Carsen Alexa Zarin and Florent Ahmed Groberg were married Nov. 17 at the Willard InterContinental in Washington. Julian Zarin, the brother of the bride who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated. The bride, who is 28 and will be taking her husband’s name, is the director of marketing for Capture2, a government…
When Jaspreet Kaur was a junior at Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J., she and her best friend, Ndonga Sagnia, worked part time at the college help desk. Between fielding calls for technical help, they passed the time on Pinterest, making wedding boards. Though both were unattached 20-year-old accounting students at the time, Ms. Sagnia remembers…
Image Jonathan Elliott officiated at several weddings as a Universal Life minister, but stopped marrying couples after he started working for the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.CreditElizabeth Massa Jonathan Elliott had zero experience and credentials obtained in three minutes online when he performed his first wedding in 2011 in Princeton, N.J. But he didn’t make…
Robert Tunstall Winston Berkman and Joseph Lawrence Breen were married Nov. 9 at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau. Shunya Togashi, a staff member of the New York City Clerk’s Office, officiated. On Nov. 17, Kenji Yoshino, who was a law professor of Mr. Berkman at N.Y.U., will lead the couple in their vows at the Boston…
Kristin Marie García and Joseph David Lippi were married Nov. 10 at Zaza Gardens, an events space and former pickle factory in San Antonio. Matthew García, the bride’s brother, who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated, with Kelly Lippi, the groom’s sister, who led the vows and exchanging of the rings. Ms.…
Evan Michael Giesemann and Ryan Daniels were married Nov. 10 at the City Winery in Washington. Kiana Hebron, a Universal Life minister, officiated. Mr. Giesemann (left), 28, works in Washington as a senior legislative assistant for Representative Mark Pocan, Democratic of Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with honors and is currently pursuing…
Ioanna Thomas Kefalas and Alexander Nicholas Mark Niejelow were married Nov. 10 at New World Symphony hall in Miami Beach. Shaun Donovan, who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated. Until 2017, Mrs. Niejelow, 34, worked as the adviser to Mr. Donovan who was the director of the White House Office of Management…
Ashlee Nachelle Eason and Corey Phillip Paris were married Nov. 9 at the Sheraton hotel in Stamford, Conn. The Rev. Keith A. King, a Baptist minister, officiated. Mrs. Paris, 31, is the procurement supervisor at the Cornell Scott Hill Health Center in New Haven. She graduated from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, where she…
Raquel Olivia Alvarenga and Edward Joseph Loya Jr. were married Nov. 10 at Christ the King Catholic Church in Dallas. Msgr. Donald Zimmerman performed the ceremony. The bride, 33, is a litigation associate in the New York and Texas offices of the law firm Haynes and Boone. She graduated from Harvard, and received an M.B.A.…
Shana Michel Slutsky and Jonathan Kain Greenberg were married Nov. 10 at the Geraghty, an event space in Chicago. Rabbi Irwin Kula officiated. Ms. Slutsky, 33, is a Pilates instructor at Real Pilates in TriBeCa and the Center Studio on the Upper West Side in New York. Until 2015, she was an associate producer at…