Vanessa Jayne Santi and John D’Andrea were married Sept. 5 in Capri, Italy. Giovanni De Martino, the mayor of Capri, officiated at town hall. On Sept. 6, the couple had a ceremony at the Giardini di Augusto, also in Capri, that was led by Rosa Pauli, a wedding celebrant. Ms. Santi D’Andrea, 45, is a…
Lt. Meridith Anne Wailes and Lt. Joshua Carl-Louis Dworkin were married Sept. 7. The Rev. Dr. James R. Keck, a minister of the United Church of Christ, performed the ceremony at First-Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln, Neb. Lieutenant Wailes, 30, is a judge advocate at the Naval Air Station in Lemoore, Calif., where she works…
Amanda Shreve Jatho and Benjamin Douglas Foreman were married Sept. 7 at a private home, rented for the occasion, overlooking Long Island Sound in Old Saybrook, Conn. Rabbi Andrea Frank officiated. Ms. Jatho, 30, is the manager of email marketing at Ralph Lauren in New York. She graduated from Virginia Tech. She is the daughter…
Wedding planning can stir up conflict between marrying couples and their parents. Some squabbles are minor. Should the table linens be white or ivory? What should go inside the welcome bags for out-of-town guests? But disagreements can turn into a wedge between families. Insecurity, said Dr. Tamar Blank, a psychologist in the Bronx, is largely…
Michele Denise Hall and Stanford Divante Fraser were married Sept. 7 at the Newton White Mansion in Mitchellville, Md. William J. Epps Jr., a federal magistrate judge for the Western District of Missouri with chambers in Jefferson City, officiated. The bride, 27, and the groom, 28, are both public defenders for the State of Maryland…
The Rev. William Howard Critzman and Patrick Willingham were married Sept. 7 at Old South Haven Presbyterian Church in Brookhaven Hamlet, N.Y. The Rev. Micah Bucey, a United Church of Christ minister, performed the ceremony. Mr. Critzman (left), 40, is the senior minister of West End Collegiate Church in Manhattan. He graduated cum laude from…
In the six months that Maria Sartzis and Oscar Pellicier have known each other, their relationship can be characterized as more no-frills than fussy. The two got to know each other under the glaring fluorescent lights of a Target store, and they chose a simple Spanish takeout restaurant for their first date. Ms. Sartzis and…
Video LaKambria Welch said that a wedding venue in Booneville, Miss., would not allow her brother’s wedding to take place there because the venue doesn’t “do gay weddings or mixed race” citing its “Christian beliefs.” The owners of an event hall in northeastern Mississippi apologized on Tuesday for refusing to host a wedding for an…
Looking for a hands-on way to add a personal touch to your wedding that could also cut costs? A new crop of wedding-themed classes and workshops offer expert training in various skills, from flower-crown making to wedding-vows writing. “These are different from generic bridal parties where everyone makes candles or lavender sashes,” said Harmony Walton,…
Natalie Madison Reid and Ryan Andrew Lecznar are to be married Sept. 1 at the West Shore Cafe, an events space in Homewood, Calif. Joshua Janiak, a college friend of the couple who was ordained through American Marriage Ministries, officiated. The bride and groom, both 33, graduated from Chapman University in Orange, Calif. Mrs. Lecznar,…