Waiting for the bride
Date: 08/12/2007
The wedding was at the groom's home temple just over the bridge into New Jersey. These are the bride's grandmother and aunt.
Wendy & Emma
Date: 08/12/2007
The ketubah
Date: 08/12/2007
Carved watermelon
Date: 08/12/2007
The temple has its own in-house caterer. It's a long way from my wedding in the basement of the First Presbyterian church of Marquette, that's all I'll say.
Infused vodka bar
Date: 08/12/2007
I don't think that even today the Presbyterians have infused vodka bars.
Gloria and Abby
Date: 08/12/2007
The bride's younger sister. Don't be confused by all that food. These were just the appetizers.
From the french fry bar
Date: 08/12/2007
Another appetizer station. Not to be confused with the Peking Duck station, the carved meat station, the smoked fish station, the sushi station, or, of course the vodka bar.
Chatting before dinner
Date: 08/12/2007
The rabbi who did the service (from Emma and Russell's congregation on the upper west side) on the right and Wendy's cousin on the left--a neurologist, IIRC.
Proud grandmother
Date: 08/12/2007
Muriel Meltzer
Wendy with Chicago friends
Date: 08/12/2007
In this case Diane and Tom Geraghty, both law professors: Tom at Northwestern and Diane at Loyola. Parents of four daughters, every single one of whom is a lawyer or in law school-- four daughters (scroll down)
Bryn Mawr friends
Date: 08/12/2007
I think the one on the left is a rabbi. They're planning their wedding for next fall.
More shtick
Date: 08/12/2007
And still more
Date: 08/12/2007
I noticed this guy was perspiring pretty heavily by the time he was done. Nice that Emma and Russell had a moment to sit down, though.
Dancing
Date: 08/12/2007
Lots and lots and lots of dancing and merriment. The technical term, I gather, is "shtick."
A jester
Date: 08/12/2007
Dancing
Date: 08/12/2007
Did I mention dancing?
Date: 08/12/2007
Circle dance
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Wendy and her uncle
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Do the twist
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Dancing
Date: 08/12/2007
Frank's partner Allen.
More dancing
Date: 08/12/2007
Abby and Frank
Date: 08/12/2007
A neighbor and old friend of the family.
Dancing
Date: 08/12/2007
Mother of the groom
Date: 08/12/2007
Getting into the spirit
Not dancing
Date: 08/12/2007
Neither was I, of course.
Muriel and her sister
Date: 08/12/2007
Maybe
Wendy, Allen, Frank
Date: 08/12/2007
Bryn Mawr Hillel
Date: 08/12/2007
Well represented at the wedding.
Table shot
Date: 08/12/2007
The younger generation
Date: 08/12/2007
These cousins mostly hung out in the women's lounge.
Cousins
Date: 08/12/2007
Centerpiece
Date: 08/12/2007
I'll spare a description of the meal, except to say that no expense was spared and no detail un-embellished.
Dessert
Date: 08/12/2007
Okay, one picture from the deal. Gloria had warned me that wedding desserts often disappointed, since they couldn't include dairy products. But I have to say there was nothing disappointing on this plate.
Muriel and a niece
Date: 08/12/2007
Sisters
Date: 08/12/2007
The bride and her grandmother
Date: 08/12/2007
Three generations
Date: 08/12/2007
Wendy's mother, sister, and niece.