Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Folkie Big Sur Wedding (Circa 1968)







A reader just hipped me to these photos, which I promptly swiped off flickr.

The geeeeeeeorgeous bride with the bangs is Mimi Fariña, and that beaming bridesmaid in the stripes is her big sister, Joan Baez.

Mimi married Milan Melvin at the Esalen Institute (which, incidentally, is where we were supposed to go hot-tubbing when we were in Big Sur) on the opening morning of the 1968 Big Sur Folk Festival.

I'd like to imagine she wore that flower crown all day long.....
Posted by esb at 8:14 PM

12 comments:

  1. kathleen // scout + lillyOctober 16, 2012 at 9:59 PM

    of *course* it's Joan Baez's sister.... god that's awesome.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 16, 2012 at 11:20 PM

    I COULD JUST DIE. Little Baez was unfairly beautiful.

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  3. unfounddoorOctober 17, 2012 at 1:46 AM

    Fuck Yeah Joan Baez (and Mimi)

    incidentally this always breaks my heart a little.

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  4. ToniaOctober 17, 2012 at 6:23 AM

    Holy shit.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 17, 2012 at 6:47 AM

    I am literally dying. Why is this not my wedding? Oh wait. Because I was born too late.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 17, 2012 at 9:59 AM

    Love

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  7. Stephanie NikoOctober 17, 2012 at 10:26 AM

    Gorgeous!

    Perhaps this cocktail recipe based on what Jack Kerouac drank when he was hanging out in his friend’s cabin in Big Sur just a few years before this wedding took place would be a good fit for a signature cocktail.

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  8. neOctober 17, 2012 at 11:02 AM

    So pretty! Funny how they are so vintage but also so current.

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  9. AnonymousOctober 17, 2012 at 1:13 PM

    these pictures make me so excited for our Nevada California roadtrip honeymoon.

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  10. AGOctober 18, 2012 at 7:09 AM

    What beauties. All of them.

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  11. HeatherOctober 22, 2012 at 3:42 PM

    I LOVE these so so so MUCH!

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  12. gaby jOctober 30, 2012 at 3:35 PM

    I love everything about this!

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