Originally, San Diego couple Quinn Ly and Andy Van Le envisioned celebrating their wedding with 300 friends, family, and colleagues. But when planning started to overshadow the meaning behind their day, Quinn had a revelation: "Andy and I have always had so much fun together by ourselves," she says. "We wanted to capture that same feeling as we began our married life." So they decided to pare their guest list down—way down—and say their I do's à deux. Still, this was no quiet elopement."I wanted all the romance of a traditional wedding—the dress, the flowers, photos, and food—minus the stress of guests," explains Quinn.
After sending their planner an inspiration packet filled with lace, white flowers, and a little wooden boat, they started discussing possible locations in their shared ancestral homeland of Vietnam. Eventually, the duo settled on the riverside city of Hoi An and kicked off their wedding weekend with a lantern-lit dinner for two at a waterfront bungalow. Then the big day, February 12, 2012, began with an atmospheric ramble through town with their photographer as they posed in their wedding finery. "When we were making our way to the town center, residents started snapping pics of us, too," remembers Quinn. "We felt like movie stars!"
