The story
This 243-person West Marin wedding moved from getting ready at Straus Home Ranch and the Lodge at Marconi to a hillside ceremony, a brass-band procession, dinner, and a packed dance floor at The Haven at Tomales.
Straus Home Ranch · Lodge at Marconi · The Haven at Tomales
The beginning happened in two places.
Photographing preparation at Straus Home Ranch and the Lodge at Marconi preserved both sides of the morning before everyone converged at The Haven.
A large wedding needed real structure. Once that structure held, the celebration could become loud, loose, and completely social.
Tomales and Marshall, West Marin
The hillside ceremony opened into a procession.
The outdoor vows, guest reactions, and band-led movement afterward gave the ceremony a real ending instead of an abrupt switch into cocktail hour.
Why this story matters
Dinner and dancing carried the scale.
Long tables, speeches, live music, and a crowded dance floor made the second half about the whole room. The story keeps returning to the couple without losing the community around them.
- Place
- Straus Home Ranch · Lodge at Marconi · The Haven at Tomales
- Region
- Tomales and Marshall, West Marin
- Photographed as
- West Marin wedding story
Plan from a real story
Use what happened here to answer the next question.
The guides turn the useful parts of this day—place, timing, coverage, weather, and how the photographs felt—into practical planning help.
Vendor credits
The people who helped make the day.
Wedding stories are collaborative. These credits come from the couple's planning records and link to public vendor pages.
- Planning
- Two Roads Event Co.
- Getting ready
- Straus Home Ranch
- Getting ready
- Lodge at Marconi
- Ceremony and reception
- The Haven at Tomales
- Attire
- Gemy Maalouf
- Florals
- Little Boy Flowers
- Catering and cake
- The Girl & The Fig Caters
- Music
- Hella Fitzgerald
