I’m so happy for my friends Kimi and Mike, who were engaged this fall. My husband Anthony and I knew Mike was a special guy when Kimi said early on in their relationship that he was like an angle to her.
They are the sweetest people, with huge hearts and a devotion to their families. Mike is a chef for Rosebud restaurants (boy is he amazing!) and often a Sunday family dinner means 50 people gathered taste testing his latest recipes. Kimi is this amazing force with the best sense of humor making Mike, and anyone else around them crumble in laughter.
Congrats guys! I can’t wait till next October! xoxo
Erin met Alister in 1992 when he flew from Amsterdam to Chicago with his family. More than a decade later in 2010, they reunited in Amsterdam while Erin was traveling with her sister. From there, it was long distant phone calls, flights back and forth, and skyping at odd hours until Allister proposed. When she said yes, he sold his flat and moved to Chicago to live with his bride and plan their wedding (the last of the year at A New Leaf-lucky them!)
The day was just lovely, marked with tearful speeches and raucous laughter. Cheers, Erin and Allister!
Each wedding I photograph, I always ask the couples for their story. Here is Guy and Jen’s “Jen and Guy met at Will’s Northwoods Inn in Chicago, IL on October 22, 2008. Jen was at Will’s playing in a Euchre league and Guy was there interviewing people for an internet video. Guy stopped Jen to question her about playing Euchre in the bar adorned with dead animals on the walls but eventually the interview led to him asking if she had a boyfriend. The answer was “no,” so the segment continued. After the interview wrapped up, Guy was too nervous to ask Jen out so he sent his friend over to read her a note which asked Jen to join him for a steak dinner. The note included Guy’s phone number so it was up to Jen to call if she was interested.
After going on a lot of bad dates, Jen wasn’t sure about this strange dude with a video camera she just met at a bar but her friend Amanda encouraged her to go for it. So she did.
Jen and Guy went on their first date on October 30, 2008 at Piece Pizzeria. The date started at 7pm and lasted until after 2am – the two going through numerous pints of beer and an entire pizza. They even sang karaoke to Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way.”
Almost three years later, on October 1, 2011, Guy proposed to Jen in Cincinnati, OH on the Roebling Bridge – a spot they walk to every year when Jen takes Guy to a Bengals game for his birthday.”
Thank you, Jen and Guy for sharing your story! Congratulations and best wishes!
Debi and Jacob are two peas in a pod, sharing secret inside jokes and displaying a deep sense of comfort in their relationship. It’s not surprising they’re so close considering sparks started flying when they were in Chemistry class, in high school. They’re plan was to split up after graduation, but coincidentally they ended up at the same college, in the same dorm! They’ve been together ever since, sharing a love for travel, academia, and whatever brings a laugh into their life.
Congrats Erin and Allister! 
