Kiyome & Ed
Request the honor of your presence at their wedding
November 11th, 2017
Request the honor of your presence at their wedding
November 11th, 2017Ed and Kiyome were colleagues and soon after close friends well before they actually started dating. They share a love of making video games and from the beginning have always worked hard to help each other succeed. This created an atmosphere between them of teamwork, understanding, and care.
While they're not working hard, they love to laugh at their own silliness and go on adventures together. You'll often find them on hikes, visiting museums, or just taking a relaxing drive somewhere new. On the big occasions, they love filling their home with the warmth of friends and family.
Kiyome lived in various places throughout her life. Most of her childhood was in Hawaii while her high school years were in Vancouver, Washington. She's always found herself between art and computer science. This combination has made her a quite passionate Visual FX Artist. Her work defines her.
Ed grew up in Queens, NY. After high school, he left for college where he studied at DigiPen. He's loved video games and computer science all his life and has become an award winning programmer. His work defines him.
Kiyome was looking for a game team and ventured onto the DigiPen Live Journal in search of one. Ed was on a team who was always interested in working with artists. They had a meeting that kicked off their professional relationship.
After expressing their feelings for each other in their own unique ways, they had the problem of 3000 miles separating them. Once Ed moved to California for a job, he was able to visit Kiyome when they had their first official date. They saw Disney's Tangled in theater, followed by sushi dinner at a Japanese restaurant called Kokoro.
Knowing they wanted to be together, and feeling like San Francisco would have more opportunities for Kiyome than Irvine, she moved to Berkeley to live with Ed and his roommate Alex. A year later, Ed's work at Naughty Dog took them both back down to Los Angeles where they have been since December 2012.
They had just spent 6 months apart while Kiyome was working in Champaigne, Illinois. When her contract was over, Ed flew to Illinois to see where she'd lived. While on a short, very cold trip to Chicago, Ed wanted to see Buckingham Fountain again which they'd seen in the Fall. Kneeling in the snow, with beautiful Lake Michigan in the background, Ed revealed a necklace representing each of them joined together. After a brief moment of surprise over the necklace, Kiyome said yes!
The ceremony will be at Duke's Malibu and will begin at 5:30 PM on November 11th, 2017. We will be opening the room for seating starting at 5 PM. Shortly after the ceremony, we will be serving dinner along with refreshments for your enjoyment. We are very excited to see everyone and spend an amazing evening together.
Here's some information for those traveling to Los Angeles for our wedding. Because it's Veteran's day, remember to book your hotel early! The nearest airport is Los Angeles International (LAX).
We have a block at the Marriott in Culver City. King Bed are $145 a night. Two Queen Bed rooms are $155 a night. To reserve, click below or call 1-800-736-0698 and mention you'd like to book a room for Kiyome and Ed's wedding at Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles Westside in Culver City, CA. Please reserve soon to make sure you get into the block at this rate.
We're putting Air BnB on here because we think it's a great idea for anyone who doesn't want to stay in the block at the Marriott. There aren't actually that many hotels in Malibu, so if you want to stay on the beach, there's a lot of apartments and houses right on the beach and rent rooms. Locations to search for are Malibu, Santa Monica, and West Los Angeles.
Our gift registry can be found on Amazon. Please don't feel obligated to buy from there. For the bigger items on there, we recommend getting a few people together to pitch in.
