Casa de Gatitos

Rehearsal Dinner

Trigger

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Reception

King KTV

After Party

Fall

Our Wedding

It began in August 2014, when Mike and Emily were servers deep in the trenches at Hollywood Boulevard Cinema. Mike laid his eyes upon Emily and was immediately smitten, but it wasn’t until Halloween that they really hit it off after their friend, Jon, urged Mike to make his move. The two had their first date at Maggiano’s Little Italy shortly after, and over plates of fried calamari and baked ziti, Mike won over Emily’s heart. By December 10, it was official: Mike and Emily were a couple. MANY bad haircuts later — Mike was her guinea pig — Emily graduated from cosmetology school, and the two rented their first apartment with Emily’s firstborn fur-son, Hemingway. Mike became a kitty stepdad. They then adopted their first cat as a couple one, Kitty Nine years and two more cats later, Mike decided to ask Emily to marry him, but she kept ruining his plans. On Christmas Eve in 2023, Emily was teasing Mike about not proposing when he yelled: “You wanna know why I haven’t proposed yet?” He listed each of his original proposal plans over the past months that Emily had managed to foil. Then, right there in the kitchen, he dropped down on one knee and popped the question. “Oh my god,” Emily said. “I’m gonna shit!” Mike took that as a “yes.” Over the months, the two got caught up in the excitement of their engagement, celebrating, planning — all the things young couples do. Emily and her bestie, Christine, even attended a bridal expo. November 2024 crept up on them, and Mike and Emily were figuring out what to do for their 10th anniversary. Dinner seemed lame, so they instead Ubered to the courthouse and got hitched — well, you all got the Christmas card that year. Now, they’re celebrating their joy with everyone they love. Here's to Emily and Mike, many more years together with many more kitties!

Our Story

Wedding Party

Ceremony and reception will be held at Trigger Chicago at 2810 W Addison St, Chicago, Illinois. If you are driving in there is free street parking on the green highlighted streets or a parking lot a few minute walk up California Ave. shown in the maps below. Although we recommend car pooling or a ride share service like Lyft or Curb.

We will have a hotel room block and information along with that below. The hotel room block has a limited amount of rooms so if you cannot get a room where we’re staying our venue highly recommends The Hotel Versey. There are also plenty of other amazing hotel options the city offers as well.

We have 10 rooms set aside in the block for any guests that want to stay where we’re at. 

The Allegro Royal Sonesta

AFTERPARTY!! If you’re coming to the afterparty it’s at KTV King Karaoke in Chinatown at 2002 S Wentworth Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60616

Travel

What Is Cocktail Wedding Attire?

Cocktail Dresses to Add to Your Cart ASAP

What Guys Need to Know About Dress Codes

Dress Code

Some people are having a hard time with the registry part so just in case here’s the links to our online registries. https://www.anthropologie.com/registry/listing?registryId=327AEF19D9E8 https://www.amazon.com/wedding/guest-view/3AF028MWQJQ2A https://www.etsy.com/registry/MTY4MzE1MjY0fDU2NDIxMDA5

We want to sincerely thank everyone for coming out and celebrating with us! It truly means the world. Love you all so much!-The Guerreros

Emily & Michael

Emily & Michael

E&M