Festivities started on Friday, but since it was Shabbat (and since Sasha hadn't arrived yet), people weren't really taking pictures until Saturday night. Sasha took some awesome photos of the campfire.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Isn't Sasha awesome?    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The Day Of!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The honorary grandmother of Annie's youth brought a home-made cloth banner for the event. Its beauty singlehandedly prevented the FOL site manager from having a heart attack due to the ugliness of the undecorated tent.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Anna and Emma set up the jars. Instead of drinking glasses, each guest had a personal mason jar. The jars also served as name cards, as they were stuffed with papers indicating people's assigned tables, as well as other helpful information about how to be a good citizen of the luncheon.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Marissa greeted incoming guests in the driveway on Sunday morning.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Annie and her father Paul walked over together from the Basses' rental house down the street.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Sarah, Annie's sister and the official wedding superhero, curated not only the edible wedding cakes, but also the mud ones. (Baking credit for the mud cake goes to Avital and Emma.)    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

There was no cake discrimination at this wedding, rather fellowship and comradery.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

See above, in which Sarah is a superhero and makes professional quality wedding cakes.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Not just 1, but 13 cakes!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Anne also made a professional quality bouquet from Iva's garden.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Marissa held a kabbalat panim, or meet-and-greet, before the ceremony. At this event, her mother exhibited some emotions.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Marissa with her mother Ronna and sister Ari.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Hadas, Tze-Hei, and Ilene at the kabbalat panim.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Andrew, Emily, and Sarah at the kabbalat panim.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Jeff and Joelle at the kabbalat panim.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Chad, Deb, and Mary at the kabbalat panim. In matching garb!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Shai and Robyn at the kabbalat panim.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Jeff and Annie at the kabbalat panim.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Jenifer and Patricia at the kabbalat panim. (Also Hadas and Todd, featuring the arm-to-neck swipe.)    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Fernando, Guy, and Randy at the kabbalat panim.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

At the same time, Annie prepared for the ceremony at her tisch, a song circle led by Talia and Annie's mother Carole.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

They sang a lot of singing.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Shoshana was excited!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Also clapping.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Sarah, Zhen, and Ina read along. Jay yawned.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Beki, Uel, and Saul engaged in book-sharing.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Rabbis Ben and Jon-Jay prepared for the ceremony by smiling. It proved to be a highly successful technique.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The sisters engaged in similar preparatory activities.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Carol and Irina made their way to the chairs outside.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Lina was also in on the smiling drill.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Tahira and Niki pioneered the sunglasses drill.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Several others preferred the alternate sun hat strategy.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Some just toughed it out.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Beki and Uel were fantastic ushers. The first thing they did right was to be highly visible, so people could find them when necessary.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Annie and her parents walked down the aisle.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

They were squinting, because when you're a fancypants you don't get to wear sunglasses.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

At the same time, Marissa and her parents walked in from the other side.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

There were two aisles through which they processed simultaneously.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Annie and Marissa's parents held the four poles of the huppah, or wedding canopy.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The huppah was a gorgeous quilt made by Natalia.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The sisters did the first readings to begin the ceremony. Ben had initially wanted Annie, Marissa, and the rabbis to be the only people who set foot under the huppah, to symbolize the formation of their new home. Between the new home's participatory ethic and the microphone placement, that idea lasted about thirty seconds.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Then Annie and Marissa circled each other.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Seven times. It caused some minor dizziness.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

After a sermon by Ben, the ceremony continued with Jon-Jay's first blessing over grape juice.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Then the exchange of rings!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Agusta and David read next about betrothal and ring-wearing.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Elana and Emma read about biblical lesbian romance.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Marilyn led the assembled in a holding-hands prayer.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

She told us that in order to all hold hands, we might have to stand up.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

So everyone stood up.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Jeff and Nomi signed the ketuba, or marriage contract.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Then 28 friends read the sheva brachot, more blessings over another cup of grape juice. They all lined up on the side and came up to read in pairs. Adam and Kari, for example, were in the line.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Ina and Jay read the first blessing.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Natalia, Eliana, and Gil read the fourth.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Most blessings were read by pairs of friends, but some were read by three. (Andrew, Emily, Sarah.)    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Lina and Talia's blessing began with a song in Hebrew that everyone sang along to.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

That's Gilda and Dave, of the beautiful banner!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Marisa and Miriam's blessing was rockin.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Ben wrapped Annie and Marissa in a tallis for the kohanic blessing.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

They used Annie's mother's tallis for the occasion.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The rabbis stood in the way of the photo so it had to be conspicuously blurred.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Marissa stomped on a wine glass to end the ceremony. Before doing so, she geared up with the appropriate footwear.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Following the ceremony, Annie and Marissa were chased into yichud, a brief period of seclusion.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Next, Sasha took a series of posed pictures.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

As you may have already guessed, she caught some candid shots first.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Fun fact: Annie and Marissa wore necklaces with Marisa's grandparents' wedding rings.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

They thought something was funny.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

They also smiled, in an attempt to make it onto Annie's grandmother's wall of family wedding photos.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Then they posed with the rabbis.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And their sisters.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And their parents.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And Marissa's parents.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Annie's family apparently kicked Marissa out of their picture.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Annie's "other parents," of Willard St minyan fame.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Agusta gave some professional instructions about which pictures to take.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

They included an individual shot with David.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Then the nieces were recruited.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

They joined both families.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Sasha photographed Ina and Jay.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Then Sasha photographed Miriam and Jon-Jay.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Then Sasha got the camera turned around on her.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

She found something very tall to stand on, apparently.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

At lunch, the banner was still beautiful!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Again, the photographers were photographed.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Annie and Marissa were highly gratified to see friends and family hitting it off. For example, Amanda and Aunt Judy.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Also cuteness is highly gratifying.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

See above, this time with Marissa's sister and niece.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Also, having good friends is highly gratifying. For example, Bailey and Dheeraj.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The Ladies of Balch Hall published a reunion edition! Where they are now: one has become more Floridian, one more Muslim, one more cosmopolitan, one more married.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Toward the end of the afternoon, Sasha staged an intervention involving a second round of posed couples photos. The reason: up to that point, the most romantic shot of the day featured Ellie instead of Marissa.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

All the guests braved the heat to attend the wedding, but some made a special effort in that regard. For example, Ginger is a champion of strength and resilience.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Amy, the Basses' guitar buddy of bygone years, may or may not have graduated from strumming chords to tackling children.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Certain great-grandchildren may or may not be interested in testing necklace durability.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The nettle table was named for Gilda and Dave's Mad Mares nettle soup, which is famous in the Rose-Weiss household.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Other people's gardening and cooking prowess are also famous in the 'hood. For example, Mary and Peter.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The stupid thing about weddings is that you can't be part of all the good conversations happening at the same time. For example, Hadas and Tze-Hei.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Sometimes, though, you can't tell if some people were having good conversations, or if they were just looking pretty. For example, Jeff, Chris, Bari, and Katie are pretty.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

We like to assume the former. Even though Annie, Lauren, and Sarah are pretty too.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

It's especially disappointing to miss out when your special people from different contexts are hitting it off together. (Amanda was an especially exciting wedding guest in this respect - she seems to have made friends with Elana, Lina, and Dinah at her table, with Marissa's relatives, and with co-representatives of her last name.)    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Aunts and uncles, part one. (Annie's.)    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Aunts and uncles, part two. (Marissa's, plus Ginger.)    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Aunts and uncles, part... wait a minute.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Brothers and nieces!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Mothers and daughters (though not Annie's or Marissa's).    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Sisters and salad incidents, and Gilah.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Kindred spirits. And Eliana, who just couldn't take all that zane.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Shoshana and Luke, however, could.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Weddings can bring exciting new experiences for those of tender age.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

EmFish, Saul, and Uel convene a meeting of the underrepresented first names club.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Marissa's grandmother and cousin Heather.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Annie and Marissa did get to have some engaging conversations.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Jenifer, Kirsten, and Cheyenne.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Russ led the grace after meals, which included some color-based wine art.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Ellie and Talia showed Marissa how to bang on the table.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Adam and Terri bensched too.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Agusta, Sara, Rebecca, Molly, and Darya pay more attention to the camera than to the book.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Saul and Beki appear to have had way too much fun reading the benscher.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Other books appear to be somewhat less engaging.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Idea of the day: how to handle the weather!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Annie and Marissa during the horah.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Their mothers were happy. Isn't that why you get married in the first place?    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Also Paul and Shoshana were happy.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The musicians were awesome. We hope they were also happy.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The other musicians were also awesome.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The contradancing was also awesome.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

For example, twirly skirts.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And do-si-do.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And Sarah's jumpsuit crabwalk dance!!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And waltzing.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

With Drew and Lauren...    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And Iva and Todd...    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And Eliana and Natalia...    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And Sarah and Abigail...    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And Shahar and Darya...    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And the whole family!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Also some crying.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And the Broccoli Trio!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And Marissa got Hadas to dance despite her disavowals.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Same with Annie and Niki.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Carole, Uncle Doug, and Aunt Mary.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Paul and Ellie.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Jeff and Joelle.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Yavni and Joelle.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The junior Rosenbergs join the fray on the community web.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Instead of a guest book, Annie and Marissa asked everyone to write a mini-biography of themselves and draw how they were connected to everyone else.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Anna, Jenn, Sarah, and Willie.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

There may or may not have been a moment of crankiness.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

There was definitely a moment of bubble-blowing. Anna, Emily, Andrew, and Heather assisted.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

And joined in!    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Anne, Robert, and Sandy.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Jon-Jay, Scott, and Paul.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Sasha remedied the aforementioned romance issue.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Then Annie and Marissa struck characteristic poses.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The proverbial shoelaces! A requisite shot for any respectable wedding photographer.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

Morning-after brunch.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014

The gorgeous stamp Sarah made for wedding stationery.    Ithaca -- 6/29/2014