By Michelle Higgins, Bronwen Jervis, Sharon Monuk and Amanda Panacci | Photography by Tara McMullen
Date: August 11, 2012 | Location: Evergreen Brick Works | Guests: 190
It took three tries for Janet Chung, 30, and Adam Roach, 31, to have a successful date. The first time around, during dinner at a Pizzaiolo, Janet, a surgical resident with the University of Toronto, got called in to work. The same thing happened on the second date, while they were picnicking at Victoria Memorial Park (this time, Adam, who works in advertising, tagged along to the E.R. to watch her in action). They finally made it through an evening together on their third attempt, at the Open Roof Festival. They had been dating for just under a year when Adam asked Janet to marry him on a trip to the West Coast. “My plan had been to propose in Big Sur, but one day, while hiking on a trail in Oregon, we wound up in a huge field of wildflowers on a cliff. It was too beautiful to pass up,” he says. Hoping to recreate the natural setting of the proposal, they picked the Evergreen Brick Works in the Don Valley for their venue and decorated the space with vintage accents they found at flea markets and on eBay and Kijiji—centrepiece boxes, antique keys, candle holders. The dancing opened with an old-fashioned foxtrot. “Even when we were stepping on each other’s toes, we were laughing,” says Janet.
193888 “We were hands-on with every aspect of the wedding. We even designed and hand-cut the invitations ourselves” –<em>Adam</em> (Image: Tara McMullen) The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-intro-e1362408498913-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-intro.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-intro.jpg 656 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam/slide/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-intro/ real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-intro 0 0
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193894 (Image: Tara McMullen) The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-01-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-01.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-01.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam/slide/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-01/ real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-01 0 0
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193895 (Image: Tara McMullen) The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-02-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-02.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-02.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam/slide/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-02/ real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-02 0 0
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193896 Antique keys were used to direct guests to their seats, where they found matching locks and doorknobs to take home as favours (Image: Tara McMullen) The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-03-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-03.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-03.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam/slide/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-03/ real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-03 0 0
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193897 Janet is Korean, so the couple changed into traditional hanboks for the reception (Image: Tara McMullen) The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-04-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-04.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-04.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/style/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam/slide/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-04/ real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-04 0 0
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193898 The bride and groom built the altar out of boards salvaged from an abandoned collapsed barn outside of Barrie (Image: Tara McMullen) The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-05-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-05.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-05.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam/slide/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-05/ real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-05 0 0
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193899 (Image: Tara McMullen) The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-06-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-06.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-06.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam/slide/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-06/ real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-06 0 0
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193900 Chef Brad Long gave the opening toast. Café Belong, his farm-to-table restaurant at the Brick Works, catered the wedding (Image: Tara McMullen) The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-07-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-07.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-07.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/style/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam/slide/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-07/ real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-07 0 0
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193901 With a little help from Adam’s family, Janet made 190 mini pies and chocolate chip cookies in the days leading up to the wedding (Image: Tara McMullen) The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-08-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-08.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-08.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/style/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam/slide/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-08/ real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-08 0 0
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193902 They picked BPM Crew, a cover band, to play at the reception. “They do a great mix of oldies and Top 40 hits,” says Janet (Image: Tara McMullen) The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-09-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-09.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-09.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam/slide/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-09/ real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-09 0 0
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193903 <p><strong>PHOTOGRAPHER</strong><br /><br />
Tara McMullen</p><br />
<p><strong>BRIDE'S ATTIRE</strong><br /><br />
Gown by Vera Wang; hanbok by Maxine</p><br />
<p><strong>GROOM'S ATTIRE</strong><br /><br />
Suit by Gotstyle; hanbok by Maxine</p><br />
<p><strong>VENUE</strong><br /><br />
Evergreen Brick Works</p><br />
<p><strong>CATERER</strong><br /><br />
Café Belong</p><br />
<p><strong>DESSERTS</strong><br /><br />
The Sweetere and Glory Hole Doughnuts</p><br />
<p><strong>FLOWERS</strong><br /><br />
Pink Twig</p><br />
<p><strong>MUSIC</strong><br /><br />
BPM Krew</p><br />
<p><strong>INVITATIONS</strong><br /><br />
Silkscreened by Ryan Forget</p> (Image: Tara McMullen) The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam The Wedding Album | Janet & Adam https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-10-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-10.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-10.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/style/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam/slide/real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-10/ real-weddings-2013-janet-and-adam-10 0 0
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