Rachel and Max met during their first year of college where she was swing dancing in a mutual friend’s tiny dorm room when he arrived and joined in. For Max, it was love at first sight, but Rachel remained oblivious for the better part of a year. Eventually, after acting in two plays, taking two classes, and becoming good friends, he got up the gumption to kiss her. The rest, as they say, is history.
When happy couple first got engaged, a planning guide only reinforced their “special” connection. The book encouraged them to choose three words to represent their future relationship. And, while they may have written their words separately, they both hoped for a “playful,” “quirky,” and unapologetically “geeky” marriage.
In addition to their love of all things geeky, Rachel and Max share an abiding respect for one another’s faiths, so they grounded their wedding plans in Jewish and Lutheran touchstones they had always known and loved. Rachel’s mother spent months making a chuppah out of her great-grandmother’s tablecloth and constructing a freestanding, yet light, frame that their friends could carry down the aisle. Every part of the ceremony, from the officiating team to the interfaith ketubah reflected their dedication to one another.
Mazel tov, Rachel and Max!
Venue: Olbrich Gardens
Photographer: JBe Photography
Coordinator: Marilee Karamanski of Planned Spontaneity
Florist: Sunborn Gardens
Cake: Bloom Bake Shop
Jeweler: TQ Diamonds
Caterer: Bunky’s Café
Dress: Vera’s House of Bridals
Hair Stylist: Ariel at Baci Hair Salon
Officiant: Rabbi Lester Frazin and Pastor Sarah Harrold
Tuxedos: Nedrebo’s Formal Wear
Ketubah: MP Artworks
Editorial Partner: Two Bright Lights
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