Two years ago, fresh from the breakup of a seven-year relationship, Rebin Shah, also known as the Swedish rapper Rebstar, was urged by friends to join Raya, a dating and networking app for people in the entertainment industry. Although skeptical, he agreed to give it a try. “There were a lot of familiar names on…
Kira Meskin and her fiancé, Yaniv Schiff, both of Chicago, are so committed to gardening, composting, cycling and recycling they are incorporating these sustainable elements into their Sept. 15 wedding. “We try to live a more conscious lifestyle in our daily lives,” said Ms. Meskin, 35, an occupational therapist. “In terms of our wedding, we’re…
Melissa Beth Berger and Jonathan Marc Reinstein are to be married Feb. 18 in Florham Park, N.J. Rabbi Robert L. Tobin is to officiate at the Park Savoy, an events space. Ms. Berger, 33, a lawyer, until January worked as a trademark counsel for American Express in New York. She graduated magna cum laude from…
Two days before he walks down the aisle this fall, Ali Pourvasei intends to walk into a salon to have his eyebrows waxed. “For my wedding, it’s a no-brainer,” said Mr. Pourvasei, 38, of Los Angeles. “I’m doing a custom suit from scratch, so everything at my wedding has to look good. Eyebrows are just…
Caroline Taylor Passano and William Patrick Cagney IV were married June 22 at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Baltimore. The Rev. Jack M. Dennis, a Roman Catholic priest and an uncle of the bride, performed the ceremony. Mrs. Cagney, 28, works in fund-raising at the Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery in Washington. She graduated from…
Lynn Estes Stopher and Rajiv Mahendra Desai were married June 22 at Whitehall, an events space in Louisville, Ky. David W. Stopher, a brother of the bride, officiated, having become a Universal Life minister for the occasion. Reena Mahendra Shah, the groom’s sister, took part in the ceremony, performing Hindu marriage traditions including the lighting…
Annie Cai and George Bell Adams III were married June 22 at the Montauk Lake Club in Montauk, N.Y. Richard D. Gage, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. The bride and groom met at Vassar College, from which each graduated. Mrs. Adams, 29, teaches middle school…
Seth John Dager and Eric Haines Ball were married June 22 at the North Branch Inn, a hotel in North Branch, N.Y. Ellen Bray, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. Mr. Dager (left), 31, works in New York as the senior social media producer for Mars…
Natasha Thondavadi and Harry Perlmuth Larson were married June 22 at the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago. Andrew M. Kahn, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated. The couple met at Yale, from which both graduated, she magna cum laude. Both also received graduate degrees from Harvard…
Elizabeth Rose Rich and Robert Vincent Groat were married June 20 at the East End Temple in New York. Cantor Shira Ginsburg officiated. On June 22, Cantor Ginsburg also led a second ceremony, in which the couple affirmed their vows, at City Vineyard, Pier 26 in New York. Mrs. Groat, who is 30 and known…