Michael and Rachel's Wedding in Homestead, Pennsylvania

The story of our wedding

Six years ago, Rachel was a clerk at the Carnegie Library in Squirrel Hill, and one eveninga guy named Michael (Micky) came into the library to make a library card that he needed to check out books. Rachel created the library card and ended her shift.

A few days later, Micky returned his books. And picked out a few new ones. He kept coming back until he built up the courage to ask her out. The first date included going to get tea at a nearby tea house and bonding over both video and board games.

They’ve been together for 7 years and it feels like they’ve been together forever.So long, in fact, that the question: “Are you ever going to get married?” has been casually tossed around enough that it was met with casual shrugs and laughs. Micky proposed at a Japanese restaurant and they were finally engaged!

The wedding was an incredible and beautiful mix of Rachel’s Russian ancestry, her family’s Jewish background, and Micky’s tri-state heritage. There were Pittsburgh traditions, Russian traditions, and Jewish traditions – and it all blended together into this magnificent culmination of Rachel and Micky. They included so many personal touches to their day: from the library books and card catalog seating chart (paying homage to how they met), to the different foods and desserts that were served, to the “hidden” mementos of their cat, Eve, scattered around the venue.