Lanna Semel and Eugene Hertzberg were married Sept. 14 at the Harmonie Club, a private social club in New York. Rabbi Nicole Auerbach officiated. Mrs. Hertzberg, 35, is a senior associate at Gensler, a global design and architecture firm in New York. From 2005 to 2007 she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the…
Dr. Rachel Mary Pruitt and David Harlan Rosenblatt were married Sept. 14 at Trail’s End Camp in Beach Lake, Pa. Cantor Eric Schulmiller officiated. The bride, 30, is a fourth-year neurosurgery resident at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y. She graduated from the University of California, Davis and received a medical degree from Hofstra.…
Page Shaw Goolrick and Mark Roland Ernst were married Sept. 14 at the Quinipet Camp and Retreat Center on Shelter Island, N.Y. Dr. Peter E. Gergely, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated. The couple met at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, from which each received a…
Katherine Inez Guzik and Matthew John Lovett were married Sept. 14 at Gran Electrica, a restaurant in Brooklyn. Nicole Cushman, a friend of the couple who was ordained as a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. Ms. Guzik, 32, is the strategic consultant leading organizational development for Haven Life, the start-up arm of MassMutual.…
Alexa Marie Kissinger and Gareth Thomas Rhodes were married Sept. 14 at Toro, a Manhattan restaurant. New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo officiated. On Sept. 12, a second ceremony, led by Rick Rector, the mayor of Hudson, N.Y., took place at the home of the couple’s friends, Vernon Stevenson and Paul Cassidy, in Stuyvesant, N.Y.…
Adriana Xhakli and Perry Petra-Wong were married Sept. 14 at the TWA Hotel at JFK in Jamaica, Queens. Richard Desroche, a friend of the groom’s mother who was ordained through the American Marriage Ministries, officiated. Ms. Xhakli, 31, who goes by Adri, is a property manager for her family’s mixed-used buildings in the Bronx. She…
Even as a young girl growing up in St. Charles, Mo., Loren Voss had a strong interest in politics and public service, and she wasn’t afraid to speak up for causes she believed in. “She’s into the rights of humans and animals,” said Debbie Voss, her mother. “When she was young, we used to go…
There I was crying in my kitchen. This is not how I saw things happening when Patricia Lohan, a feng shui coach based in the Indonesian island of Bali, came to my Harlem apartment to be a guest on my podcast. My microphone malfunctioned, so instead of discussing feng shui, which Ms. Lohan describes as…
Sara Danielle Muchnick and Isaac Zafarani are to be married Sept. 8 at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers, an events space in New York. Rabbi Ethan H. Witkovsky is to officiate, with the groom’s three brothers, Rabbis Eli, David and Ariel Zafarani, to participate. Ms. Muchnick, 27, is a copywriter at Pereira O’Dell, an advertising…
When they’re ready to propose, most people typically head to a jewelry store where they can take the time to peruse the various stones and settings. But there are much quicker (not to mention quirkier) options available: vending machines. Last year a hotel in London began offering vending machines with engagement rings. And over Labor…