Vegan Weddings 2008: Doh Driver & Dennis Buffaloe

Doh Driver & Dennis Buffaloe
Seattle, Wash.

Guests: 50
Honeymoon: Italy, Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic
Best wedding gift: “Dennis’ brother Joe, also the Best Man, paid for the movers to move us into our new house!” The couple used the I Do Foundation for charity registries.

Their story: While Doh and Dennis first noticed each other on veggiedate.org, they actually connected through personal ads in a local weekly paper. But, “when you do a search for ‘vegan,’” says Doh, “not that many come up.” It wasn’t love at first byte: Doh was so hesitant to go on a date based on an online profile that she told Dennis she wasn’t feeling well so she’d have an easy out. By the time a month had passed, the couple knew they’d be getting married. So all you singles clicking away out there, remember: when it comes to matrimony, a successful search need only yield one result.

Wedding highlights: In the middle of a verdant Seattle park, cocooned in an intimate circle of friends and family and surrounded by the joyful music of a children’s Marimba band, Doh and Dennis made their vows not only to each other, but also to Doh’s eight-year-old son. The ceremony was made even more special in that it was presided by Doh’s father, a former radio DJ. Keeping with the green theme, the entire bridal party wore low-impact, high-style attire from head to toe: the bride’s dress was 100-percent bamboo, the groom and his best man wore high-tech hemp clothing and shoes, plus vegan belts, and the matron of honor wore a gorgeous dress procured from her local Goodwill. The tables were also dressed with earth-friendly accessories: The mother of-the-bride created bud vases that doubled as guest favors, and table decor was crafted from cast-off wood decorated with findings and buttons from Doh’s grandmother’s estate. The recycling was carried to the kids’ table too, where the centerpiece was cleverly constructed using thrift-store toys, and Doh’s stepfather, a woodworker, made a beautiful marled-wood bowl that served as the head-table centerpiece.

The Menu
Appetizers
Cruditès with canellini, black bean, and spicy artichoke dips
Twice-baked mini red and white potatoes
Fresh fruit soup simmered in red and white wine

Main Course
Caesar salad
Tofu-squash ravioli in a cashew-cream sauce
Macaroni and “cheese”
Seitan and veggie skewers with plum sauce
Forbidden rice with slivered almonds and snap peas

Dessert
Vanilla and chocolate cakes with chocolate-cream filling and lavender icing

For a complete list of bakeries from each of this year’s wedding couples, visit our 2008 Guide to Vegan Bakeries. Want more vegan weddings? Purchase our special wedding issue featuring Doh and Dennis’ vegan wedding! Check out all of our 2008 vegan wedding couples here, 2019 couples here, 2018 couples here, 2017 couples here, our 2016 couples here, our 2014 couples here, our 2012 couples here, 2011 couples here, 2010 couples here, and 2009 couples here!