Diana & Ryan
Wedding Party
Teresa Tran
Maid of Honor
As the younger sister, Teresa would emulate Diana's tastes and interests growing up. Teresa eventually wised up one day around 8 years old and broke out to establish her own firecracker personality. Being four years apart, Diana and Teresa would just miss each other at each education milestone. As Diana entered middle school, Teresa would begin just be starting elementary school and so on until after college. When Teresa got accept to NYU and Diana just graduated from the University of Texas, Diana took the opportunity to move with Teresa to New York to look for a job. The sisterhood strengthen as they navigated adulthood together. Although Teresa has moved to LA since 2017, they have remained close and there is no one else Diana would consider to be her Maid of Honor.
Misha Kaplan
Best Man
Misha applied for a job at Gilt Groupe when Ryan was managing the retouching team, and he was a totally acceptable candidate who didn't ask for too much money (probably because he's from Ohio and they just don't place as much value on people over there). After working together for a little while, they discovered lots of overlapping interests such as eating too much good food, watching terrible movies, playing video games, and just being generally snarky and sarcastic AF.
Vy Leba
Bridesmaid
Diana considers Vy one of her oldest best friends. Vy opened Diana up to the world of traveling, sushi, and extensive event planning while goofing around. Diana took her first friend's trip with Vy to Cancun where they got into mischievous behavior, like joyrides on golf carts and venturing on a catamaran excursion by themselves. In high school, they would make ridiculous music videos and plan that one epic July 4th party (that involved no alcohol) instead of getting drunk and doing drugs. They knew how to have clean fun and they took a lot of pride in it. Even though they currently live far apart from each other, every time they talk it's like no time has passed.
Elann Danziger
Groomsman
Ryan's first friend and fellow son of craftspeople, Elann also grew up on a mountain in Woodstock, NY. Together as free range children, they relied heavily on their imaginations to entertain themselves and each other. Ryan guest starred in Elann's talkboy-recorded sketch comedy show, the Danziger Zone, and they've even recorded music together in the same studio that recorded The Band, Graham Parker, and Crash Test Dummies. Elann is an actor, podcaster, radio host, and realtor. He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Robin, and son, Julian, who is a week younger than Keanu.
Shawnee Li
Bridesmaid
It was like a classic movie scene from a movie. At Diana's first day at a new middle school, she entered the cafeteria during lunch terrified of finding a place to sit. She scanned the expansive room for a friendly face to approach. She spotted Shawnee with her big smile and got the courage to ask to sit with her and her friends. Shawnee welcomed Diana with the sunniest disposition and they have been fast friends ever since. Diana remembers going to Shawnee's house often to play with her and her equally welcoming big family. It became dark and gray when they found out that they would be going to separate high schools due to territorial division. To make matters worse, Shawnee moved further away across the city soon after. They actually both went to UT for college, but their different schedule and majors kept them apart during those years. They were gloriously reunited in New York many years later when Shawnee moved there to attend FIT. Diana and Shawnee both waded through the abysmal NYC dating scene together until they both finally found their SO through Tinder.
Matt Vanderlee
Groomsman
Matt and Ryan met in college playing Mario Kart and eating coffee maker ramen in the dorms. For some reason they decided to become roommates, assist each other in making and critiquing art, and live in adjacent neighborhoods in Brooklyn after graduation. While between jobs, Ryan helped Matt's dog (Turbodog) raise a puppy in exchange for free Wi-Fi (no coffee/food purchase necessary), and is an honorary uncle to his children, Stella and Victor. Matt is currently living in Rochester and working as an artist and educator.