Celebrate!

ANDIAMO 
Multiple locations – visit andiamoitalia.com for 
locations and info. For over 30 years, Andiamo 
has delivered fine Italian cuisine by using the 
freshest seasonal ingredients and preparing 
them from scratch each and every day. With 
eight metro Detroit locations, Andiamo has 
never strayed from its founding principles 
and continues to provide exceptional service, 
stunning atmospheres, and authentic Italian 
cuisine.

ANTONIO’S RESTAURANTS
For over 50 years, the Rugiero family has 
worked hard preparing fresh, authentic Italian 
dishes. These include delicious sauces, soups 
and stuffed pastas. The hard work has paid off 
with award-winning pizzas, calzones and its 
famous baked bread.

ANTONIO’S CUCINA ITALIANA
2220 N. Canton Center Road — Canton
(734) 981-9800

26356 Ford Road — Dearborn Heights
(313) 278-6000

37646 W. 12 Mile — Farmington Hills
(248) 994-4000

ROMAN VILLAGE CUCINA ITALIANA
9924 Dix Avenue — Dearborn
(313) 842-2100

ANTONIO’S PICCOLO RISTORANTE
31735 Plymouth Road — Livonia
(734) 513-8000

COOL JACKS-HANDCRAFTED 
COOKIES & ICE CREAM 
Sylvan Lake 
(248) 706-6045
Cooljacks.com
We use our family recipe, with only the 
finest ingredients, for hand-made, artisan 
cookies and slather rich, homemade creamy 
ice cream in between. Rent a party cart 
or ice cream truck for graduation parties, 
weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, sweet sixteens, 
corporate parties and more.

FIFTH AVE
215 W. 5th St.
Royal Oak, MI 48067
(248) 629-9423
www.fifthaveroyaloak.com
Bi-level sports bar with a sidewalk patio, long 
beer list, pub fare menu and live music on 

weekends. Host your next cocktail party or net-
working event on the main level. Enjoy games, 
pool, sports and great music in a comfortable 
atmosphere. Private event space also available. 

JOE MUER SEAFOOD
Detroit and Bloomfield Hills — visit joemuer.
com for locations and info. Voted Detroit’
s Best 
Seafood year after year, Joe Muer is proud to 
continue a tradition of dining and service excel-
lence that began in 1929. Enjoy classic fresh 
fish and creative seafood specialties, sparkling 
service, prime aged meats and the best views 
in Metro Detroit.

PARADISE PARK
45799 Grand River Ave.
Novi, MI 48374
(248) 735-1050
www.paradiseparknovi.com
Amusement park that offers a go-kart track 
and mini-golf plus an indoor arcade, laser tag 
and a pizza cafe. Open year-round with pack-
ages available. Parties privately hosted so you 
can enjoy your event. 

STAR TRAX
1200 Woodward Heights
Ferndale, MI 48220
(248) 263-6300
Star Trax Events is the premier social entertain-
ment company in the area. Star Trax provides 
nearly every element involved in producing 
a great event, including MCs, DJs, dancers, 
lighting, staging, valet parking, photo products, 
activities, event consulting and much more.

WABEEK COUNTRY CLUB
4000 Clubgate Dr,
Bloomfield Twp, MI 48302
(248) 855-0700
www.wabeekcc.com
For groups up to 400 guests, we can’
t wait to 
learn how we can turn your dream event into 
reality. Come see why Wabeek Country Club is 
the perfect stage for any gathering. Open all 

year.

YAD EZRA
2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley
(248) 548-3663
yadezra.org
Yad Ezra provides supplemental kosher food, 
necessities and enhancements of holidays and 
lifecycle events to those in need in the Jewish 
community. We are committed to operating a 
high-quality food pantry through hard work and 
support of staff, volunteers and donors.

Celebrate!LISTINGS

32 | APRIL 30 • 2020 

“Welcome, everyone, to Th
 anksgiving,” Zak, 
the director of podcasts for Graham Media 
Group, announced. “If you can take a seat, we’
ll 
be having a wedding in fi
 ve minutes.”
“No one had any idea,” Zak recalled. “Th
 ey 
were caught completely off
 -guard.”
Th
 e guests were shocked and excited.
“One person asked, ‘
Does Jo know?’
 It was 
pretty funny,” Nickelhoff
 said.
Rosen, Nickelhoff
 and the kids and grand-
kids then left
 the room to change into their 
wedding attire. Th
 e guests pushed couches 
and chairs together in the family room. Th
 e 
armoire served as their makeshift
 chuppah, 
adorned with white roses.
Th
 e two granddaughters wore matching red 
lace dresses that Rosen and Nickelhoff
 bought 
in Italy the month before in anticipation of the 
future wedding. Nickelhoff
 wore a suit with a 
boutonniere, and Rosen wore a long Japanese 
kimono with a skinny skirt and silver boots. 
Aft
 er a day of cooking and some last-minute 
meditation, Rosen’
s goal was to be comfortable 
and “just be us.”
“She looked ravishing,” Nickelhoff
 said 
adoringly.
Th
 e ceremony was comfortable and per-
sonalized as well. Zak had emailed a series of 
questions in advance to the bride and groom. 
Along with the Jewish traditional Sheva 
Brachot and breaking of the glass, Zak added 
special touches, including a wedding parody 
and group sing-a-long that he and his sister, 
Lindsey Maddin, wrote to the Beatles’
 tune of 
“In My Life.”
“I was so honored that my mom asked me to 
conduct their ceremony; it’
s something that I 
never would have expected,” Zak said. “It was 
very surreal, offi
 ciating my mother’
s wedding 
in the house that I grew up in, surrounded by 
the people who helped raise me. It was very 
emotional, combined with the nerves of being 
the offi
 ciant and facilitating the event.”
According to Rosen and Nickelhoff
 , the 
wedding had it all — minus the hora. it was a 
little too crowded in the family room for that.
“It was a do-it-yourself wedding with all 
of our loved ones,” Rosen added. “It was 
perfection.” ✽

No one had any idea. 
They were caught 
completely off
 -guard.

— ZAK ROSEN

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