Lara Brooke Decter and Joseph Solomon Safdeye are to be married March 15 at the Montammy Golf Club in Alpine, N.J. Rabbi Jonathan Morgenstern is to officiate. Ms. Decter, 25, is a certified physician assistant at the Schweiger Dermatology Group in New York. She graduated from Stern College, Yeshiva University and received a master’s degree…
Amy Brooke Saul and Jason Lawrence Mollengarden were married March 14 at the Biltmore Ballrooms, an events space in Atlanta. J. Stephen Schuster, a judge on the Superior Court of Cobb County in Marietta, Ga., officiated, with Rabbi Samantha Trief taking part in the ceremony. Ms. Saul, 34, is a partner in Boyd Collar Nolen…
Melody Sepideh Sachmechi and Maxim Mordecai Nowak were married March 14 at the home of the bride’s parents in Great Neck, N.Y. Rabbi Serge A. Lippe officiated. Mrs. Nowak, 32, works in Manhattan as the division head of handbags at the U.S. Polo Assn., a division of Jordache Enterprises. She graduated from Baruch College. She…
The day after Samantha Schneider’s best friend died of complications from breast cancer, Sean Corley came into Ms. Schneider’s life. His arrival, in September 2016, was no coincidence. “Two months before I met Sean, my best friend told me that she heard all the nurses talking about the dating app Bumble,” said Ms. Schneider, 33,…
Creating and sticking to a budget can be a challenge for couples planning a wedding. The national average cost currently stands at $33,931, according to wedding website the Knot. Unforeseen expenditures on things like postage, certain rentals or delivery charges can easily drive up costs. Event planners urge couples and their families to keep a…
Before Rebecca Pomeroy McIntyre and David John Corrsin got married on Feb. 29, they came up with a couple of quips about why they chose leap day. Mr. Corrsin joked that he likes the idea of having to remember his anniversary only every four years. Ms. McIntyre declared that marriage is a leap of faith,…
Couples are swapping dated wedding traditions for more forward-thinking options: beachfront celebrations for church ceremonies, web-ordained co-workers for religious leaders, and off-the-rack dresses instead of grandma’s heirloom gown. Other traditions, now considered chauvinist or archaic, are also being nixed. “Many obscure rituals are rooted in superstition — the dodging of evil spirits, protecting the couple,…
Tasha Mente, a 31-year-old marketing vice president in Oakland, Calif., had a note in the program on the day she married Joe Mente, a 34-year-old engineering manager. “Traditionally, in heterosexual marriages,” read the program, “married women are expected to take their husband’s last name. Neither of us believe that a woman should be expected to…
Ting Ting Guo and Michael Anthony Villaseñor were married March 2 at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau. Joey Tai, a member of the New York City clerk’s office officiated. On March 7, members of the bride’s family led a Chinese tea ceremony, followed by another ceremony where the couple exchanged vows at the Kimpton Hotel Palomar…
Sarah Ashley Schiear and Jared Brett Spiegel were married March 7 at Race & Religious, a rental property in New Orleans. Rabbi Erdheim officiated. Mrs. Spiegel, 35, is the founder of Salt House, a lifestyle brand and online shop based in New York. She graduated from the University of Miami. She is the daughter of…