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The Wedding Story of... Manisha Patel & Anuj Agarwala
Kathy Jonas | March 3, 2015Manisha Patel was completing her residency in emergency medicine at a Chicago hospital. Add to that, the little task of planning a large intricate four-day Indian wedding in Indianapolis. It might have been a little bit difficult at times, but she and her fiancé Anuj Aragwala (and their families) not only made it work, but made it something memorable, meaningful, and a lot of fun.
The Wedding Story of... Kristen & James Sawdon
Amy Conroy | March 3, 2015Three months after moving to Chicago, in June of 2010, Kristen Brickley met James Sawdon, and the two immediately hit it off. “After our first date, I remember going home and telling my roommate all about it and smiling from ear to ear! I had a feeling from the first moment we met that he was someone special.” Turns out, the feeling was mutual and the two have been together ever since.
The Wedding Story of... Nicole & Grant Cook
WeddingDay | March 3, 2015Describing something as “timeless” can mean many things. It can mean that something reflects the aesthetics of a bygone era positively ingrained into our cultural consciousness. Or it can be something that stands the test of time. Regardless of the definition, very few weddings are truly “timeless”.
The Wedding Story of... Jessica & Anthony Severino
Kathy Jonas | March 3, 2015Jessica and Anthony Severino took dance lessons from a friend who is a professional Latin dancer in Chicago so that their “first dance” would be memorable. But when it came time for the dance at their reception, Jessica said she couldn’t remember any of the steps she had spent so much time learning.
The Wedding Story of... Danielle & Jonathan Smith
Amy Conroy | March 3, 2015It didn’t take long for Dani Bauman to realize that Jon Smith, the man she met online using eHarmony.com in March of 2011, was the real deal. “On the way home from our third date I remember calling my dad and telling him I’d met the man I was going to marry!” The feeling was mutual and Jon proposed to his future wife just three months later.
The Wedding Story of... Anne & Andy Hammond
Amy Conroy | March 3, 2015Anne Muskopf and Andy Hammond met through a mutual friend in the summer of 2008 and immediately formed a friendship that quickly turned into something more.
The Wedding Story of... Sara & Chad Emberton
Kathy Jonas | March 3, 2015Can you imagine becoming a baseball fan if you don’t even like baseball or know anything about it? How about becoming a Yankees fan? Love did that to Sara Emberton. She was a cheerleader as a high school student in Battle Creek, Michigan and knew football and basketball inside out.
The Wedding Story of... Kim & Peter Wallace
Kathy Jonas | March 3, 2015There’s a lot of debate about the origin of the phrase “It’s all in the details.” Some claim French novelist Gustave Flaubert penned “God is in the details” and others attribute the phrase to Michelangelo or architect Mies van der Rohe. Whoever said
The Wedding Story of... Nicole & Aaron Busse
Kathy Jonas | March 3, 2015Nicole and Aaron Busse pictured a soft and romantic wedding ceremony and a clean and chic reception. How do you make both of these very different visions a reality?
The Wedding Story of... Noelle & Andrew Bullard
Kathy Jonas | March 3, 2015The story of Noelle and Andrew began at the University of Michigan where they both attended school and found each other through mutual friends. Learning they had several classes together, they agreed to meet for weekly study sessions, but realized they were spending hours chatting rather than studying.