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Alissa & Eric’s post-punk playground party wedding

Alissa proposed to Eric and they had a Jewish ceremony at the request of Alissa’s mother. The wedding site had a ball pit and a hidden, full-size helicopter. Read on and find the helicopter!

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My retro-futuristic chuppah

Our chuppah’s design was inspired by the Jetsons cartoons, 50s-era “googie” architecture like the Theme Building at LAX, and movies like Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.

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Dori & Ben’s Jewish, vegan, eco-friendly wedding and bonfire

In honor of the beginning of Hanukkah or The Festival of Lights, here is Dori and Ben’s Jewish wedding, which fittingly (I thought) ends with a bonfire! Happy Hanukkah!

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Erika & Ben’s theatre performance wedding and cocktail party

Erika & Ben performed the story of their eight-year relationship on stage of their old high school auditorium which was concluded by their actual wedding ceremony.

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Jill & Peter’s folk-band, vineyard, clambake wedding

Jill & Peter’s wedding plans went awry when it started raining, but they didn’t let that stop them from celebrating! They turned it around by squeezing all 100 guests into a one of the Vineyard’s tiny tasting rooms.

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Marylyle & Jordan’s Sephardic, Celtic, Balkan bash

The offbeat bride: Marylyle, Librarian (and OBT member) Her offbeat partner: Jordan, Computer Programmer Location & date of wedding: The garden outside UVA Alumni Hall in Charlottesville, VA. — 08/16/2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Jordan is a Sephardic Jew and I am Unitarian. It meant a lot that both of us and our traditions […]