Shaina Roet Watrous and Joseph Walzer Barrett were married Feb. 2 at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. Justice Elena Kagan of the Supreme Court, a friend of the groom’s family, officiated. The couple met at Princeton, from which they each graduated. Ms. Watrous, 28, is a third-year law student at N.Y.U. In…
Sarah Fulton Stapleton and William Trevor Rees were married Feb. 2 at the Church of the Heavenly Rest in Manhattan. The Rev. Elizabeth Garnsey, an Episcopal priest, officiated. Mrs. Rees, 35, is the clinical supervisor of the Wakefield campus of the Caregiver Support Center at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. She graduated from Harvard…
Melanie Rae Adelson and Benjamin Klebanoff were married Feb. 2 at the Miami Beach Edition Hotel in Miami. Rabbi Judith Siegal officiated. Ms. Adelson, 32, is an underwriting counsel for Ambridge Partners, a transactional insurance underwriting firm in New York. She graduated with great distinction from McGill University in Montreal, from which she also received…
Anne Blythe Roberts and Ian John McNerney were married Feb. 2 at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Fla. The Rev. James R. Harlan, an Episcopal priest, performed the ceremony. Mrs. McNerney, who is 27 and known as Blythe, is an interior designer in Washington and a founder of Gatopard, a linen and tabletop…
Molly Maureen Hurff and James Robert Price were married Feb. 2 on a beach on Anna Maria Island, Fla. Trevor Giles, the groom’s brother who is a minister ordained in the Church of God, officiated. Ms. Hurff, 28, is an associate public finance investment banker at J. P. Morgan in New York, where she specializes…
Katherine Amanda Long and Christopher John Mathieu were married Feb. 2 at the Mercury Hall, an events space in Austin, Tex. Benjamin Lookner, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. The bride, 30, is an associate in the Washington office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom,…
Catherine Sara Stahl and Andrew Vincent Shapiro were married Feb. 1 at the Fox Hollow, an events space in Woodbury, N.Y. Mary K. White, a friend of the bride’s family and a judge in the family division of Vincinage 15 Superior Court in New Jersey, in Woodbury, N.J., officiated. Mrs. Shapiro, 29, who goes by…
Corina Biton and Gary Steven Blicksilver are to be married Feb. 3 at Costa d’Este Beach Resort and Spa in Vero Beach, Fla. Rabbi Daniel Hadar is to officiate. The bride, 53, is the founder and president of BloqUV, a sun-protective apparel brand based in North Miami, Fla. She graduated from the University of Miami,…
Dr. Valerie Mechanik, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Tampa, Fla., delivered bad news to Richard Westenberger in December 2015, just 10 days after enjoying a first date with him at a restaurant there. “She dumped me,” said Mr. Westenberger, 60, the co-founder and president of First National ATM, a financial services firm in Tampa. “I was hurt…
Lilly Smartelli dreams of marrying her best friend on Valentine’s Day. “Bernie and I have been looking for just the right wedding venue to stage our big Italian wedding,” said Ms. Smartelli, 55, who lives in Phoenix. Ms. Smartelli marks Feb. 14 on her calendar, not as a romantic holiday, but as a day defined…