It was an AWESOME time! I have never been to a Jewish ceremony and I thought it was wonderful, especially the Sheva Brachot or 7 Blessings. It was also really cool to yell "mazel tov!" at the end when Wiley broke the glass.
The bride was beautiful, the groom absolutely handsome and I have ZERO pictures because we were running late leaving town and forgot the camera, although I was so in to the ceremony that I would have forgotten to take any pictures.
The Pfister Hotel where the ceremony was held and where we stayed was beautiful.
The reception rocked. It was at a fabulous bar and restaurant called the Hinterland and it was amazing. Cocktail hour (open bar) with signature drinks, wines and beers and awesome apps. Then plated dinner. I had the steak and it was unbelievable.
After dinner the revelry began and the open bar continues and the DJ started up the music. There was much dancing and bally-hoo. And I mean serious bally-hoo. A few minutes after the first dances, these guys showed up.
Image from here.
If you are a baseball fan, you know who these guys are. For those of you who don't, they are the Milwaukee Brewers Racing Sausages. Wiley is a sports guy and actually interned with the Brewers this year and somehow managed to get these guys to show up at the reception. It was hysterical and awesome.
About half-way through the night, I realized that I didn't have a picture of me all dressed up and I felt really pretty, so I ran into the restroom and snapped this.
Black Sheath Dress with Side Deatil ~ JC Penny (on clearance for $4.97! 2 years ago)
Brootch on Dress ~ my stash
Earrings ~ my stash
Missing from the picture ~ cute crop cardi from Charlotte Russe and bright pink pashmina wrap.
I had a blast with my make-up and stepped out of my comfort zone by actually wearing it. It is hard to see, but I managed a pretty great smoky eye with help from YouTube and lovely false eyelashes and by this point in the night, I obviously didn't care about my lipstick. I also had a pretty, sleek and simple up-do courtesy of Pinterest.
It was a quick trip but really fun. Congratulations to Wiley and Marissa, we are super happy for you! Wishing all the best in your future life together!
I am going to jump over and link up with The Hap's and Steppin' Out Saturday since I actually did dress up and step out on Saturday!
I love weddings! The shevat bruchot are my favorite part, too. :)
ReplyDeleteMy husband is Lutheran, and I'm Jewish, so when we go married it was a bit tricky to figure out how to blend traditions for the ceremony. We ended up having a mostly Jewish ceremony, but we asked my husband's grandfather, a Lutheran minister (who usually officiates family weddings) to do that part of the service. It went really well. :)
Nice to meet you!
(and here's a little excerpt of my own wedding, if you're interested:
http://becomingsupermommy.blogspot.com/2011/02/me-and-my-valentine.html )
I love your blog! :) I hope you don't mind that I became a follower of your blog! :) Erin
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