The Wedding Party
The Officiant:
Nancy Wang
Karen and Nancy were both engineering majors at Berkeley, so they saw each other around and had the same classes. Karen tried to talk to Nancy once in a lab class, but Nancy ignored her. Nancy was irritated that her lab partner kept on flirting with Karen and assumed she was stuck-up. During the final days in college, Nancy had a change of heart and decided Karen wasn’t so bad after all. They started to hang out during all the graduation festivities and became even better friends after college.
Karen and Nancy were both engineering majors at Berkeley, so they saw each other around and had the same classes. Karen tried to talk to Nancy once in a lab class, but Nancy ignored her. Nancy was irritated that her lab partner kept on flirting with Karen and assumed she was stuck-up. During the final days in college, Nancy had a change of heart and decided Karen wasn’t so bad after all. They started to hang out during all the graduation festivities and became even better friends after college.
Paul and Nancy met through working at NextCard. Paul hired Nancy straight out of college and saw her as a little sister. During those crazy dot.com days, they got to know each other over probably one too many drinks at after work happy hours. Even when NextCard went bust and Paul moved out of town, Nancy kept in touch with Paul.Nancy currently lives and works in Emeryville, CA where she is a proud mother and still fobulous.
The Bridesmaids:
Annamarie Ho
Karen met Annamarie in college. Annamarie initially didn’t like Karen because she seemed “too Asian”. It took a class on rocks that they mutually hated that made her warm up to Karen. Through that experience they soon became friends and Annamarie invited Karen to go to Europe with her the following summer. In Europe they really bonded and have now become the best of travel buddies, having gone all around the world together: Thailand, Tunisia, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Holland. Annamarie is currently a not-so starving artist, living and working in New York City. She’s really living the Sex in the City lifestyle such as dating a hip music producer, living in a Soho loft, being featured in magazines, attending fashion week, and always looking like a million bucks.
Isabelle Meyer-Stapf
Karen and Isabelle also met in college since they were in the same major. Although they hung out a bit, they weren’t really good friends until a few years later when they both started working in the same group at Cisco Systems. Isabelle and Karen often gossiped, in the bathroom and cubes at Cisco. And eventually, they both attended Stanford University together for their Master's degrees to continue their gossiping on campus. Isabelle currently lives and works in Santa Barbara as probably the youngest Director ever, managing an organization of 40 people while being an awesome mom to two cute babies!
Agnes Hsu
Karen and Agnes met at a random party back in 2000. When she found out Karen worked at Cisco Systems, she instantly warmed up to her and asked her to refer her for a job. A few months later, Karen and Agnes are co-workers. Though, it took a while for them to bond, they soon became partners in crime – Cisco gym workouts, nights out in SF, trying new restaurants, and impromptu trips to New York City. Agnes currently lives in San Francisco but is hardly there since her job at Apple sends her off to China every other week practically. She’s a real jet-setter, heart breaker, and has all the secret scoops on iPhones and iPods.
The Groomsmen:
Annamarie HoKaren met Annamarie in college. Annamarie initially didn’t like Karen because she seemed “too Asian”. It took a class on rocks that they mutually hated that made her warm up to Karen. Through that experience they soon became friends and Annamarie invited Karen to go to Europe with her the following summer. In Europe they really bonded and have now become the best of travel buddies, having gone all around the world together: Thailand, Tunisia, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Holland. Annamarie is currently a not-so starving artist, living and working in New York City. She’s really living the Sex in the City lifestyle such as dating a hip music producer, living in a Soho loft, being featured in magazines, attending fashion week, and always looking like a million bucks.
Isabelle Meyer-StapfKaren and Isabelle also met in college since they were in the same major. Although they hung out a bit, they weren’t really good friends until a few years later when they both started working in the same group at Cisco Systems. Isabelle and Karen often gossiped, in the bathroom and cubes at Cisco. And eventually, they both attended Stanford University together for their Master's degrees to continue their gossiping on campus. Isabelle currently lives and works in Santa Barbara as probably the youngest Director ever, managing an organization of 40 people while being an awesome mom to two cute babies!
Agnes HsuKaren and Agnes met at a random party back in 2000. When she found out Karen worked at Cisco Systems, she instantly warmed up to her and asked her to refer her for a job. A few months later, Karen and Agnes are co-workers. Though, it took a while for them to bond, they soon became partners in crime – Cisco gym workouts, nights out in SF, trying new restaurants, and impromptu trips to New York City. Agnes currently lives in San Francisco but is hardly there since her job at Apple sends her off to China every other week practically. She’s a real jet-setter, heart breaker, and has all the secret scoops on iPhones and iPods.
The Groomsmen:
Mustafa PatniPaul and Mustafa met through working at Boeing and have been friends since. A true friend, when Paul tore his ACL, Mustafa was there to take care of him and has hence been dubbed the name “Mama Moose”. Mustafa currently lives and works in Seattle and spends the majority of his free time hanging out with his beautiful wife, two cute spunky kids, and working on a major house remodel. Go Mama Moose!
Matthew HileyPaul didn’t have choice in liking Matthew as he is his younger brother. But he sure was easy to like as Paul loved playing with “Bud”, especially as a baby since he could sing “Can’t Touch This” better than MC Hammer himself. Now Bud is all grown up, has an adorable daughter and is working on being the sandwich czar of St. Louis, MO. This guy knows his sandwiches!
Steve WinterPaul met Steve in college at Iowa State University since they were both in the same major. When Karen and Paul first started dating (not more than 2 weeks into it), Paul and Steve went on a weekend mountain climbing trip at Mt. Hood. After that trip, Steve told all their mutual college friends that Paul was going to marry Karen, because he could tell Paul was a changed man, in a way he had never seen or expected. That’s how well Steve knows Paul. Steve currently lives and works near Seattle, WA and spends a lot of his time racking up miles for the next big marathon.
