Annie Katerine Maco Quispe and Corey Andrew Jacobson were married April 27 in a self-uniting ceremony at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. On May 4, they are to take part in a second ceremony, incorporating Jewish wedding traditions and led by an uncle of the groom, Rabbi David Weis, at Villa Mamacona,…
Kelsey Hope Keith and Eli Michael Rosenberg were married April 26 at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau. Joey Tai, a staff member of the City Clerk’s Office, officiated. Ms. Keith, 34, is the editor in chief of Curbed, a digital publication about cities, homes, and architecture, based in New York. She graduated summa cum laude from…
Robin Ann Moeller and Patrick Eugene Pope were married April 26 at the St. Martin of Tours Chapel at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. The Rt. Rev. Kevin S. Brown, an Episcopal priest, performed the ceremony. The bride, 43, is an associate professor of library science in the department of…
Susannah Leigh Steele and David Anderson Weigel are to be married April 28 in Greenville, S.C. The Rev. Robert J. Reuss, an Episcopal priest, is to perform the ceremony, with the Rev. Patricia A. Reuss, also an Episcopal priest, taking part, at the chapel of Furman University. The bride and groom, who met when she…
Amanda Kamen Phingbodhipakkiya and Jason Yue Shen were married April 26 at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta. Belinda Ju, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life Minister for the event, officiated. The bride, 30, is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist whose works, including sculptures, paintings and augmented reality apps, aim…
After two years and three wedding ceremonies, Benji Damron and Paris Yuan were left standing in blinding sunlight on a dusty road in Xinxiang, China, 400 miles south of Beijing. It was May 2017, and they had just completed the most elaborate stop in a whirlwind of celebration. But, here they were all sweaty as…
The writer Anne Lamott recently sat in the living room of her Fairfax, Calif., house, wearing her signature dreadlocks, a loose cotton shirt and baggy jeans (skinny jeans are definitely not her style). At 65, she was about to get married for the first time. When asked why she stayed single so long, she replied…
Divorce can be costly, as most people know, with each side expected to spend, on average, $15,500, during the process, according to Nolo, a publisher of legal books and software. Many spouses spend a whole lot more. The bulk of these expenses are for lawyer fees, which are typically around $250 an hour, but can…
Michelle Demaree is a little like a global adventurer when it comes to engagement rings. Four years ago, she founded Miss Diamond Ring, a boutique concierge service in Beverly Hills, Calif., that sources diamonds and gemstones and creates custom settings for clients whose budgets typically average between $35,000 and $60,000. (Her most expensive purchase to…
Matthew Kazuaki Asada and Bilal Ahsan Qureshi were married April 17 at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington. The Rev. Roger Gench, a Presbyterian minister, performed a ceremony with Christian and Muslim traditions, with the Rev. Alice Tewell, also a Presbyterian minister, taking part. On April 20, the couple exchanged rings in another…