An Interracial City Hall Micro Wedding in San Francisco

Both Families Through the Galleries

Afterward came the family photographs, moving through the building's arched corridors and up to the fourth-floor galleries that look down over the rotunda. San Francisco City Hall opened in 1915, and its dome rises 307.5 feet, taller than the U.S. Capitol, over a grand staircase modeled on the Paris Opéra Garnier, which gives a multicultural City Hall wedding a setting that does most of the work on its own. Renee and Bryan pulled both sides in together, then slipped off for a few portraits that were only theirs.

Rooftop Portraits, Then the Reception

When the photographs at City Hall were done, the couple rode across town for their SF City Hall rooftop portraits, the city skyline behind them as the afternoon light softened, a few minutes up high before the evening began.

Then came the reception, with a cake from Sweet C's Cakeshoppe, toasts from both families, and a first dance for the two of them. The night ran on the ease of a day that had put everyone they loved in the same rooms.