Katie and Matt's Wedding

Katie Carlin and Matt Scherer had a wonderful wedding with a ceremony at that beautiful church at the top of the steps on Nicolette Island. You've probably seen it if you've been there, with its tall spire just above the building that houses Kikagawa. Our Lady of the Lourdes is actually one of the oldest churches in the Twin Cities, and inside it feel more like a Quaker meeting hall than a Catholic Church. But it was all decked out for the holidays, and everything glowed with warm light and truly loving families. Matt and Katie held their reception at the absolutely over the top Loring Pasta Bar near the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. There is one cool spot, theatrically decked out by Jason McLean, who worked at Children's Theater. A description of the place says the design was "a massive undertaking: removing almost an entire floor and buttressing the building with 40 ton of exposed flying steel beams and trusses 35 feet in the air. Tens of thousands of recycled Chicago bricks were laid-up to improbable curves which twist and knot, reel and stumble through the rooms like a drunken mason on a bender." That about says it all! Katie's father and mother gave a moving and hilarious toast, as did best man Kellly Gallagher (holding a giant long-winded speech in his hands that briefly struck terror in everyone's hearts). Katie and her dad Mike pulled off a father-daughter dance worthy of Vaudeville with his top hat and her red boa. This probably is a wedding people will be talking about for some time. Almost everyone was dancing when we said goodnight.
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Comments

[Cousin Debby from Indiana]

Congrats, Katie & Matt! What a beautiful wedding! You two make a handsome couple. Mikey looks pretty "hot", too! ha Tell Cousin Vicki "HI" for me. Best Wishes! Love ya, Cousin Debby

[Shannon Tucker]

I love the one of them in front of the Kitty Cat Klub sign! What a great reception location. Going through the video has been really fun!

[Katie (now) Scherer]

I usually like wedding photos in black and white, but the colors are so great in these! Wow!