The legal stuff

When we tell people that we're getting married, the immediate response is usually "Congratulations!" or "Mazel tov!" or "Are you going out of your minds with all of the planning?" Sometimes, especially if the person isn't from the DC area, this is followed by a question - "Is it legal?"

The short answer is yes, at least in DC. The longer answer is yes, but the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of marriage do not apply equally in all cases and all places.

We're looking forward to seeing you!

If you're just finding our website for the first time, it might be because you received a save the date postcard in the mail recently. If that is the case, welcome! We hope that you'll be able to join us in June for the wedding.

This website is your online guide to our wedding. In the posts below, you'll see reports on some our early attempts at winning a free wedding and buying bridal gowns. You can use the links at the left to learn more about our story, our bridal party, and all of the fun things that we have planned for the wedding weekend in DC and for family and friends joining us in Michigan for the party there.

See you soon!

Happy New Year!

We hope that you all have a wonderful 2012! We're looking forward to the wedding - only 5 months and 8 days to go :)

Venues!

We are really happy that we'll be able to celebrate our wedding in Washington, DC with many members of our families and many of our friends. For the wedding and reception, we'll be at Temple Micah, the temple where Stacy is a member. More information about the DC celebrations is available on the Wedding Day and Wedding Weekend pages.

However, we know that not everyone can make the trip down to DC, and since we both have friends and family back in Michigan, we've decided to have a casual reception in the Wolverine State. For this, we'll be at the church that Emily attended for the majority of her childhood, Lutheran Church of the Master. More information about the Michigan celebration is available on the Party in the Peninsula page.

We've set a date...

Sunday, June 10, 2012! We're planning a late-morning ceremony followed by brunch.

Outtakes from wedding dress shopping

Two brides means twice the fun of picking out dresses, right? Here are few outtakes from the dress shopping. (Don't worry, none of these are the dress that we'll be wearing at the ceremony!)

Get Hitched in Georgetown?

On August 22, Stacy sent Emily an email with the subject line "should we enter this?" - with a link to "Get Hitched in Georgetown", a contest being sponsored by the Georgetown Business Improvement District, offering "an epic wedding giveaway" for one lucky couple.* With a quick reply of "sure, why not ;)" we were off and running - and on September 2, we found out that we'd been one of the first 50 couples to enter, and thus had been selected for the competition. The email inviting us to compete didn't offer many hints about what the competition would entail, only the suggestion that we assemble a team of four (Stacy, Emily, and two friends) and that we wear colorful (and fashionable!) shoes.