and just for Alan

venue: Maridor B&B
caterer: Maridor B&B
florist: The Crystal Orchid
ceremony music: Marc Baskind
reception band: The Stardusters
cake: Wildflour

How did you meet?

We met at the University of Virginia in our final year before graduating  in 2006!

What detail did you like best about your wedding day?

George’s (my dog’s) tuxedo that my mom made!  April

What was your favorite moment during your wedding day?

The sun coming out at the last minute, allowing us to have the outdoor wedding we were hoping for!  April

What detail did you like best about your wedding day?

The owl toppers that April’s mom made out of fondant for the wedding cake!  James

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What was your favorite moment during your wedding day?

Our first dance together as a married couple  James

What’s next on your calender as a couple?

Moving to Belgium!

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venue: Mayhurst Inn
caterer: Real Food
florist: The Flower Shop
ceremony music: Daniel McCarthy
cake: A Little Something Sweet
dress: Essence of Australia

How did you meet?

In the summer of 2006 Chris was on a cross country road trip with a mutual friend. Chris is from Texas, but was living in Virginia, which is where he met Alon (the mutual friend). They stopped in Wisconsin on the drive, where Kayla and Alon are both originally from. Kayla went to a party at Alon’s house where she was introduced to Chris. Along with another friend, Kayla decided to join in on the last leg of the trip (to NYC), and after spending that weekend together the rest is history!

I think these two will get along – both writing their vows about 30 minutes to show time!

I have all kinds of competition at weddings these days!

Dad is overcome seeing his daughter the bride (click to view larger)

What was your favorite moment during your wedding day?

The ceremony went really well, and felt so right. We put it all together with Alon (who introduced us, and also married us), and it ended up being personal, and exactly what we wanted. I think both of us really enjoyed each other’s vows, and when we were announced as married at the end it seemed perfectly complete!

What detail did you like best about your wedding day?

Everything was wonderful and beautiful! The best part was how all of our friends and relatives blended and got along so well; everybody had a great time. There were many details, but how they were enjoyed by family and friends was so meaningful.

What’s next on your calender as a couple?

Enjoying our honeymoon! After that, both of us look forward to continuing to dream big and work hard individually and together. We can’t wait to share each others company through many more adventures here, and all over the world!

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venue: Clifton Inn
caterer: Clifton Inn
officiant: Claire Goodman
florist: Pat’s Floral Design
ceremony music: Piedmont Chamber Players
reception music: DJ Tobler
donuts: Carpe Donuts
dress: Monique Lhuiller
shoes: Alexander McQueen

How did you meet?

Kate: We met through our mutual friends, Jeremy and Melissa Berry.  Every year, the Berry’s host a holiday party, which Tony and I both attend and met at in 2009.  I met Tony when I was actually taking a break from the party and had stepped out onto the balcony for a bit of fresh air (in case you’re wondering…it was not warm).  Tony came out about 2 minutes later because Melissa had asked him to grab more ice (a likely story) and we struck-up a conversation.  The conversation lasted about 5 minutes before we both decided we were freezing and returned inside, at which point I decided it was time to leave the party and head for the homestead.  I left thinking/feeling like I had really met someone special: a one in a million kind of guy, and I was immediately sad that I would probably never talk to him again (not an unlikely scenario in DC).  And then, a wonderful thing happened…he Facebooked me…
The rest is, as they say, history…

What was your favorite detail about the wedding?

Kate: I think that my favorite detail was at the end of the ceremony when everyone was still dry.

I also loved the fact that so many of our friends and family had a “stake” in our wedding.  From my dear friend Mia helping us finalize the menu to my sister helping us sew hearts to hang from the trees to our wonderful friend Steph rustling-up card stock paper for our welcome bags at the last minute, this wedding was about love on a very broad scale.

What was your favorite moment from the wedding?

Both of us: Our first dance was hands-down the best moment.  It was just a couple of minutes where we were able to slow down and really FEEL married.  So much of the wedding went by quickly, but in the two-and-a-half minutes of our first dance we were just in our own, personal world and it felt very peaceful.

What was your favorite detail about the wedding?

Tony: The FacePlace booth was awesome!!  We spent a lot of hours making the backdrop decorations and all the props, and everyone really had fun with it – the pictures are really priceless!

What’s next for you as a couple?

Both of us: So much…isn’t that exciting!?!

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coordinator: Christy Strick
venue: OakRidge Estate
further details to come…

How did you meet?
We went to college together, but …we barely knew each other. Of course I knew of the legend that is Dietram, but we barely uttered more than a dozen words to each other over the course of 4 years. As fate would have it, we found ourselves in one anther’s company the night before we graduated and spent many hours talking…only to graduate the next day and not see each other again. Or so we thought…

Six or so years later, fate would come knocking again to remind us of one another. We ran into each other at, of all places, a lounge called Double Happiness: a perfectly appropriate name for what was then to occur. We ran around New York City together that night (literally, running, I raced through the wet streets in traction-less flip flops only to slide from one street to the next, Dietram keeping up as best he could). We laughed and reminisced and enjoyed re-acquainting ourselves with one another. Dietram, not the most gregarious of fellows but certainly the most sincere I’d met, took a chance and called me the next day. Being the free spirit I am, I made what could have been the most tragic decision of my life: not returning his call. Thankfully, perhaps with the help of a higher being, Dietram called again 3 months later. And the rest as they say…

What detail did you like best about your wedding day?
SO many. It was blessed. You could really feel the love in the air. All my favorite people, on a gorgeous day, watching me marry Dietram. And how lucky I am to be marrying into his wonderful family. The love hovered in the air. Sounds cliche and a bit corny for my taste, but seriously, the general feeling was intense!! Magical.

What was your favorite moment during your wedding day?
Too many to list, but a top 5 fav moment was definitely when you snuck us away while the sun was setting to take some pictures in the front of the house… the light, the way the air felt, it was soooooo sooo pretty and special. and to steal away a few moments with Dietram away from our guests was so nice. It was a “deep breath, happy sigh, and ‘ahhhhhh’” kind of moment.

What’s next on your calender as a couple?
We just got back from sixteen amazing days in Italy so we’re going to work our way into the holidays slowly… and get over our jetlag. but there will be eggnog and merriment to be had for sure!

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arrival at the Lake of the Woods by boat to pipes and drum.

an emotional ceremony

still loving that IR

the happy couple

the end.

Congrats you two!