Shawn Jamison Hatfield music production, cycling, programming.

Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield

Best day of my life. I'm still floating in the clouds as I write this, so forgive any semblance of a late night on ecstasy. Thanks to each and every person who graced us with their presence. I am beside myself at how many wonderful friends attended, not too mention rode the procession with us to the ceremony. I will never forget that incredible image–the fifty or more cyclists, dressed up and cheering as we made our way from San Francisco to the beach in Marin across the Golden Gate Bridge.We were incredibly lucky with the weather, but just four days prior the skies opened up and dumped a monumental amount of water all over our outdoor location, leaving much of it muddy. Not the best way to enjoy a picnic styled wedding where guests are supposed to be sitting on blankets. So yeah, we were pretty bummed earlier this week. With two days to go, we drove over to the location to show Jenny's parents, and the infamous San Francisco fog was seemingly impenetrable, preventing the sun from effectively drying out our swamp. We came home sullen. I knew if we could just get one solid day of sun, it would dry out and we'd be golden. Even the morning of the wedding at 7am, as we were setting up, the fog ebbed and flowed from the meadow, teasing us with small flashes of blue and sunshine. But as we eventually made our way over to the meeting spot for the procession ride, the skies opened up and the sun shined down mightily, drying out the grass and roads. There was a deep sense of relief for Jenny and I.The ceremony was beautiful, and it was great to see friends and family moved to tears. Ben did the most fabulous job of presiding over it, and despite some serious pre-ceremony jitters, once things were actually happening, I was overcome with a calm sense of purpose and understanding, and it felt incredibly natural and easy. The rest of the day was a blur of exquisite foods, refined alcohols, and warm company of the best friends and family a bride and groom could ever have wished for.

Thank you everyone for your love and support, and for helping make our wedding day a day that's very difficult to put into words.

You can see a lot more photos by visiting our Flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/ohfield/pool/

(Photos on this page by Pamela Palma and Steven Nereo.)

Gettin’ Hitched

Honestly, I never pegged myself for the married type, mostly because I never had a relationship with anyone where it seemed plausible. And by the time you reach 34, and have had dozens of dead-ends, you just start to accept that it may not really be in the cards. Well of all that changed about 3 years ago when I met my fiancée, Jenny Oh. Unbeknownst to us, our close friendship over the following two years would eventually evolve into where we are today, 9 days away from our wedding. I'm really excited, a little nervous about wanting everything to be as great as possible on our special day, but mostly I'm pretty relaxed since we had nearly a year to plan and arrange all of the details. The planning was a wild ride. In the beginning, I took a more back-seat approach because I honestly just didn't know what I was supposed to do, and most of my friends alluded to my role as a simple yes/no man when it was time for Jenny to run an idea by me. Jenny did such an awesome job of creating a budget, and researching all of the things we'd need, and over the first few months she really obsessed over everything, to the point of exhaustion. She needed my help, but it took a meltdown for it to become obvious to me. I wasted no time picking up my slack and we've both worked really hard to make this day as awesome as possible. The ceremony will be on the beach of one the most beautiful areas in Northern California followed by a huge reception with several key players from the current Bay Area street food movement, including Ryan Farr from 4505 Meats, Veronica Salazar of La Cocina/El Huarache Loco, Steven from Gobba Gobba Hey, and DFL Brad of Boozley's Pickles fame. I'll be wearing an old-fashioned bespoke cycling suit made by Nan from B. Spoke Tailor and Jenny will be outfitted in a lovely summer dress she found at a boutique in the Mission. Perhaps the coolest part of our wedding will be the group-ride we take across the Golden Gate Bridge to the beach in Marin. It's going to look pretty crazy with 100 cyclists crossing the bridge all dressed up. Seriously, that's going to rule.