When The Walleye team met to plan this month’s issue over beer and burgers (what, you were expecting rosé and cucumber sandwiches?), we asked ourselves: “What is a Thunder Bay wedding?” After all, no matter where in the world you get married, weddings are a frequently weird and wonderful mashup of local customs and cultural touchstones. We’ve got our iconic and linguistically unique shag, our drop-dead-gorgeous natural settings for ceremonies and photos, and our diverse venues. In the end, of course, there is no quintessential TBay wedding, but we do have some pretty fun, beautiful, and memorable approaches showcased here in our first-ever Weddings issue.

– Bonnie Schiedel