Malia & Jayson

Our story

2018 to 2027

We are getting married on a bluff above the Pacific, which is where most of our time together has gone anyway, on grey mornings and at low tide.

Union Square

Add the date · San Francisco, California

The first picture of the two of us, taken in Union Square after a Christmas party.

Maui

Add the date · Hawaii

Our first trip to Hawaii.

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Panama City

Add the date · Panama

We had never travelled outside the country together before this, and it turned out we travel well as a pair.

Amsterdam

Add the date · The Netherlands

The first stop on our first trip to Europe, spent mostly walking with no particular destination.

London

Add the date · England

The second country on that same trip, and a run of grey afternoons that suited us.

Edinburgh

Add the date · Scotland

As far north as we got before the weather turned, and the end of that first trip to Europe.

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Pigeon Point

Add the date · Pescadero, California

Jayson asked in September, on the edge of a cliff with the water going out below us. Malia said yes before he finished the sentence.

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The Seymour Center

18 September 2027 · Santa Cruz, California

Where you come in. The ceremony is on the bluff at Terrace Point, with dinner inside afterwards.

18 September 2027

Will you join us?

A year later we are asking the people we love to stand in the same weather with us, with the fog coming in around seven.

Bring a warm layer. We cannot wait to see you on the coast.

— Malia & Jayson

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Natural Earth · elevation: Mapzen / AWS Terrain Tiles

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The weekend

Friday, 17 September

Optional, and very welcome

TBC

Welcome drinks

Somewhere downtown, so come say hello if you are in town early.

Saturday, 18 September

Seymour Marine Discovery Center

TBC

Guests arrive

Park on site and follow the path toward the water.

TBC

Ceremony

Outdoors on the bluff with the ocean behind us, and about half an hour long.

TBC

Cocktails & the tide pools

Drinks on the terrace with the exhibits open to wander.

TBC

Dinner & toasts

A seated dinner in the main hall.

TBC

Dancing, then last call

The fog usually arrives by then, which is worth stepping outside for.

We are still settling the times with the venue, and will fill them in here well before invitations go out.

The Seymour Center

The Seymour Marine Discovery Center is a working ocean research station at Long Marine Laboratory, part of UC Santa Cruz, on the last stretch of land before the water at Terrace Point.

Ms. Blue, an eighty-seven-foot blue whale skeleton, stands outside the building, and she is worth walking over to see. A path runs along the bluff to the overlook, where the ceremony will be, and dinner follows inside in the main hall.

Address

100 McAllister Way
Santa Cruz, California 95060

Parking

There is a free lot on site, a short flat walk from the entrance, and rideshares can pull right up to the door.

Underfoot

Paved paths and packed gravel run out to the overlook, all on one level and step free.

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Getting here & staying

Flying in

Airport	Drive	Notes
San Jose (SJC)	~40 min	Closest and easiest
San Francisco (SFO)	~1 hr 20	Most flights
Monterey (MRY)	~1 hr	Small, scenic drive

Rent a car if you can. Santa Cruz is spread out along the coast and Highway 17 over the hill is not a road to rely on rideshares for.

Where to stay

The Westside

Nearest the venue at about ten minutes away, quiet, with coffee and surf shops.

Downtown

Walkable to dinner and bars; fifteen minutes to the Seymour Center.

West Cliff & the beach

Motels and rentals on the water. They book up early, because September is the good month here.

We are working on a room block and will post it here as soon as it is confirmed. If you would rather not wait, September fills up: book something refundable now.

Make a weekend of it

A short list of the places we would take you ourselves.

Two minutes away

West Cliff Drive

Three miles of path along the edge of the ocean, from Natural Bridges to the harbor, with sea lions, surfers and pelicans along the way. Best at sunset.

State park

Natural Bridges

Next door to the venue, with the arch and the tide pools, and monarch butterflies in the eucalyptus grove by October.

Classic

The Boardwalk

A seaside amusement park from 1907, with a wooden coaster that rattles. Unserious and completely worth it.

Town

Pacific Avenue

Downtown Santa Cruz has the bookshops, the taquerias, a very good record store and somewhere to eat on every block.

Inland

Henry Cowell Redwoods

Old growth redwoods fifteen minutes up the hill from the coast, cool and dark under the trees.

Coast

Wilder Ranch

Bluff trails north of town cross the farm fields and drop down to the coves, and it is windy enough out there that you will want a layer.

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Questions

What should we wear?

Cocktail attire, but dress for the coast. The ceremony is outside on gravel and grass, so consider your heels, and bring a real layer. The fog comes in off the water in the evening and it gets properly cold.

Is it indoors or outdoors?

Both. Ceremony and cocktails outside on the bluff, dinner and dancing inside the main hall. There is shelter within a few steps the whole night.

Can we bring the kids?

We will name everyone who is invited on your reply card. If your children are on it, please bring them. The exhibits are open and they will have the better night.

Can I bring a plus-one?

If your invitation includes a guest, absolutely. Just add their name when you RSVP. We are limited by the room, so we cannot add beyond that.

What about food?

A seated dinner with vegetarian options, so tell us about allergies and restrictions in your RSVP and we will take care of it.

Photos?

Please put your phone away for the ceremony. Our photographer has it. After that, take everything you like; we will share a place to collect them.

What is the weather like?

September is usually the best month here, with clear afternoons around seventy that drop into the fifties after dark once the marine layer comes in.

Still stuck?

Write to us at hello@maliaandjayson.com and we will answer properly.

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Will you join us?

Kindly reply by the first of August, 2027. One card per household is plenty.

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