Matt and Bronwen

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Matt and Bronwen

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About Us

Thank you for visiting MattAndBronwen.com. This site is about us – Matt and Bronwen! I know, that’s probably a huge surprise.


We have been together since New Year’s Eve 2005. We met about 5 minutes before the new year rolled into 2006. Although we did try to pretend to ourselves that we were just “hanging out” it was pretty clear early on that a long-term committed and most likely atypical relationship was happening despite our intentions.

<-- That was the night we met.

We have lived and worked together for most of our relationship and continue to enjoy the chaos and changes coming our way. We’ve found out the hard way we’re REALLY good at rolling with the punches.

Besides work, we are very active in the local Burning Man community. We have attended Burning Man 7 times. 2019 was our most recent and best time.

We live and play in Los Angeles, CA, where we are fortunate to have an extraordinary group of friends. We also have a great many cats (some of whom are colony cats, not pets) and 1 fish tank with a few fish, some shrimp and several geriatric snails. 



Chops & Tails on Instagram

Chops' Kitty Halfway House Wishlist

Our Cats

HandChop

The story of HandChop coming soon!

We Eloped!

 

February 27, 2016

Opting to elope rather than having a big wedding right then, we decided to mix our wedding into Las Vegas trip we were already planning with friends. We, rather naively, thought we could just have a surprise wedding on the way to dinner, but those kinds of things rarely stay secret! It was a whirlwind, unforgettable weekend.


We bought our rings at the last possible second off eBay but miraculously they arrived from India before we got to Las Vegas! They have skulls on them! Until death do us part (although we're pretty sure that's never stopped us before.) The jumpsuits Bronwen wore were from Etsy (as well as the amazing bracelet and beading for the belt by Adrienne Cantler).  We dyed the one jumpsuit to match our wedding colors in a huge vat on the stove. Our miraculous friend Aleck made Bronwen such a beautiful reversible coat as well. Sarina from Bliss Salon came to the house and gave all the ladies hair bling so we were appropriately shiny for a Vegas wedding.


The wedding itself was a whirlwind! We were super late because of a transport mix-up outside our control. The party bus Bronwen reserved didn't show, but Genessis and Trina worked out another bus for after the ceremony. To make the ceremony in time we all piled into whatever  vehicles were around and sped like lunatics to the other side of Las Vegas. Nick was our "getaway" driver who somehow got us there in one piece with surging adrenaline! We ended up making it "in time" and having a wild, fun, quick ceremony officiated by an intoxicated Elvis impersonator (who absolutely could not get Bronwen's name right) at the Viva Las Vegas wedding chapel. After we were driven into the  chapel in a pink Cadillac through smoke and lasers of course. 


After  the ceremony we all piled into a party bus to get our dinner at Morton's which wasn't great, although the bus rides were raucous as  expected. Our cakes were a VISION thanks to Rick and Sasha at Cakelava,  and Trina gave a beautiful unexpected speech.


We're  so grateful to Don from Norris Photo for capturing all our special moments! We're also grateful to all our friends who celebrated with us and helped make it a dream weekend.

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