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72 THE ROMANCE. We met on a blind date in 2013. Mutual friends of ours, Grace Hall and Chris McCray (who actually ended up doing the interior design of Townsend Provisions), set us up. Our first date was at The Goodnight in Austin. We had dinner, played Ping-Pong, and bowled — and, shockingly, hit it off. We dated for about a year and a half before deciding to open Townsend Provisions together in 2015 [in Round Top]. POPPING THE QUESTION. Nick planned a trip to New Orleans, which is one of my favorite cities. We stayed at the Ace Hotel, which is a super-cool place. He popped the question on the way to dinner at Coquette. He also planned it to be the same day that my book [The Last Stop] came out, so it was a special day all around. Side note: coincidentally, Coquette came to Round Top this past antique show for Rancho Pillow's Feast in the Field dinner. We got to meet the chefs, and it was crazy to re-experience the amazing food, this time in Round Top instead of New Orleans. THE VOWS. We said our vows at the home we rented in Pioneertown, California, very near Joshua Tree. The house is located in the hills above Pioneertown — an incredible modern glass house that was very remote and completely off the grid. All of my best girlfriends and their husbands stayed in this house, and we used it to take some of our photos. The roads to get there are all dirt and deep sand, so we had to shuttle our guests up to the house so they wouldn't get stuck. THE RECEPTION. We did a small cocktail reception at the house following the ceremony, then had the reception dinner at Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown. THE NIGHT BEFORE. We had a really fun rehearsal dinner at the Joshua Tree Saloon, right up the road. AS TOLD BY THE BRIDE TO CATHERINE D. ANSPON. PHOTOGRAPHY MARY COSTA. HIGH DESERT WEDDING RYANN FORD + NICK MOSLEY • MAY 5, 2017 ROUND TOP'S FAVORITE YOUNG RETAIL COUPLE — TOWNSEND PROVISIONS PROPRIETORS RYANN FORD + NICK MOSLEY — WALK DOWN THE AISLE OUTSIDE JOSHUA TREE, CALIFORNIA. (continued on page 74) Ryann Ford and Nick Mosley said "I do," in Pioneertown, California. The diminutive church in Pioneertown's Stargazing Desert Retreat Cake crafted by Roman Blas of Over the Rainbow Desserts, Palm Springs. The bride's dad, Don Ford, gave her away.