{"id":15172,"date":"2012-10-29T01:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweddingyentas.com\/?p=15172"},"modified":"2012-10-27T14:36:15","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T21:36:15","slug":"michael-and-samir-engaged-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.bryanfriedman.me\/yentas\/engagement-shoots\/michael-and-samir-engaged-in-washington-d-c","title":{"rendered":"Michael and Samir Engaged in Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret that The Wedding Yentas blog loves love. Love also does not require explanation or defense. So, while The Wedding Yentas has a catchy, rhyme-y tagline of &#8220;A Guide for the Jewish Bride,&#8221; everyone should know that The Wedding Yentas is a guide for love&#8230; for any bride. Or groom. Totally Jewish. Jew-ish. No religion. Two brides. Two grooms. Whatever! <\/p>\n<p>So today&#8217;s a day of firsts on The Wedding Yentas. It&#8217;s the first feature of a same-sex AND multicultural couple (two cute fellas! One&#8217;s Jewish and the other&#8217;s Indian). The Wedding Yentas is a guide for love and commitment, and these two are an adorable example of boy meets boy and fall in love as captured by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.JalapenoPhotography.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jalape\u00f1o Photography<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Washington D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.bryanfriedman.me\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/archive.bryanfriedman.me\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL2.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two politicos, Michael and Samir, found one another in the melting pot that is Washington, D.C. Michael&#8217;s Jewish and from Alaska. Samir&#8217;s Indian and from Missouri. Regardless of their differences, once they met, they were inseparable! <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL3.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL4.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL5.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL6.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL7.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL8.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During Michael and Samir&#8217;s courtship, they learned a lot about one another and traveled to far flung places. The ebbing and flowing of D.C. politics can be difficult on a relationship, but Michael and Samir weathered it as administrations and jobs changed. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL9.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL11.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL12.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One night, they began discussing their own future as opposed to politics. At this point, they agreed: Michael and Samir knew they wanted one another!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL13.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL14.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"643\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"washington,-d.c.-same-sex-engagements\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Same Sex Engagements\" src=\"\/yentas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TL10.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mazel tov, Michael and Samir!<\/p>\n<div style='float:right;margin:5px 15px 0 0;'><div style='float:left;'><g:plusone size='medium' href='https%3A%2F%2Farchive.bryanfriedman.me%2Fyentas%2Fengagement-shoots%2Fmichael-and-samir-engaged-in-washington-d-c'><\/g:plusone><script type='text\/javascript'>  (function() {    var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text\/javascript'; po.async = true;    po.src = 'https:\/\/apis.google.com\/js\/plusone.js';    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);  })();<\/script><\/div><div style='float:left;'><a style='font-size:11px;color:#CCCCCC;' href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/share' class='twitter-share-button'\r\n                          data-url='https:\/\/archive.bryanfriedman.me\/yentas\/engagement-shoots\/michael-and-samir-engaged-in-washington-d-c'\r\n                          data-via='WeddingYentas'\r\n                          data-text='Michael and Samir Engaged in Washington, D.C.'\r\n                          data-count='horizontal'>Tweet<\/a><\/div><div style='float:left;'><iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.bryanfriedman.me%2Fyentas%2Fengagement-shoots%2Fmichael-and-samir-engaged-in-washington-d-c&amp;send=false&amp;layout=button_count&amp;width=90&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=verdana&amp;height=21' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; width:90px; height:21px;' allowTransparency='true'><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret that The Wedding Yentas blog loves love. 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