![]() Inside, two giant inflatable llamas were placed on chairs at the bride and groom’s table. “The llama was more dressed up than I was,” Jacobs said.Įven though llamas are thought to be well-socialized, very friendly and even fun animals, Shocky the llama’s photo shoot took place outside. Jacobs said his brother was aware the surprising guest and its two handlers would be attending the wedding, but he did not know it would arrive in formal attire, specially commissioned by Mendl. “While I was getting my hair and makeup done, I heard the bridesmaids come back into the room talking about it,” she said. Gabriella, too, said her first thought after hearing about the llama was to get her parents and sisters and pose for pictures. “Danniella even sat on his back for one.” They attended the wedding with daughters Gabriella, 16 JJ, 15 Elianna 13 and Danniella, 8½ months. “Joining the line to have our pictures taken with it became a big priority,” said Jacobs, who owns Jerusalem Pizza in Southfield with his wife, Rivka. But other guests, including the Jacobs family, made no such promise for their actions at the March 1 festivities. The llama would be invited, but the bride would pose with him for one photo only and would neither touch nor even stand next to him.Īnd she stuck by her convictions, making a deliberately disinterested expression for the camera. Not backing down despite Riva’s hopeless pleas, Mendl agreed to a compromise. He called a llama farm the very day she became engaged to Jacobs’ brother, former Detroiter Avi Eisenberg, last October. ![]() Through the years, Mendl reminded Riva of his promise. To get him to stop hassling her, Riva Weinstock told him to go ahead with the all-in-fun plot. Plans to invite the fuzzy, long-necked guest go back five years to when the bride’s brother, Mendl Weinstock, teasingly told his sister he would be bringing a llama as a guest when she decided to get married. “When my brother told me there was going to be a llama at his wedding, I wasn’t sure it would really happen and didn’t think about it again - until I saw it,” said Jacobs. It was also “a given” that a 5-foot-plus llama would be there, too. When Brian Jacobs’ brother announced he was engaged, there was no question he and his family would make the drive from their home in Southfield to the wedding in Cleveland, where the bride and groom live. Courtesy of the Jacobs family A llama at a wedding fulfills a 5-year-old promise.
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