I recently changed my profile photo on Facebook from this (with my face partially obscured -- a trick of the bathroom mirrors while I was getting ready for my wedding ceremony)...
to this (there's no mistaking when this one was taken!)...
A friend recently commented on the new photo: "You look like a no-nonsense bride."
Am I also an 18-hour bride?, I wonder.
Photos by Calfa at Front Room Photography.
These snapshots came from Cindy and Sergio, friends we met in Madison but who now live in the Milwaukee area like us. Pictured here are a number of friends from our Madison days. Some still call Madison home but others have moved away. We loved seeing you all at our wedding!
Clockwise, starting with the bride: Tilney, Lisa, Nicole, Sergio, Cindy, Petra, Jean.
The bride and Cindy.
From left: Nicole, Lisa, Tilney, Jean, Cindy, Petra.
From left: Katja, Cindy, Doug.
Yay -- we love wedding photos! If anyone else has any to share, please send them along! :-)
Do you have any photos from our wedding? If so, please email them to us. We'd love to put them up on the blog!
Okay, we admit it: We're suffering from wedding withdrawal. Please help us!
Our photographer, Calfa, from Front Room Photography, did a fantastic job capturing the happy mood of the evening. There are two ways you can preview her photos from our wedding night:
Many thanks to Neela, who sent us these photos from the ceremony. They are our first look back on a truly wonderful day.
The groom and the best man (his father), waiting patiently...
Here comes the bride! With her mother, walking down the aisle...
The beautiful bridesmaids, cherished sisters of the bride...
The exchange of vows...
The kiss...
And now for some photos taken during the cocktail hour!
On the right is the bride's step-father, a.k.a. The Reverend Al, author and officiant of a truly moving and meaningful wedding ceremony. On the left, the bride's mother Sharon, a.k.a. The Reverend's Wife.
The happy couple! Sipping a pomegranate bellini to toast the beginning of their new life as a married couple.
The lovely and talented Calfa, of Front Room Photography, captured this and dozens more photos of us before sunset on a beautiful September afternoon in Milwaukee's historic Third Ward. You can see more images from our engagement photo shoot on the Front Room Blog.
On Friday, October 19, the bride and her girlfriends celebrated her bachelorette party in Madison, where the bride and groom met. A fabulous time was had by all. Big thanks to Amy and Kelsi for planning the evening.
We started out the evening at Genna's Lounge (the site of the famed first meeting), with a round of Cosmopolitans, compliments of some nice guy at the bar. We ended our time at Genna's with a round of tequila shots, compliments of a different nice guy at the bar. Actually, it was the bartender. As it turns out, he met his fiance at Genna's, too, and is getting married one week before our wedding! (From left, Amy, Kelsi, Lisa, and Colleen.)
Next we walked to Takara for dinner. (Here is the bride at left, and her friend Lisa at right. It was dark out!)
At Takara, we gathered 'round a steaming hibachi table for dinner and took many photos of one another at close range. (Here is one of Cindy!)
No bachelorette party would be complete without a hot man workin' hard to please the ladies. (Here he is, with the Onion Volcano!)
More close-range photography of The Ladies of Hibachi Night! (Here is Mary, at left, and Kelsi, at right.)
Can it really be considered a true bachelorette party without the following happening at some point in the night? One of the girls comes back from the restroom giggling. She says, "There's a man in hip-waders in there...fishing!" The rest of the girls go in to investigate. A photo is snapped. (Et voila: Man in hip-waders. Fishing!)
The next stop on the party-train was Cocoliquot, a restaurant devoted to the glorification of chocolate in all its delightful forms: Solid, liquid, and cupcake.
I'm not exactly sure what all of these beautiful desserts (foreground) or lovely truffles (background) were made of, but they tasted FANTASTIC! (And to think we were actually debating whether six girls could finish all of these treats...)
It seems all good things in life end before we're ready to say goodbye: sunsets, rainbows, well-written TV shows canceled before their time, and alas, this party. But not before we took one last photo! (Back row, from left: Colleen, Nicole, Tilney, Kelsi; front row, from left: Amy, Cindy.)
Thanks for a great night, one and all!
The Setting: A gorgeous sunny Saturday in downtown Chicago...
The Location: Tizi Melloul, named one of the 10 best looking restaurants in America (Fine Living - The Insider's List)...
The Hostesses with the Mostest: Katy (left) and Aberdeen (right), sisters of the bride.
The Event: A superfantastic bridal shower!
The Guests: A superfantastic group of ladies, both family and friends, from near and far. Let's meet them, shall we?
Alexis (left), Caitlin (center), and Danielle (right), cousins of the bride.
Shannon (left), sister of the groom, with Amy (right), friend of the bride.
Brittany (left), cousin of the bride, with Denise (center) and Neela (right), aunts of the bride.
Ally, cousin of the bride.
Sharon (left), mother of the bride (shown here with Aberdeen).
Betty, stepmother of the groom.
Maryalice, aunt of the bride.
Jean, friend of the bride.
Katja (left), friend of the bride (shown here with Katy).
Tilney, the bride!
What's that you hear? Is that the ting-ting-ting of a belly dancer's skirt as she shimmies across the floor? Oh yes -- here she comes! Shake it!
Strange coincidence: Our belly dancer bears a striking resemblance to Lauren Graham, star of the hit TV series "Gilmore Girls."
