The bride wore Vera Wang and the groom was in Tom Ford for their ceremony at Stanly Ranch.
Even though Lauren Rothberg and Michael D. Ratner attended the University of Pennsylvania at the same time, they didn’t really connect until a mutual friend hosted a dinner in Los Angeles in 2017. “Our friend would host dinners at Craig’s in West Hollywood whenever she was in town from New York City,” Lauren remembers. “I attended one of these dinners and met Michael for the first time.
From the start of the planning process, the two knew they wanted to get married in California since it’s where they met. “We had started traveling to Napa as a couple during COVID as it was relatively close, and it quickly became one of our favorite places,” Lauren says, “as food and wine lovers, and we felt like it was a perfect destination for our wedding.
During the ceremony, both Lauren and Michael’s families gathered with them under the chuppah for the Jewish ceremony led by Rabbi Leder of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles. “We used Michael’s father’s tallit and drank wine from both our parents’ kiddush cups—one was even from my parents’ wedding,” Lauren says. “It was an incredibly emotional ceremony with lots of crying. Luckily my dad, as always, was extremely prepared and had tissues for all of us to share.
“I felt calm during the ceremony,” the bride says. “I had been mentally preparing for a complete emotional breakdown, but when I held Michael’s hands during the ceremony, I knew everything would be OK. I had been nervous about writing and reading my own vows as I don’t love public speaking, but it was beautiful to say how I feel to Michael in front of our family and friends and I’m so glad we decided to do this.
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