon to be Yuen!)
Davis, CA
Food I can't get enough of: Salami (weird, I know)
Favorite thing to splurge on: Eating out and buying presents!
Top things on my bucket list: Travel the world, be in a movie, meet Ryan Gosling and attend pastry school
Handy skill for the wedding: I suppose I'm the DIY "do it yourself" person - why buy it, when you can make it or bake it?
Philadelphia, PA
Food I can't get enough of of: Sushi or breakfast sandwiches with sausage
Favorite thing to splurge on: Bags/purses
Top things on my bucket list: Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, run a half marathon, see a musical on Broadway, and try turducken
Handy skill for the wedding: First aid (hopefully only needed for injuries sustained while breaking it down too hard on the dance floor or Bachelorette Party shenanigans)
Seattle, WA
Food I can't get enough of: Sushi
Favorite thing to spurge on: The one item every North Westerner needs in the Fall/Winter are boots...lots and lots of cute boots
Top things on my bucket list: Visit the village in Vietnam where my parents grew up
Handy skill for the wedding: Since starting grad school, I've become a professional in bargain hunting, so I can help the bride shop smart! And, I can also bust some awesome moves with the bridal party on the dance floor day of!
New York, NY
Food I can't get enough of: Stop. I have to pick one?! This is really hard, unless I pick one genre! Mexican (or anything involving cheese and sauce)
Favorite thing to splurge on: A really good meal. Obvi.
Top things on my bucket list: Travel to Greece, Ireland and Italy, own a successful business and become a famous food blogger
Handy skill for the wedding: I've turned into the real life 27 Dresses, so I have a lot of wedding experience. Also, I'm really good at organizing groups of people to get stuff done, which will come in handy for Bachelorette planning!
ELIZABETH 'ELIE' ULLOA
Whittier, CA
Food I can't get enough of: Buttered bread, haha
Favorite thing to splurge on: Knicknacks, cute and dainty things
Top things on my bucket list: Start a family of my own, travel to Greece, Brazil, Russia, Spain and Bora Bora, skydive, hot air balloon to a picnic, eat at one of Gordon Ramsey's restaurants, grow a cherry tree, scuba dive in Australia, swim with dolphins, adopt a pet, and learn a fourth language
Handy skill for the wedding: I'm great with parents, I'm patient and can diffuse stressful situations.
