Isn't It

From the proposal to the party, dreams really do come true.

BY LYNNE KONSTANTIN I PHOTOGRAPHS BY LAURIE TENNENT

Jeremy Wolf is a romantic.
So when he surprised his then-girlfriend,
Melissa Keller, by whisking her away to San
Francisco for a weekend, she was thrilled — but
thought nothing of it. While there, when
Jeremy arranged for the pair to dine at the
famed Tommy Toy's, she again was thrilled, but
thought he was just celebrating their 23-month
anniversary in his usual romantic way. When
dessert was brought out — the swirls of rasp-

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berry sauce spelling out, "Will you marry me?"
— Melissa turned to find Jeremy on one knee
and swooned.
"It was better than anything you imagine
when you think about getting engaged," says
Melissa (now Melissa Wolf).
Then came the planning.
Melissa, who grew up in Bloomfield Hills
and taught sixth-grade Jewish ethics and values
at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township, and

Jeremy, who was raised in Farmington Hills,
moved to Los Angeles almost two years ago so
he could complete a research fellowship toward
his Ph.D. in 20th-century Jewish history at the
University of California, Riverside (the bride
works in retail at Nordstrom).
But all of the family is in Michigan, so the
couple decided to be married at the newly
restored Westin Book Cadillac — the Italian
Renaissance–style hotel built by Detroit's