ALI WEINBERG AND JOSH ROGIN
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he is a digital journalist at ABC News, covering Capitol Hill, producing pieces for broadcast and reporting for ABCNews.com and ABC News Radio. He is a Washington Post columnist covering foreign affairs and a political analyst for CNN. The journalistic power couple live in the District with their cat, Sammy Davis Jr. THE STORY: They met in 2009 at a
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Restaurant Nora dinner hosted by The Atlantic’s Steve Clemons. Rogin knew practically everyone there except Weinberg, and after Clemons introduced them, the two became friends. More than four years later, Rogin invited her to the elegant 2013 Meridian International Center Ball, and the rest is history. THE WEDDING: They went back to where it all started, choosing to marry at Meridian International Center after a lively rehearsal dinner at Restaurant Nora. For their honeymoon, given that Rogin taught English in Japan after college, and later covered The Pentagon for the Asahi Shimbun’s Washington Bureau, the couple explored Japan, Thailand and Cambodia.
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MARRIED APRIL 16, 2016
ATTIRE: She wore a Modern Silk sheath bridal
gown from the Martina Liana Collection, featuring a sweetheart neckline and French satin ribbon belt with diamanté embellishments, while the bridesmaids wore dresses by Alfred Sung. He wore a suit by Luca Spano. DETAILS: A. Dominick Events planned the
wedding, Phillipa Tarrant Floral Design did the exquisite flower arrangements and Occasions Caterers served the main meal. As a nod to Rogin’s love of Japan, a full sushi bar was set up in the Meridian garden. Guests were invited to autograph a scratchpad bottle of wine, and to pen their best tips for a successful marriage and leave them in a jar. For the elegant, candle-lit dinner, the couple chose a menu of chevre and potato mille-feuilles, followed by syrah short ribs or a pistachio-crusted halibut. Dessert was a three-deck white wedding cake with vanilla buttercream, chocolate fudge and chocolate truffle ganache, and was cut to Marvin Gaye’s “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You).” New York-based band Rhythm Collective provided the evening’s soundtrack, jauntily moving from ’50’s tunes like Frank Sinatra’s “Dancing Cheek to Cheek” (the first dance) to “The Wedding Waltz” from The
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Godfather,” before graduating to a high-energy dance set, keeping guests on their feet. SPECIAL TOUCHES: Officiant Seth Rogin,
Josh’s first cousin, led the Jewish ceremony of prayer, vows and seven blessings for the couple, followed by the traditional breaking of a glass by Josh. Afterwards, guests joined for a reception in the Meridian’s Linden Grove, where the bride’s father, Max Weinberg, paid heartfelt tribute to the couple. FAVORITE PART: The bride brought the house down when she sang Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man.” NOTABLE GUESTS: There’s no shortage of
musicians in the Weinberg clan. Ali’s brother Jay is the drummer for Slipknot and her father the longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Springsteen himself attended, along with most of the E Street Band, including Steve Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren. Many Washington news personalities were present as well, including Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper, Chuck Todd, Luke Russert and Jonathan Karl, some of whom were eager to get selfies with the bride and “the Boss.”
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