What would you say about 2 people who meet in Boston working for an architecture firm from two different worlds and religions? The groom is a quiet man from Michigan from a Midwestern family with strong ties to the University in Ann Arbor and from a Christian tradition. The bride hails from Springfield Mass whose love is a house her grandfather built on Lake George where she spent summers. She was brought up Jewish.
I visited this house when I was officiating last summer near by and the bride added her touch by designing and renovating the kitchen. She and her fiance designed the staircase to a balcony on the top of the house. When we were discussing the wedding they mentioned that they were designing a modern chupaph which is pictured here.
So it was when I met her family at the house I saw her mother’s pottery and beautiful art work adorning the walls. Her mother had a green thumb and was planting annuals that summer to be used for the fall wedding. They were even creative in the choice of venue. A summer camp right on Lake George with an outdoor and indoor space that was rustic and beautiful.
The bride had graphic artistic talents and designed and created all the invitations and place cards for the table settings. She even designed the dress and had it made nearby. There wasn’t anything this family couldn’t put together. We spent many hours fashioning the service and they took an active role in helping me. One can only believe that their talent, artistic skills and cooperative mind set will bring them many years of exciting projects and marital bliss.