Our overarching priority is the safety and comfort of our guests, and we want to make sure that everyone is both safe and feels comfortable during our celebration. We're paying very close attention to the COVID situation (Jonathan, on a daily basis for work!). We are asking that only vaccinated AND boosted guests attend our wedding. We are also asking that you take a COVID test (rapid antigen is fine) 24-48 hours before you attend the wedding. We will not be collecting results, but please ask that you do take the test and obviously stay home if you test positive.
We have several people who are coming to the wedding who are immunocompromised or otherwise at risk. For their safety and comfort and for the benefit of our vendors, we are asking folks to just go the extra step.
No! If you want to do some more exploring in Detroit, a car would definitely be useful. But all of our events will be either downtown or near downtown, so you would be just fine taking ubers/lyfts around the city.
Yep! Safe and clean all over the city + Metro Detroit :)
Nope! But DEFINITELY book in advance. There's a very popular EDM festival in Detroit the same weekend, so you're getting lots of advance notice so that you can easily find a hotel room and flight for normal, very reasonable prices.
Friday night dinner, Saturday/shabbat activities, and Monday brunch will all be very casual. For the wedding itself, dress will be formal attire. For men, that means a suit and tie (no tuxes) and for women, tea-length, knee-length, and floor length dresses are all great!
-A thoroughly intentional, traditionally-observant-with-an-egalitarian-twist Jewish wedding -Kosher pescatarian & dairy food -Formal, summery attire (absolutely no tuxedos necessary) -Fully accessible venue (no stairs) -Abundant parking -No coat check (just FYI) -Golden hour -Much dancing
Jonathan is from the Detroit suburbs, and his whole family lives there! Also, Lauren lived in Detroit for 5 years, Lauren and Jonathan met and spent the first 2 years of our relationship in the city, and have a wonderful community of friends in the city. Plus, the chance to show a bunch of friends and family a place that is so special to us seemed like the most fun version of this whole wedding thing.
The weekend will include a Friday night shabbat dinner, shabbat lunch and other gatherings on Saturday, drinks on Saturday night, the wedding on Sunday and then a goodbye brunch for our out of town friends and family on Monday. If you're traveling in from out of town, we'd love to have you as early as Friday night, but if you'd rather arrive on Saturday or on Sunday morning, that's completely fine! We will be grateful to have you with us for as long or short as you can be there. Out of town friends and family - there will be several shabbat related activities, including services and meals. But non-Jewish or non-observant friends, please come too! We will have lots of information available to explain what is happening, and most of the events will just be around food and gathering.
There will be a cocktail hour with lots of schmoozing, singing, and dancing between 5-6 and then the ceremony itself at 6. We recommend coming at 5!