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…
Meredith Suzanne Scott and Elliott Samuel Hyman were married Jan. 26 at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. Rabbi Michael Danziger officiated. The bride, 33, is a development associate at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. She graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio and received a law degree from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Ind. She…
Jennifer Turnbull Carl and Samuel Scappaticci Brickfield were married Jan. 26 at the Metropolitan Club in Washington. Inosi Nyatta, a cousin of the bride, received permission from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to officiate. The couple, who are both 29 and associates at law firms in New York, met at the University…
Sarah Gornstein Gelles and Jonathan Todd Thrope were married Jan. 26 at the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center in Philadelphia. Rabbi Yael Levy officiated. The couple met at Amherst College, from which they graduated, the bride summa cum laude and the groom cum laude. Ms. Gelles, 30, is program manager in research and development for the…
Sarah Rose Riedl and Brandon Christopher Clark were married Jan. 26 at the Mid-America Club in Chicago. Heather E. Moran, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated. The bride and groom are each changing their middle name to Riedl. Mrs. Clark, 30, is a lawyer in the…
Halley Marisa Goodman and Benjamin Zadek Mandel were married Jan. 26 at Cipriani 42nd Street in Manhattan. Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson officiated. Mrs. Mandel, 30, is a research analyst at Baron Capital, an asset management firm in Manhattan. She graduated magna cum laude with a dual degree — a bachelor of science in economics and…
Dr. Alexandra Marie Ristow and Colin Patrick McDonell were married Jan. 26 at the Kualoa Ranch, a private nature reserve and cattle ranch in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Judge Richard Clifton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, with chambers in Honolulu, officiated. The couple met at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif.,…
Jennifer Morrison and Stuart Douglas Andrew Grant were married Jan. 26 at the Fermenting Cellar, an events space, in Toronto. David G. Stinson, a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and an uncle of the bride, officiated. Ms. Morrison, 42, is an executive producer of etalk, a daily celebrity entertainment show based in…
Barbara DeBolt Roy and Robert Ford Greene were married Jan. 25 at the Naples Sailing and Yacht Club in Naples, Fla. Mary Elizabeth Beadle, a friend of the couple who was ordained by the New Seminary Church, officiated. Ms. Roy, 85, is retired as the founder and president of a chain of children’s care centers…
Suzanne Lynn Grossman and JB Sugar were married Jan. 26 at All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne, Vt. Rabbi Jan Salzman officiated. The bride, who is 42 and will be taking her husband’s name, works in Shelburne handling content-driven marketing programs for a variety of publications at the Meredith Corporation, the media company. She graduated…