Sam and Alissa as husband and wife.
All the wedding guests, gathered for a picture.
The sofreh-ye aghd.
Akram and Kambiz.
Claritza and Sam.
Miss Julia Miller.
Akram.
Evan and Jack Thayer.
Sabilah and Moyez.
Maria and Gabe arrive.
The Moqtaderi ladies arrive.
Alissa makes her first appearance as a bride.
Melissa.
Alissa's mom and Sam's grandmother.
Khaleh Nahid, who came all the way from Iran to sing and kell the night away.
Ashkon and Elizabeth.
Dawn and Meghan.
Libbet meets Sam's mom.
Andrew and Julia with Farideh.
Maria with Alissa, who burst into her first tears of joy of the day at the sight of Maria, which quickly turned into happy conversation and laughter.
Beth, looking stunning.
Amanda.
Homayoon.
Alissa's new brother-in-law, Normy.
Alissa and Sam.
Aunties and cousins pose for a photo.
Sam greets Megan and Amanda and Claritza.
Behrooz arrives! And doubles the number of bowties at the wedding.
Kamran on the porch.
Parviz arrives.
Brian!
The grandmothers.
Jenna and Beth.
Jon Miller studies Persian wedding traditions in preparation for his first Persian wedding.
Another son-in-law and father-in-law combination.
Normy and Hooman.
The ever-charming Behrooz.
Andy contemplates the situation. That's his style.
Soroush.
Agnes and Brian.
Diba!
Brad showing off his new shirt.
Maria and Gabe.
Jed eyes the camera.
Ilana and Amanda chatting with Claritza, who is easily identifiable by her streak of blonde hair!
A very civilized moment inside the Hotel Chesterfield.
Nidhi is beautiful.
Dave and Grace have a father-daughter moment.
Dawn, Libbet and Amy get to know each other.
Alissa cracks up at something Julie said.
Normy, looking good in a suit!
Ava, a bit chilly.
Gathering, around 3:10 pm, in anticipation of a 3:15 pm ceremony.
Last-minute preparations.
Everyone gets into the act!
Just one last adjustment...
Everyone starts to gather around the sofreh... under the only covered area, because rain threatened all day.
Prime viewing location!
The paparazzi angle for position.
The bride and groom take their seats.
Let the proceedings commence!
Alissa has the giggles?
Uncle Bahram (right) performed the ceremony with Uncle Kambis (left) as his right-hand-man.
Nicolas had a front-row seat.
Diba found a cushy spot.
Sewing the mother-in-law's lips shut!
Dawn and Meghan watching Alissa get married to Sam.
We were surrounded on all sides by our best friends and most-loved ones.
The ceremony was not so serious.
Claritza cried a lot. During the ceremony and every time we talked about it for the rest of the night. It was so sweet it made Alissa cry along with her! Tears of joy, only tears of joy.
Where is the bride? We don't hear her!
The bride has gone to pick flowers!
This is the second set of Alissa's tears of joy for the day. Who wouldn't cry for joy at being welcomed into the Moghtaderi family?
An exchange of Frank Gehry Torque rings, in black gold.
Hooman reflects on his photographs.
A little honey, a little yogurt...
... eaten off pinky fingers, of course.
Oh, Alissa's tearing up from happiness again!
Alissa loves her new mother-in-law.
Alissa loves her new mother-in-law she's crying for joy! Again!
The new brother-in-law offers his congratulations.
Alissa and Sam leave the sofreh to give kisses to Alissa's mom, dad and brother.
Alissa and her mom.
Alissa and her dad.
Alissa and her brother.
Sam dances with his grandmother!
The doctor and his wife.
Alissa and her grandmother.
Sam, Alissa's grandmother, and Alissa.
The three remaining Elliotts, after Alissa became a Moghtaderi.
Sam thanks everyone for coming to celebrate.
Emily, Ben, Inna, Mandy and Dianna.
Khaleh Feri shares the noon-o-paneer.
Alissa's dad, Andrew and mom.
The bride and groom go off for a little cold water and a moment of calm.
Anne and Alissa and Sam.
Everyone enjoys the shirini.
Emily.
Diba and her parents.
The Brothers Moqtaderi.
Carrie and Evan.
Darshna and little Jack.
The young Yalies.
Alissa's grandmother, Lois.
Khaleh Feri offers noghl (traditional wedding sweets that look suspiciously like rice but taste exactly like pure sugar) to the guests.
Alissa's dad, Charles, having a good time at his daughter's wedding.
Khaleh Nahid, Alissa's mom, and Dawn.
Khaleh Nahid, Alissa's mom, Meghan and Dawn.
Dave and Ilana. (Despite the pose, they are *not* a couple!)
Alissa's grandmother, Lois, seeming to enjoy her first trip to Connecticut.
Sam's mom reconnecting with his high school friends.
Ava passes shirini to the guests.
Dave and Amy, with a little Libbet on the side.
Ben.
Kiemia, passing shirini.
Alissa relaxes with some festive ice water, her traditional party drink.
Laurie, Brad and Melissa.
Lance, Brian, Audra and Laurie.
Gabe and Maria.
Alissa and Luke.
Amy and Libbet, who were once roommates on 108th Street and Broadway when Alissa lived on 108th Street and Central Park West. And they all worked together on 42nd and Lexington.
Andrew and Ann, with Lois's silhouette in the foreground.
Sam, always charming the ladies!
Negar and Mandy catch up.
Dave, apparently posing for GQ!
The Hotel Chesterfield, Stamford, Connecticut. (Please note Maria and Gabe on the second story balcony, having what they *thought* was a private moment!)
Libbet, Alissa and Amy.
Charles.
Miller ladies!
Anne and Joe and Joe's camera.
Alissa, about to abandon Carrie and Evan to coo over baby Jack.
Jack, a little tuckered out from all the celebrating.
Alissa and Carrie.
Carrie and Evan. He must have just said something humorous... or ridiculous.
Alissa hugs Amy.
Alissa, Amy, Dave and Libbet.
Grace is beautiful!
Elizabeth and Ashkon, in discussion with Nicolas.
Malcolm, Ellen and Sam.
Alissa, in animated story-telling, which is typical of her story-telling.
Micky as photographer.
Inna.
Andrew and a beer.
Grace.
Emily pins a new broach on Ghamar-joon, Sam's grandmother.
Asha and Andy, mere weeks away from the arrival of their second baby.
Audra, Lance, Laurie, Brad and Melissa, having a laugh.
Alissa and Anne, probably discussing the merits of pink dresses.
Nidhi, captured through a window.
Brian and Steve, climbing the stairs.
Alissa, gazing up at her brand new husband.
Jack.
The Moghtaderi cousins, including the newest Moghtaderi of this generation.
All the wedding guests.
All the wedding guests... waving.
How cute is this? We didn't know they had taken this picture and when we got the photos back we had such a laugh over the cuteness!!
The Moghtaderi family.
Ghamar-joon dances from her chair.
Asha tells Julie something apparently *hilarious*!
Claritza.
Alissa loves Emma!
Alissa receives an abundant supply of beautiful gold bangles.
And bangles...
And Sam received a gold pin.
Alissa shows off 22 gold bangles, spread across two wrists.
Charles, Julia, Andrew and Catherine.
More singing ladies! "Mobarak baad!"
Alissa's mom, Ann, loves the Persian wedding songs!
Ghamar-joon with a present for the bride.
Ashkon, observing the bestowing of gold upon the bride and groom.
Alissa is shocked and delighted by a beautiful necklace from Sam's grandmother.
The necklace.
Removing the old necklace--given by Sam's mom just that morning--to try on the new one from Sam's grandmother. It seems the ladies of Sam's family are rather generous when it comes to decorating the necks of brides.
Farimah dances in celebration!
Farideh and Alissa share some kisses.
A beautiful Persepolis necklace.
Lance, with a very knowing smile. But what, exactly, does he know?
The envelopes.
Maman threatening to keep the envelopes for herself?
The sky wasn't exactly blue, but the temperature was delightful and the lighting was perfect.
Sam and the Yang family, waving good-bye to the guests.
