teriyaki with pineapple, tomato-mozzarella
salad, rice with macadamia nuts, corn off the
cob, tossed green salad, grilled vegetables,
bread baskets and challah (Dakota Bakery,
West Bloomfield). Dessert buffet: fresh fruit
(provided by caterer), cheesecakes and key
lime pies (Costco), mandelbread (made by
family friend Brenda Strausz).
Steel drum soloist Stephen Lawhorn
(Third Coast Steel Band, St. Louis, Mich.)
during ceremony and cocktail hour, followed
by a variety of music played by DJ Sean
McDonnell of All-Night DJs in Troy
Three tiers — two lemon cakes with
lemon curd and one chocolate with rasp-
berry cake — with white frosting trimmed
in island blues and greens. Groom's cake:
Oregon Ducks football-shaped white cake
with strawberries frosted in green and yellow.
From Lakes Cakes of Commerce Township
::IF;` , C.'AANTS Former Detroiter Roberta
Feinstein, a Secular Humanist wedding offici-
ant from Cleveland, Ohio; Karen Weberman,
Robyn's high-school friend, who sang "Lechi
Above: Just before the
Lach" ("You Will Be a Blessing")
ceremony, Lori sews Robyn
RINGS "I didn't want to do rings because
into her wedding dress; the
mining is bad for the environment," said
zipper was broken when
a friend gave the bride an
overzealous hug. "I figured
if one thing was going to go
wrong, let it be that," says
the bride.
Robyn, "but Chris is more traditional than I
am; so we just got simple white-gold bands."
HONEYMOON The Homestead, Glen Arbor,
Mich.
SPECIAL TOUCHES The chuppah, made
by Lori, features two intertwining trees in
Right: The three-tier wedding
cake is decorated with
tropical blues and greens.
tropical colors with symbols representative
of the bride (a robin) and groom (a duck).
During the summer, Lori planted a field of
sunflowers and zinnias to act as a backdrop
for the ceremony. Four 20x20 white frame
tents covered the buffet tables, dance floor
and dining tables, which were graced with
floor-length white linens, dishes, silverware,
glasses and white wooden folding chairs for
dining, all from Canton Canopies. Robyn's
dad, Steve, was in charge of bug control,
spraying the yard and setting up citronella
candles and torches. Favors for the guests
included personally initialized wine charms
set at their place at the table, fans with a
picture of the bride and groom drawn by
ring bearer Connor and bags of candy to
take home labeled with the names of the
bridal couple. A candy bar, in honor of the
groom's love of the sweet stuff, was set up
in the home's lower level, along with the
wedding cakes, and included University of
Michigan and University of Oregon football
cookies and glass beakers and bowls filled
with a dozen kinds of candies, many of them
island-themed. Valet parking by Star Trax.
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FEBRUARY 2009 • IN platillUM