A Circular Ceremony Made This Wedding at the Showroom Feel More Intimate

Once Marjorie, a global-supply manager, and Dee, an accountant, connected online, they got to know each other long-distance for a few months before meeting for a first date in Detroit, Marjorie’s hometown. Six years later, Dee proposed at the National Arboretum.

Their spring wedding’s “industrial boho chic” theme was designed in black and white for a modern flair and punctuated with anemones, king protea, and white tulips and peonies. Guests surrounded the bride and groom in a circle of seating during the ceremony, which Dee says made the occasion more intimate. Long black reception tables were designed to accommodate more people at each and to keep guests in proximity—an element Marjorie loved. The menu included chicken-and-waffle skewers, Buffalo-chicken cones, and shrimp and grits to start, then a strawberry-and-kale salad followed by a choice of beef short rib or smoked salmon. For dessert, the couple cut into an all-black cake in chai and strawberry flavors.

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This wedding originally appeared in the August 2024 issue of Washingtonian.

Amy Moeller

Fashion & Weddings Editor

Amy leads Washingtonian Weddings and writes Style Setters for Washingtonian. Prior to joining Washingtonian in March 2016, she was the editor of Capitol File magazine in DC and before that, editor of What’s Up? Weddings in Annapolis.