REAL WEDDING:: Garima Shrestha + Christian Queyrouze {SOMETHING SPECIAL}

September 17, 2024
Ashley Revels
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Photography by Welch Photography & Video

garima and christian’s story

“Dating apps are awful,” shares Christian, “Not because they’re ineffective, but because you have to work for what you want with a 90+% failure rate per swipe. Sometimes you just don’t click, sometimes they’re just not interested in you, sometimes they’re… something special.”

One day, he found Garima and was immediately taken with her beauty. “I sent her a message,” he shares. “You’re so beautiful that I’d ask if you were a bot, but most bots don’t ask for a Christ centered relationship,” he messaged her.

Though not a big texter, Christian found that texting Garima was easy for him. “We must have sent a few hundred text that first day, and the next day I was at her house for a date. That day, minutes quickly turned to hours as we talked about everything and anything.”

“We monopolized each other’s free time over the next few days and when I told her I was planning a backpacking trip with some friends in Georgia and would be out of signal for three days, she thought ‘This is it. This is how he cuts me off and moves on to the next one.’”

On the trip, the phone he usually left in his backpack for peace and quiet was out and he was constantly searching for a signal, which he fortunately found. When he returned, they were inseparable.

The duo went everywhere and did everything together and eventually, Christian proposed. Garima said “Yes!”

the wedding

The couple wed in a traditional Catholic ceremony at Immaculate Conception Jesuit Church in New Orleans. After their vows, Christian and Garima led a Second Line with Big Fun Brass Band from the church to their reception at Galeriè de Galatoire.

Garima wore a strapless fit-and-flare gown for the ceremony and also had henna painted on her arms. For the reception she changed into the traditional Nepali dress, a lehenga.

The reception included delicious food catered by Galatoires, a two tier cake by Maurice French Pastries and lots of dancing.