by Advocate Staff | Dec 31, 2009 | I Do: Wedding Edition
Looking back on our wedding day, it's difficult to pinpoint one magical moment as the entire day was so memorable. This moment was one we'll never forget. Most of our family and friends knew that we had taken up ballroom dancing as a hobby together; however,...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 31, 2009 | I Do: Wedding Edition
The Pesach (Passover) song Dayeinu recounts many of the miraculous processes and events that, by G-d's grace, enabled the Jewish people to leave the narrow places of the slavery of Egypt and have the opportunity to become free. And the refrain after each is...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 31, 2009 | I Do: Wedding Edition
Any couple planning a large wedding, from ceremony to flowers to guest list to cake, considers the idea—by then you might call it fantasy—of elopement. Lots of couples eschew the large wedding altogether (or, at least, turn it on its head) and go small....
by Tom Vannah | Dec 31, 2009 | I Do: Wedding Edition
The groom was a big hockey fan, a fan of the Springfield Falcons. The bride apparently didn't need a lot of coaxing to agree to enter the contest; the winners would receive a free wedding, including rings, flowers, tuxes and gowns and featuring a ceremony at...
by Tanya & Justin Lavallee | Dec 31, 2009 | I Do: Wedding Edition
Weddings are all about anticipation, excitement, nerves, happiness… but all of this settled when we were by ourselves for that split second after everyone in our wedding party had been introduced. We looked at each other and were like, Wow, we are married…...