Very cute article on Vanessa Kerry's wedding planning - Senator Kerry sketched an idea of a dress???

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/fashion/weddings/11KERRY.html

(There is a really cute story of how their first conversation was interrupted by a very attractive nurse, who offered Nahed coffee - he handled it by suggesting that she also get one for Vanessa. ) I really like his description of Vanessa - and it kind of reminds me of one of JK's on Teresa.

What happened to the sketch?

That sounds about right to me. (eyes glazing over, lol).

Also wonderful to see that both of them are people of real accomplishment. A testimony to their parents as well as themselves.
Not to be nosy or greedy or anything, but I'd love to see how the dress came out!!! . . plus a picture of bride with her father, or the couple with their families, would be awfully nice : )

I think it's so sweet how involved JK was in helping to plan the wedding,especially the impressive job he's seemed to have done, filling both roles in her mother's absence. That couldn't have been easy (though I'm sure he was glad to do it), but I think it's so nice how there for her he (and Teresa) is and how close they seem to be (And Vanessa looks SO much like him!). :)

Congrats to Vanessa and Brian. They make an adorable couple! :loveya:

Congratulations to the happy couple.

"My dad tasted a lot of cake,” said Vanessa, “and he was very methodical about it: He’d try just the cake first all by itself, then just the frosting, and then he’d try a combination of cake and frosting together"

LOL, I love it! A great excuse for having your cake and the icing too.

There is more. (Half way down)

http://thehill.com/capital-living/in-the-know/57987-sensenbrenner-on-bureaucrat-watch

It sounds like he really was a huge help. I can imagine that he enjoyed tasting the various cakes - and the decision sounds like what he has tried to do on the climate bill - to create a solution with something for everyone.

I thought it nice that Vanessa said that he was a big help on picking the music:
"But according to his daughter, Sen. Kerry’s biggest contribution may be in the music department. Vanessa told ITK that her dad has “gone way above and beyond with every aspect of the music, from interviewing potential bands to listening to songs to adjusting various playlists on everything from all-out rock ‘n’ roll to dinner music.”

She also pointed out that her father brings a unique expertise to the musical element: Sen. Kerry has played the bass guitar since he was a teenager, so “he really knows what he’s talking about.”

Vanessa's comments here are absolutely lovely.

"Contrary to the experience of many brides-to-be, Vanessa said that planning her big day has been “so much fun,” thanks in large part to her father’s participation. “He’s solved so many problems,” she gushed, and his presence is “a great way to keep a sense of humor about an extraordinary industry that neither of us knew much about.

“We’ll both be standing there, trying to pick a tablecloth, which is neither of our fortes, and we’ll just start laughing.”

Somehow, there is the sense that in reality, the important thing was that he was there for her - just as he was as he commuted weekly to MA when she was growing up.

From the Boston Globe:

They better be planning on some--JK has waited long enough! ;)

from a BG "around town" article

"We’re told Vice President Joe Biden was in town over the weekend to attend Vanessa Kerry’s wedding. Biden is buddies with the bride’s father, Senator John Kerry. (Kerry was seen at the Bristol Lounge at the Four Seasons after the ceremony.) Vanessa married fellow Mass. General resident Brian Nahed, who’s from LA. "
http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2009/10/12/cruise_along_the_charles/?page=2