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Hotel Monaco Alexandria Cultural Wedding

Categories: Cultural Elegance February 6, 2012 / Danielle Freedman

This past summer, Mukta and James held their festive wedding at the Hotel Monaco in Alexandria.  As the majority of their guests were from out of town, they chose the extended holiday weekend of July 4th so that guests had the option to stay in D.C. longer and also enjoy the best Fourth of July fireworks in the nation.

Mukta and James wanted their guests to have a wonderful time at a wedding that reflected the two of them as individuals and as a couple. Menu planning was of the utmost importance to the couple, given James’ Midwest roots and Mukta’s Indian heritage. Their stationed dinner offered steak and potatoes, sushi, Indian “street food” and a vegetarian salad station. The famous Georgetown Cupcake provided the post-dinner sweets – yum!

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Modern Orthodox Jewish Gay Wedding

Categories: Cultural Elegance, Planning & Ideas, Relaxed Beauty January 9, 2012 / Danielle Freedman

Ron and Yoni are a gay couple and they are also Modern Orthodox Jews. They wanted to be married in D.C. under a chuppah, in a synagogue, and by an Orthodox rabbi.

This past November, at Sixth and I Synagogue, they were married by Rabbi Steve Greenberg surrounded by family and friends from the D.C. Minyan where the are members. Ron and Yoni took the better part of a year to create the ceremony, adapting the traditional Orthodox Jewish wedding ceremony to be acceptable for a gay couple. Very special!

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Modern Orthodox Jewish Wedding

Categories: Big City Chic, Cultural Elegance October 17, 2011 / Danielle Freedman

At District Weddings, many, many interesting weddings come my way. When photographer Deb Lindsey sent me Stephanie and Michael’s wedding at the Park Hyatt Hotel, it was clear that I needed to get it up on the blog ASAP!

This Orthodox Jewish wedding was filled with fabulous traditions and customs. There was the Tish, where the woman and men gather separately to greet and praise the bride and groom; the mothers breaking a dish at the signing of the Ketubah; and an oh-so energetic 40-minute Hora – now that is one long, fun Hora!

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Willard Wedding

Categories: Cultural Elegance, Traditional Timeless October 3, 2011 / Danielle Freedman

Janine and Ajit were married at The Willard and their wedding just exudes elegance!  SoCo Events led the charge and created a breathtaking multicultural celebration!

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A St. Regis Funky and Elegant Fiesta

Categories: Cultural Elegance, Garden Whimsical August 29, 2011 / Danielle Freedman

Emily and Hiram were married at the St. Regis this past May and this wedding was totally their own!  Emily owns an Italian market on the Eastern shore and Hiram is from Mexico so the couple worked with planner Kate Harlan of Simply Chic Events to create a funky yet elegant fiesta to honor their respective heritages.

The couple embraced the elegance of the St. Regis ballroom while staying true to their own personal style.  Hiram is a composer, and his close friends provided the ceremony music.  Later in the evening. guests were surprised when District Taco arrived late night for a little street food action just outside of the Astor Terrace at the gorgeous St. Regis.

Happy Monday and enjoy this fun, fun, fun wedding!

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