The dress code is "wedding-appropriate". We'll let you decide what that means. We're not picky. To the extent that there's a color scheme at all, it's somewhere on the red/purple/blue side of the spectrum. If you feel like matching that, cool, but honestly, it's not that important.
No, please do not take any pictures during the ceremony. We will have two professional photographers there taking pictures, and we would very much prefer that the rest of you put your phones away and not distract from the moment. At the reception, take all the photos you want, just not during the ceremony.
NO, please do not bring your own alcohol. There will be an open bar, but the venue's rules about alcohol are pretty strict, and they could end the wedding early and kick us out if they catch anyone drinking alcohol that was not provided by the bartending company. Leave it at home.
The wedding venue has a parking lot with 40 spaces. We think that should be enough to accommodate all our guests, but we can't guarantee it (there are about 80 guests total, plus a number of vendors who will need parking spaces, but we figure most of our guests will come at least two to a car). You might want to carpool with other guests, or take a taxi or a Lyft, just to be safe. There's also some street parking available outside the venue, but we can't guarantee it won't already be occupied.
Our synagogue is fairly new, and doesn't have its own building yet, so services are held at Shalhevet High School (the address is listed on the Schedule page). The high school has a small parking lot, but it tends to fill up pretty quickly, so either come a little early or plan on finding street parking (and, again, carpooling or taking a taxi or Lyft would make things easier). If you do arrive early enough to park in the lot, just tell the security guard that you're there for Ikar (pronounced ee-kar), and they'll let you through.
Since we won't have our phones on us for most of the day (wedding dresses don't tend to have pockets), you can contact our wedding coordinator, Jessica Smith, at (818) 915-8870.