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Cory & Chris’s Sake Ceremony & Cake Cutting

July 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Chris and Cory’s wedding reception was held at Maxim’s in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago. The star of the night? The Sake Keg.

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And don’t forget the cake, even though it was a more minor player. Chris’s aunt made it and it was delicious.. lemon and raspberry inside.

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First off, Cory’s dad, Steve, gave a short speech.

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I believe Steve talked about the sake ceremony, but to be honest, I can’t remember at all.

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Luckily I found this tidbit: Kagami-biraki is a ceremony performed at celebratory events in which the lid of the sake barrel is broken open by a wooden mallet and the sake is served to everyone present. Kagami refers to the lid of the sake barrel and biraki means “to open” so kagami-biraki literally means “opening the lid.” Because of the lid’s round shape, the kagami is a symbol of harmony. The kagami-biraki, therefore, represents an opening to harmony and good fortune.

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Talk faster Steve, they are about to rush the keg.

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These guys are about the grab the mallet themselves.

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The masu waiting to be filled. (Note the M monogram. M for Marello, Cory & Chris’s last name.)

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Finally it was time for Chris to knock the cover off the sake keg.

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Cory and Chris get the first pours.

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Cory and Chris wanted to get all of the traditions out of the way, so immediately after the sake ceremony, they cut the cake. A lot of people missed this because they were too busy rushing the keg, but I got this nice photo.

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Tomorrow I’ll post more photos from Cory and Chris’s reception.

On a side note, Naoko and Doug had a sake keg at their wedding a few years ago. I’m not going to spill any family secrets from either party, but I think it’s safe to say there may not ever be any more sake kegs allowed at any family events after this past Saturday!

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Rob and Colleen’s Wedding Reception

September 1st, 2008 · No Comments


Homemade cranberry jam.


Candy for the kids.


Wedding cakes (they were actually good!)


Flowers


Rob getting a glass of the beer he made.


Billy & Ging during dinner.


Killian & Liz during dinner.

After the wedding ceremony and some posed photos we all walked or took a ride in a golf cart down the road to a property that was rented for the wedding reception. We kept our wedding outfits on for an hour or so during a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres period, but after that we all changed, bride and groom included, into more casual clothing.


Cutting the cake.


Cutting the cake.


Dallas, Billy, Ging & Colleen used to all live in Boston when Rob did.


Liz, Killian, Rachelle, Dallas, Billy, Ging


Colleen, Ging, Josh, Jessie, Killian, Liz, Rob’s parents

Rob has spent the last year learning how to brew beer. He had 9 pony kegs done in time for the wedding. Rob’s family owns a cranberry bog and he even had one cranberry beer. Of course there was also cranberry cheese and cranberry jams as giveaways.


Lou contemplating life’s big mysteries.


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Harpswell, Maine

I loved that the wedding reception was like a casual yard party, except with everyone you know invited. The waterfront was beautiful and we had fun visiting with everyone while enjoying Rob’s delicious concoctions.

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1-2-3-4 Things I Like

July 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

All of this is a bit old, but I’ve been meaning to post on it and just got the chance.

1. Feist changed the lyrics to her 1-2-3-4 song and was on Sesame Street teaching kids to count. I didn’t realize that famous musicians still made appearances on that show.

2. I wish my name was Emma and this was my birthday cake. (Thanks, Chris!)

3. Two covers I’m liking: Adele’s cover of Make You Feel My Love and The Bird and The Bee’s cover of How Deep is Your Love.

4. Last week I finished watching the whole first season of Mad Men. There was a marathon and I recorded the whole thing and then watched it little by little. I’m loving that show. The closing of Episode 4 featured the song “Manhattan” by Ella Fitzgerald. I downloaded this song and have been listening to it on my iPod. You listen to it on YouTube below.

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