Dr Vanessa Kerry is getting married today - here's a fantastic NYT article

When Dr. Vanessa Bradford Kerry and Dr. Brian Vala Nahed were making plans to marry, she received a sketch of a wedding dress done by her father.

“He drew us a sketch of what he thought I should wear on my big day, and until this day, we have no idea what it was,” said Dr. Kerry, laughing. “Though my father is a busy man, he has been very generous with time spent helping us plan our wedding. It’s really just been the three of us, and we have had a great time putting it all together.”
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It is difficult enough to start a relationship in a hospital,” Dr. Nahed said. “And Vanessa was going through a tough time with her mom being sick. But we kept getting closer, I think, because each of us had an intellectual curiosity about the other. I found her to be unbelievably witty, and she was sort of challenging at the same time. I connected with her in a way that I had never connected with a woman before.”

They became engaged in May 2008. Dr. Kerry described her stepparents, her sister, Alexandra, and her in-laws as being “part of an incredible family effort to plan this wedding.”

Wedding day approaches
Vanessa Kerry doesn't want to disclose too much about her wedding, which will be held tomorrow at a private home in Brookline. But she'll say this: There will be cookies. ‘‘My father has a chocolate-chip cookie addiction,'' Kerry said, of her dad, Senator John Kerry. ‘‘He has arranged for chocolate-chip cookies to be available for people all night long.'' Kerry is marrying fellow Mass General resident Brian Nahed, who's originally from Los Angeles. Nahed tells us that when he first met Kerry, he had no idea she was from a prominent political family. ‘‘I just didn't associate Ness with any of that,'' he said, adding that by the time he found out, ‘‘We were sort of smitten.'' After four years, Nahed says he's learned what it means to be a Kerry in Boston. ‘‘Things are very, sort of public,'' he said, laughing. ‘‘I'm from a super-private family.'' Kerry and Nahed, who are both 32, wouldn't disclose their guest list for tomorrow's affair, but said that everyone invited is someone they know well — no big names just for the sake of it. The couple tells us they're excited about their honeymoon. After all, it's not easy for two doctors to find quality time. ‘‘You get excited when you happen to see each other in the elevator,'' Kerry said.


http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2009/10/09/hes_making_it_on_broadway/

Right wing version - Doctor says that John Kerry is an addict.