Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Chicago Part 1 | The Wedding | Architectural Artifacts

Chigaco, Illinios. I've always wanted to visit, and this past weekend I finally had the opportunity. The city captivated with sleek modern architecture, refreshing (no ketchup allowed) hot dogs, wide, well kept streets and deep dish pizza. But the highlight of the trip (besides finally getting  to see The Bean!) and the reason behind it was the wedding of two dear friends; Lisa and Marc. 
They welcomed us to Hotel Allegro with goody bags full of treats and favors, hosted everyone on Friday evening for the rehearsal dinner at Quartino Pizzeria, threw a fantastic reception at Architectural Artifacts, an industrial warehouse space with unique treasures, antiques and funky vintage decorand they even planned a farewell brunch the next morning, which fueled us for a short afternoon of exploring before catching a flight home. I'll start with some of my favorite shots from the reception, the highlights included seven cakes and skee-ball. (And spending time with my wonderful, hilarious friends, that's all over here.)
A swing band played through the ceremony and dinner before a DJ came on to spin tunes until midnight. The surf and turf meal was excellent and my carrot cake was some of the best I've had. Late night chicken and waffle bites and vanilla shakes kept us fueled as we made our way to the after party at a great little dive bar called Stocks and BlondesIt was a beautiful, memorable, and incredibly fun wedding. 

I will post about the many other other Chi-Town happenings soon!!

18 comments:

  1. All I can say is wow! These photos are incredible, and you look stunning!

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  2. You look great! Cute dress. what a cool/unique wedding!

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  3. What an amazing venue! May have to go there on my next trip to Chicago - Love your dress, and love all those cakes!

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  4. Um, how amazing are those cakes? Serious works of art. My sis lives in Chicago - it's such a great (and clean!) city. Need to visit more.

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  5. I can't wait to read more about this trip. I go to Chicago every year on business (I went to Quartino last year!) and absolutely LOVE the city! Looks like a perfect celebration weekend :)

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  6. These are really beautiful photographs! And you are so pretty! I love that dress. I've never been to Chicago so I'm looking forward to reading more about your trip!

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  7. Now that looks like my kind of wedding. I just love their cake topper (so cute) and chicken and waffle bites sounds so flipping good!

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  8. I love your dress! And what a beautiful wedding.

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  9. You and the fella have been together for a while now, right? I like it. You guys are really cute.

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  10. Words cannot even express how much I love that cake display!! And you guys look great! P.S. I hope you take tons of pics at my wedding because your pics always come out so nice!! ;)

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  11. Wow, this looks like an absolutely beautiful wedding. I am impressed!

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  12. Those cakes! Those are the coolest cakes ever.

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  13. what a beautiful and fun wedding! i love all the quirky personal touches!

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  14. I love Chicago! Glad you got to visit :) And that wedding looks like the most beautiful fun wedding! Seriously love that there was Skee-Ball!

    Sues

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  15. I've always wanted to visit Chicago, too. What a great way to experience it! I am beyond impressed with this wedding. I can tell from your gorgeous photos how great it was.

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  16. Those cakes are works of Art - just beautiful. How about the industrial roll out cart they were displayed on? ( a mini version for your dining room would be nice) such a fun & beautiful wedding in a wonderful city. You & Adam look really good! Love your dress, love your pics.. So glad you got to experience The Bean!

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  17. Oh my god - this is the wedding you told me about after I stayed at the Allegro earlier this year! It looks like a beautiful wedding - LOVE the cakes!

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  18. I love their cakes! So fun, whimsical and romantic. Sounds like a delicious night!

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