With all local rental options out, I decided to go for it and plan a wedding ceremony and reception in the back yard of my parents’ Iowa farm house.  As soon as I pitched the idea to my parents, they

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So my friend Amy has a terrific blog where every Friday, she shares 5 of her favorite things.  I am blatantly stealing this idea for my own blog; thanks, Amy! Here goes: 1. “Real Love” by Regina Spektor. Rami walked

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So pretty early on (day 2) of the engagement, Rami and I decided we’d like to get married in Iowa.  There were four reasons for this Everyone can get married in Iowa. Straight people. Gay people. Hooray! My uncle is

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So our friends Nathan and Amy have a great photography business. Recently Nathan took press photos for Rami’s saxophone quartet, and Rami just adores the photos.  Besides portaits, Nathan did some really nice arty photos. My favorite is the unusual

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So I got married recently. I had a great time planning my wedding, but I was not equipped in any way to blog-as-I-went. Too much work.  Instead, I am going to try to blog every Wednesday about some wedding planning/

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