Firehouse Chicago

Wedding Day

Wedding

Reception

Dani & Soraya met at Centered Studios in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago&nbsp;in May 2017 where they both&nbsp; attended yoga classes. There was an instant connection between the two&nbsp;and at the end of class Dani asked Soraya for her number. On their first date, they attended an early Saturday morning yoga class, then went to the farmer's market together. Dani offered to make Soraya Shakshuka, a traditional Israeli breakfast dish,&nbsp;at his place, and sensing that Dani was a good guy, she agreed.&nbsp; 2017 was a carefree&nbsp;summer of romance for the two, picnicking often on the shores of Lake Michigan, &nbsp;renting a cabin at Starved Rock and spending the weekend hiking, cooking together, and of course attending more yoga classes.&nbsp;They enjoyed the simple things in life together and found fulfillment in one another's company. In August, Dani went on tour and Soraya attended her first Marbin show in Indianapolis. She was already in love with him and terrified she wouldn't like his music, but thankfully she thought the band sounded great. The couple travelled often, either because of Dani's music tours, or because of Soraya's love for international travel. Together they went to Vancouver, Montreal, Iceland, Japan, Israel, Spain, Italy, and the UK, as well as all over the United States. The relationship hasn't been without its trials though, but instead of breaking the couple apart, the&nbsp;challenges they faced&nbsp;brought them&nbsp;closer and made them surer of their love. In January 2019 the couple adopted Milton,&nbsp;the couple's beloved miniature dachshund, joined the family bringing them endless joy and laughter. In&nbsp;&nbsp;July 2019,&nbsp; over&nbsp;morning&nbsp;coffee at a nearby cafe from their airbnb in Venice, the couple decided to get married, almost as casually as deciding to have coffee.&nbsp;In&nbsp;November of 2019, Dani officially proposed on a side&nbsp;trip to Jerusalem the couple took during a longer trip to Israel to visit Dani's family.&nbsp; An Israel American musician&nbsp;and Iranian Jewish American&nbsp;human rights lawyer, the couple might be considered somewhat of an&nbsp;odd match, but their Yin Yang relationship keeps the couple balanced.

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Virtual wedding

Zoom Link

<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/79828636019?pwd=TWY5NzBXMHRFTHE1eW5TczBmc0JIdz09">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/79828636019?pwd=TWY5NzBXMHRFTHE1eW5TczBmc0JIdz09</a>

Zoom Basics

Zoom is compatible with Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android and should be easily&nbsp;accessible in your browser by typing in zoom.us To join a zoom meeting you will need to click on the link above&nbsp;or to use the meeting ID, open zoom in your browser and select "join a meeting.&nbsp;You DO&nbsp;NOT&nbsp;need a zoom account to be a guest.Select “join computer audio” to be able to&nbsp;hear the ceremony.&nbsp;All attendee microphones will be muted for the ceremony. If you want to comment during the ceremony,&nbsp;please use the chat feature.&nbsp;The lower left hand corner will have options to be able to&nbsp;turning on/off your computer video.&nbsp;Turning your video off will only turn off video feed for you; you will still be able to see the ceremony. We hope you feel comfortable to keep your video on.The upper right hand corner will allow you different views of the meeting.&nbsp;Speaker view: will highlight the video feed of the person speaking and minimize&nbsp;others who are not speaking.&nbsp;Gallery view: this will allow all participants to be viewed at once regardless of&nbsp;who is speakingPlease install zoom and test out the link prior to the virtual ceremony. If you have any issues connecting to the session, please email Dani at danihrabin@gmail.com. Please join the virtual ceremony a few&nbsp;minutes before the ceremony&nbsp;begins.&nbsp; We will record the ceremony, so don't worry if something happens and you are unable to watch. We're happy to send you the recording at a later date.Be ready with a glass of champagne or drink of your choice for a toast!

Virtual Ceremony

Our Wedding

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Places to Eat

Gather

Our favorite local restaurant to eat in Ravenswood

Details

Wedding Party

COVID Considerations for in person Guests

~ We are limiting ourselves to 25 in person guests in order to keep&nbsp;everyone&nbsp;safe. Please accept our heartfelt apologies for not being able to&nbsp;accommodate everyone.&nbsp; 

~&nbsp;We hope the weather is nice enough to have the ceremony and mini reception outside. As an alternative, the venue has offered to open the firehouse doors and allow us to stand in the entrance way so that guests may sit or stand inside or outside depending on personal comfort level.





~ The venue requires masks be worn during the ceremony and during the reception&nbsp;when not eating or drinking. Seating&nbsp; during the ceremony&nbsp;will be spaced out according to household.&nbsp;There will be a mini-reception with champagne and cake, which will be self-service.





~ The couple is comfortable with hugs or bows, depending on your comfort level. We request that you refrain from hugging the bride's parents and maintain a safe distance from them..

COVID

Q + A

Registry

Chicago Athletic Association

Lang House Chicago

Soho House Chicago

Travel

Chicago, IL, USA

For excellent local jazz, check out a show at the Green Mill.

The Green Mill

For the best architecture tours in Chicago, contact Chicago Architecture Foundation

Soraya & Daniel

Soraya & Daniel

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