The ceremony took place outdoors on a rooftop terrace, with the Chicago skyline glittering in the background. Mallory walked down an aisle lined with fifty floating candles in mason jars—a nod to the city’s iconic Navy Pier fireworks. The wind picked up just as Alex started reading his vows, sending napkins flying like confetti.
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“I kept thinking, ‘This is so Chicago,’” Mallory recalls. “The waitstaff literally chased the napkins down the aisle. Everyone was laughing.” The officiant, a family friend, wove in a quote from “The Blues Brothers” (“We’re on a mission from God”), which got a standing ovation from the groom’s side.
Dinner and a Side of Logistics
The meal was family-style, with tables named after Chicago neighborhoods like Wicker Park and Lincoln Park. Dinner started late—45 minutes behind schedule—because the photographer insisted on “golden hour” portraits. Mallory’s advice? Build a 30-minute buffer into every timeline for “photo trains.”
Fun fact: The caterer served Italian beef sliders as a late-night snack, a shoutout to the city’s Portillo’s culture. “We had 182 guests, but we ordered for 220,” Mallory says. “Leftovers were literally fought over.”
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