Monday, March 26, 2007 | 7:17 a.m.
A romance that blossomed out of Dino's Lounge (which claims to be Las Vegas' last neighborhood bar) culminated in matrimony Saturday afternoon as Cindy Funkhouser and Rick Dominguez exchanged vows at the Fallout, the couple's new gallery in the downtown arts district.
Funkhouser owns the antique and crafts store the Funk House, serves as the president of the nonprofit arts organization Whirlygig and is founder of the weekly art walk/crafts fair/street party First Friday. Dominguez operates his own flooring company, the aptly titled Fabulous Floors of Las Vegas. The two met at Dino's, which sits across from Olympic Garden on Las Vegas Boulevard South, on Valentine's Day 2006. In July, again at Dino's, during "Karaoke Night with Danny G" and with the Bee Gees classic "Words" droning in the background, Dominguez brought forth a sheet cake with a proposal scrawled across the frosting. She accepted, and on Saturday exchanged vows in front of about 60 friends and family.
The officiant, a friend of the couple's and former municipal court judge, Dayvid Figler, set the tone by saying, "When Rick and Cindy asked me to do this and offered 10 percent off a green ottoman, slightly used, I could not refuse." The bride was clad in a classy pant suit. Dominguez opted for an aesthetically stunning vintage early-1970s beige tuxedo trimmed in dark tan, with ruffles and tan slacks (an ensemble he found at the Attic that cost $100). He opted for yellow Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers.
The happy couple are honeymooning in beautiful downtown Las Vegas.
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You can likely guess the color and make of the car with the vanity plate BLUSAAB.
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