A Suprise Wedding

Becky and David were married Friday evening at Mrs. Murphy and Sons Irish Bistro

They had invited about 100 guests to what they described as an engagement party. After an hour or more of food and drinks a video of them as kids and then adults was shown on the video screens at the Bistro, the video ended by inviting everyone to the next room for the wedding! Becky's mother and grandmother, and brother knew about the wedding but no one else did including David's mother.

During the video Becky slipped away and changed into her wedding dress, when she walked in with her brother everyone stood and applauded. They were obviously surprised and delighted.

The wedding itself was a lot of fun, with laughter and a few tears all around.

2009 Bride's Choice Awards

WeddingWire, a wedding technology company, just announced that Spirited Weddings has won the 2009 Bride’s Choice Awards™!

In its inaugural year, the Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and honors vendors from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellent quality of service, responsiveness, professionalism, value of cost and flexibility. This year’s recipients represent the top three percent of WeddingWire’s vendor community, which includes over 100,000 wedding vendors from across the US. That means Spirited Weddings is one of the very best Officiants.

Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the company, the Bride’s Choice Awards are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds through surveys and reviews.

“We are excited to launch this annual award program to honor high-performing vendors based solely on the experiences of our WeddingWire community,” according to Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “This year’s recipients have set the bar high, exhibiting excellent service and expertise in the wedding industry.”

I would like to thank our past clients for speaking on our behalf and helping us win the 2009 Bride’s Choice Award!

Trump International Hotel & Tower

Keith and Kelly were married in the Skyline Room at Trump Tower located at 401 North Wabash Avenue, in downtown Chicago. Monika B. Lotter, Director of Catering, 312 588-8000 and her staff were fantastic to work with. I was truly impressed by their willingness to help with the smallest of details and I was especially impressed that it seemed like every staff person in the hotel looked me in the eye and greeted me.

This was my first time working with Debi Lilly, Chief Eventeur, at A Perfect Event, Inc. Debi was clearly on top of every detail and provided a calm but professional presence during the rehearsal, wedding and reception. You can contact Debi at 773 244-9333 or debi@aperfectevent.com. Debi and Monica were a great team.

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Wedding at Pazzo's

Deanna from Deanna Mandarno has graciously provided these photos for me to post here. The wedding was in December at Pazzo's, 311 South Wacker. Enjoy.