Name: Christopher + Michelle | Brooklyn, NY | Diviera Drive
Uploaded: 2018-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: PT-1H-1M-1S
Description: We met at a Brooklyn Bowl. I went with one of my girlfriends as a buffer and he was there with a guy she liked. We ended up dating 2 years later. He proposed in the Egyptian Wing of the MET where the Tomb is (it's my favorite wing) and we got married a year later.

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We met at a Brooklyn Bowl. I went with one of my girlfriends as a buffer and he was there with a guy she liked. We ended up dating 2 years later. He proposed in the Egyptian Wing of the MET where the Tomb is (it's my favorite wing) and we got married a year later.

Christopher + Michelle | Brooklyn, NY | Diviera Drive

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Christopher and Michelle

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Videographer: La Lune Cinema

Venue: Diviera Drive

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Wedding Date on May 19, 2017

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