We celebrated with a lovely Prenutial Dinner at Va Pensiero in Evanston. We had the use of a private home next door to the restaurant, where we gathered for cocktails and dinner, accompanied by the pianist who was to play with the orchestra at the next morning's wedding. We were honored to have so many of our family join us from around the country, and by this Saturday evening, everyone had arrived. Aurora, her mother and her maids-of-honor spent the night in the lovely B&B above the restaurant, to be ready to begin our preparations at 6 a.m. the next morning! More photos will be added to this page soon.

Proud stepfather, Al Barry, Deborah Barry and groom-to-be Sam Sweet Bride-to-be Aurora Spector with her cousin from NYC, Liz Klau
Sam, Aurora's mom's sister from RI, Ann Zartler, and her mom's sister-in-law from St. Louis, Joy Shapiro. That's Aurora's cousin from Portland, OR, Jamie Zartler in the background
 Brother Bram Spector, his friend Juliet Negin, and Aurora's cousin from LA, Ed Klau
In the back row is Aurora's maternal grandmother from Hilton Head Island, SC, Ethel Shapiro with Liz. In the front row is "Pop-Pop" David Shapiro with Aurora Aurora's mom's other siblings, Sue Klau from Miami and Dan Shapiro from St. Louis

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