{"id":72860,"date":"2021-05-13T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/?p=72860"},"modified":"2021-05-12T17:30:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T21:30:02","slug":"a-bright-and-joyous-california-beach-elopement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/a-bright-and-joyous-california-beach-elopement\/","title":{"rendered":"A bright and joyous California beach elopement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"sh-dropcaps-full-square-tale\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">A<\/span>fter almost four years of dating, Virginia couple Margarita and Sara said &#8220;I Do&#8221; in an intimate elopement on La Jolla Beach in San Diego, California.<\/p>\n<p>As an added personal touch, the wedding date was sewn in rainbow colors into the cuff of Sara&#8217;s suit.<\/p><div class=\"adsanity-rotating-ads ad-aligncenter\" data-ids=\"81704,81705\" data-timer=\"10\" data-align=\"aligncenter\" data-max-width=\"0\">\n<div id=\"ad-81704\" class=\"ad-840x90 adsanity-840x90 aligncenter adsanity-aligncenter\"\n><div class=\"adsanity-inner\"><iframe scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/adsanity-ad\/81704\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The sky was a radiant blue, the ocean sparkled, and as the waves crashed, the couple committed to spend their lives together.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-bright-and-joyous-california-beach-elopement-dream-beach-wedding-equally-wed-6.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"a-bright-and-joyous-california-beach-elopement-dream-beach-wedding-equally-wed-6\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"a-bright-and-joyous-california-beach-elopement-dream-beach-wedding-equally-wed-6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-72888\" 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