This San Miguel de Allende-inspired wedding for Michael + Zac was one of our favorites of the year. Michael and Zac had their original plans foiled by Covid several times over in several different locations which is when they called in us for reinforcement. Working with them was such a joy and they were all about the color and making a vibrant day. When we got to styling the day they gave me a photograph from their vacation to San Miguel de Allende and said to go for it.
downtown chicago wedding at hotel monaco
Candice and Bill were married in June 2014 at Hotel Monaco. The funniest thing happened at our final walk through, Bill looks at me and says: “I just have one more question: what happened when the hatch to the roof got thrown off of the apartment?” I had NO IDEA what he was talking about. It turns out that he was my landlord at my first apartment in Chicago and my jerk roommates broke a piece off of the roof (and then threw it off?!) He said I handled it well, and it’s a good reminder that this big city is really kind of small. And also that someday you might be planning your landlords wedding so you shouldn’t throw pieces of an apartment that doesn’t technically belong to you off your three-flat. He let us coordinate anyway and Laura killed it!
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