Thornburgh Family Home

Rehearsal Dinner

Tyler Arboretum

Wedding Day

Farewell Brunch

Spring

SHUTTLES Shuttles will be provided from the Hilton Garden starting from 3:45 pm onward. (Departures at 3:45, 4:15, and 4:45) It's a short jaunt of about 10 minutes!   At the end of the evening, we will have shuttles departing beginning at 9:30 pm that will loop from the arboretum to Grace Winery to the Hilton Garden.

Our Wedding

Eric and Alice met at a Halloween party at Vassar College in 2011. Alice was dressed up as a demon, and Eric was dressed as a vampire. There had been a freakish early snowstorm that year, and Eric sneezed on his way to the party and lost one of his fake fangs in a snowbank. Alice had drawn a scary demon face on herself with art markers. They both distinctly remember seeing the other across the room and thinking "wow, that person is way out of my league". They did eventually start talking, and discovered a mutual love of video games, art, history, and technology, among other things. Alice gave Eric her number (he still has the scrap of paper where she wrote it down).

It All Began on Hallow's Eve

Alice and Eric started dating a couple weeks later, and over their time at Vassar together they discovered many more things in common. A shared love of Lord of the Rings, traveling, Renaissance art (though not Michelangelo--Eric will never convince Alice to enjoy Michelangelo), the great outdoors, Shakespeare, Monty Python, and many, many more geeky pop culture items. They stayed together over summer breaks and Alice's semester abroad in Italy, exchanging text messages and emails until they could be together at school again.

Vassarian Romance

Eric graduated from Vassar in 2013 and moved to his hometown of Washington, D.C. Thus the lovebirds began a short stint of long-distance romance. Eric made valiant 5 hour drives up to Vassar to see Alice on the weekends whenever he could. When Alice graduated herself in 2014, those long trips were shortened to only 2 hours, as Alice returned home to Philadelphia.

Long-Distance Love

Finally in 2017, the planets aligned for the two to get a place of their own. Eric accepted a job with Amazon in Boston, and the two of them packed up their 3 desks, 7 computers, one couch, and one wardrobe and drove to Massachusetts. In first one, then another charming little apartment in Somerville, Alice created art for video games, built up her digital painting portfolio, walked dogs, worked in a hair salon, and baked challah. Eric wrote machine learning code, dove headfirst into complex artificial intelligence and linguistics scientific research, and made excellent mac and cheese for their friends.

Move to Mass.

Despite the charmingness of the cute little Somerville apartments (#1 and #2), no home is complete without a dog. Alice had been slowly converting Eric into a dog person since day one, and, in September 2017, it was time to put her machinations into action. Eric and Alice had been interested in adopting a retired racing greyhound since learning about them at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. As a gentle, loving, sensitive, and wonderful apartment dog, a rescue greyhound seemed perfect for Eric's first dog. After doing some research, Alice and Eric found Greyhound Pets of America Massachusetts. They reached out, and were matched with "Bono", a bouncy 3 year old brindle who had been born in Texas on a greyhound farm, but never raced. 2 weeks later, Rowdy (né Bono) was at home in his new life as Alice and Eric's brand new family member. He remains the cutest and best family member.

Greyhound Gratitude

In July of 2019, Eric was offered a new position with Amazon in Los Angeles. After a bit of deliberation, Alice and Eric decided it would be a great step for both of them to move out to California and start a new chapter of their lives together. They decided to make the move in late January of 2020. They would pack up their trusty Subaru, a solid old friend bought from Alice's parents, and drive cross-country with Rowdy in the back. They'd see all the greats: Indianapolis, St. Louis, Tucson! The Grand Canyon!

Los Angeles, Ho!

A moment in Canyon de Chelly...

On their drive to Los Angeles, Alice and Eric stopped at a beautiful canyon in Arizona in the Navajo Nation: Canyon de Chelly (pronounced de shay). On February 7th, 2020, they booked a stay at the Thunderbird Lodge, and took a drive with Rowdy around the canyon. It was a beautiful, blue-sky morning. They pulled over at an overlook with a stunning view. Alice immediately admired the colors: baby blue sky, muted orange rocks, silver-green trees in the canyon. Eric said "Alice, come over here," and he was down on one knee! He had been carrying his grandmother Mary's ring with him for the entire trip. Of course, she said yes.

Our Story

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Alice & Eric Through the Years

Our Whimsical Fall Engagement Photoshoot by Lauren Mudrock

Photos

Alice's older sister and adventure leader

Blair Elizabeth Thornburgh

Vassar freshman year roommate, friendly debate sparring partner

Todd Jordan Densen

Fellow Vassarian, choir companion, semi-professional Judy Garland impersonator

Emily Nina Breeze

Member of the Vassar Rat Pack and adventure wildchild

Zachary Franklin Zeilman

Pennsylvania Girlchoir compatriot and ship's captain

Elisabeth Rose Lugano

Fellow Vassar CS survivor and Amazon cohort

Matthew Ligon Cember

Sister of the heart, gracious overseer of family dogs 

Suzanne Louise Kammer

Chris Campbell Reeder

Brother of the heart, Wedding Party Dungeon Master

Park William Kammer

Wedding Party

Q & A

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Alice & Eric

Alice & Eric

Registry

Please be sure to share your name when you purchase gifts so that Alice & Eric can thank you!