CHICAGO -- When Evan Cooperman and Rachel Ambrozewski got engaged in October 2019, in true Chicago style, the couple made no little plans: an elopement to a resort in Bali in June 2020, followed by a stateside wedding at the Michelin-starred, and now shuttered, Band of Bohemia.
But with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, just months after Cooperman’s proposal at a Halloween party, the frightening trajectory of the virus abruptly derailed the couple’s original wedding plans, forcing them to postpone their celebration for two years.
“It was almost like planning four weddings, so it’s been crazy,” said Ambrozewski , 36, and a researcher.
