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A Parisian Date

Harper's Bazaar Bride

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September 2016

Featuring an express proposal, sundry ceremonies, and cross-cultural savouries. Brides-to-be, take cues.

A Parisian Date

Nick and I met on my birthday, and two days later, we were on our first date!” gushes Payal Kadakia who heads ClassPass and an Indian American contemporary dance unit, The Sa Dance Company. A chance meeting in a Super bowl party led to a date that was meant to take them to Paris, and as they say, there was no looking back. “We had planned a trip to Greece, and when we landed in Paris (which I thought was our first layover), we were told that our flight to Greece had been cancelled, and we needed to spend the night in Paris. Nick had studied in Paris and speaks fluent French, so little did I know that much of an evening surprise was being discussed right in front of me,” the bride explains. A dinner awaited the couple at a restaurant overlooking the Eiffel Tower. As Payal talks about

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