My favorite cake topper EVER in the history of weddings goes to Craig and David. Who doesn’t love the old guys from the muppets? And our pro-gay vendor The Observatory shot this fun wedding in DC.
Because we held our wedding over Labor Day weekend, it was a three-day affair. That gave us plenty of time to meet with every guest and to have the guests get to know each other, since activities began on Friday, and the ceremony itself was not
until Sunday night. The weekend kicked off with a dinner just for our families on Friday night. This was a great opportunity for everyone to get to re-acquaint themselves. We had an informal brunch for all out-of-towners at our home on Saturday. And that evening, we had a sit-down dinner at a festive family-style Italian restaurant.
We held our ceremony in the uber-modern multi-story downtown space of DC’s edgy Woolly Mammoth Theater. For most of our guests, it was their first time in the striking space, which had been totally transformed through lighting, flowers, and
furniture. At the ceremony, a string quartet provided musical accompaniment, and the grooms’ parents walked each of them down the aisle, to “Eli, Eli.” Craig’s childhood rabbi presided over the ceremony in the theater’s intimate rehearsal hall, under a simple flowered chuppah. The obvious joy Rabbi Horowitz felt to participate in the wedding was infectious. When the rabbi announced that he’d specially applied for a license to perform his first-ever wedding in DC, and that this was also his first-ever legally sanctioned same-sex wedding, the audience burst out in applause. At the reception that followed, guests enjoyed four rounds of heavy passed hors-d’oeuvres, multiple different food stations, and fabulous dancing music by the inimitable 10-piece band High Society. People danced until the very end.
If you both work and you’re very busy, hiring a planner is totally the way to go.
Don’t sweat the small stuff; what is important is having all the people you careabout around you.
You won’t run out of booze.
Our wedding cake featured the two old men Muppets, Waldorf and Stadler. The cake was not only gorgeous, but everyone enjoyed the humor. Fancy Cakes by Leslie designed it.
Planner: Jonathan Willen
Photographer: Observatory
Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Florist: Volanni
Caterer: Ridgewell’s
Fabulous! Congrats!
I used to work at Woolly, how lovely to see it in such an unexpected place! You guys transformed it wonderfully, congratulations! (And I LOVE the cake!!!)
Congrats- looks like a fabulous time was had by all. Would you share a little bit more information about your ketubah? That is the first one I have seen in a long time that is so modern and eye-catching yet simple.
Elegant, sweet, playful… a perfect wedding! Congratulations :)
Beautiful,elegant,and full of love!!! So glad you shared this! Congrats to you, and wishing you a lifetime of happiness!
What a beautiful (and chic) wedding. I always LOVED those guys from the Muppets ;)
Congrats – looks lovely! Wonder what you are shoving up your main man’s nose though? :) Glad you found each other…
Wow, love the pics! This wedding looked like it was a fun affair for all!! And of course love love love the cake topper!!
Many thanks to all for the comments! Our ketubah was from coolketubah.com out of Chicago. They do great stuff.
Lovely! And where did you get your amazing ketubah?
I love the katubah! Congrats to you both!
Thanks for sharing the details, I love it! The ketubah is lovely and elegant, and the cake I Adore! Looks like a great space and a wonderful day.
Congratulations!
What a beautiful wedding! Congratulations to you both – I’m so happy for you.
That cake topper is genius. I love it!!
LOVELY!!!
um, is that david gregory dancing in the background of one of your photos? fantabulous!