Details:
Photographer: Deb Lindsey Photography
Wedding Venue/Caterers: Fiola Restaurant
Event Coordinator: Maria Trabocchi, Fiola Restaurant
Grooms’ Suits: Suitsupply
Engagement Rings: Paloma Picasso for Tiffany
Wedding Bands: Satoru for I. Gorman Jewelers
Hair: Patrick McKee, Karma Beauty Lounge
Eyebrows: Erwin Gomez, Karma Beauty Lounge
Cake: Kendra Grieco, Fiola Restaurant
Wedding Cake Flavors: Layers of devil’s food cake soaked with a cherry liquor simple syrup, Sicilian pistachio crémeux, and dark chocolate mousse, finished with Italian buttercream. Each piece was served with cherry gelato on the side.
Cake Pops: Eve Armstrong
Florist: Amaryllis Floral + Event Design
Wedding Flowers: Urns filled with local magnolias and hydrangeas, coffee break roses, Amsterdam coral roses, spray roses, and peach stock, designed by Christopher Vazquez
Videographer: Meshelle Armstrong
Music/Entertainment: Bryan George Music Services
First Dance Song: “Where Is My Man?” by Eartha Kitt
Invitations: Designed by the grooms through Paper Source
Calligrapher: Tania Lee
Michael’s Favorite Wedding Detail: “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg honored us by agreeing to officiate at our wedding and then doing so on the roof of Fiola with the Supreme Court and Capitol visible over her shoulder.”
David’s Favorite Wedding Detail: “Edible paper around the layers of the wedding cake matched the Florentine paper with which we lined our invitations and accented our place cards.”
Biggest Surprise of the Wedding: Chef Fabio Trabocchi serving Osetra caviar on Kumamoto oysters during the cocktail reception and then opening two Methuselahs [six-liter bottles] of Perrier-Jouët to toast us with after an amazing five-course meal.”
Custom Details: “Having 9.22.13 embroidered on the French cuffs of our shirts. Also the postage stamp on the invitations had our dog, Coco, on them.”
Decor Details: Place cards accented with Florentine paper and handwritten by David
Wedding Favors: Bags of party mix made by David before the wedding, a bottle of Fiola super Tuscan extra-virgin olive oil imprinted with the couple’s initials, and a hazelnut coffee cake for breakfast the next day.
Wedding Theme: “An early fall Washington wedding celebrating marriage equality for all.”
Four Words That Describe the Wedding: Sophisticated, moving, joyous, memorable
Honeymoon Spot: A mini-moon at Salamander Resort and Spa
Where They Currently Live: Lanier Heights, Washington, DC