The offbeat bride: Jen Martensen, Interactive Project Manager
My offbeat groom: Kevin Martensen, Research Project Director
Location & date of wedding: The Great Hall of Cafe Brauer, Chicago, IL June 26, 2005
What made our wedding offbeat: We planned our wedding as one big party that just happened to be kicked off by our ceremony. I wore mini battery-powered Christmas lights in my hair instead of a veil. My bridesmaid, maid of honor and I all have (and displayed) tattoos. My husband walked down the aisle to Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” and I walked to “If You Want My Love” by Cheap Trick. Halfway down the aisle my maid of honor (a huge Cheap Trick fan) threw her arms up in the air and rocked out the rest of the way to the “altar,” which cracked me up and broke a lot of my nervous tension. Read the rest of this entry »

