No one told my wife and me that planning a wedding would be easy, but we thought reserving a hotel block — a cluster of 10 rooms or more, at a reduced rate, at a hotel where our out-of-town guests could stay — would be a cinch. Things started out smoothly. We found a modern…
Kate Schnakenberg was at a fifth store trying to find a wedding gown. Ms. Schnakenberg, 30, an operations manager at the Securities Training Corporation who lives in South Slope, Brooklyn, had made an appointment at Ella & Oak, which caters to plus-size women. It was a company she discovered on Instagram, where she learned it…
Caroline Julia Mencio and Dr. Sean Anthony Sutton were married Jan. 11 at Epiphany Catholic Church in Miami. Msgr. Jude O’Doherty performed the ceremony. The couple met at the University of Michigan, from which each graduated. Mrs. Sutton, 27, is pursuing a doctorate of nursing practice, family nurse practitioner at Columbia. Until July, she worked…
Eric Tsytsylin and Rony Rothken were married Jan. 11 at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, an events space in Manhattan. Neil Timiraos, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. Mr. Tsytsylin (left), 31, is the head of brand at the Farmer’s Dog, a fresh pet food company…
Caroline Murphy Wright and Diego Garcia-Olano were married Jan. 11 at Terlingua Church in Terlingua Ghost Town, Texas. Stephen Harrigan, a Universal Life minister, performed the ceremony with Quaker elements. Ms. Wright, 38, is an abstract painter based in Austin, Texas. Her work has been on view at the People’s Gallery in Austin, the Navillus…
Laura Anne Lieberman and Jeremy Owen Skog were married Jan. 11 at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Arlington, Va. The Rev. Wayne Fredericksen, a Lutheran minister, performed the ceremony. The bride, 33 is a state tax analyst for the Bloomberg Industry Group in Arlington. She graduated magna cum laude from Berry College in Mount Berry,…
Nicole Guerra and Sean LaRochelle were married Jan. 11 at the Club of Knights in Coral Gables, Fla. The Rev. Frank Nunez, who was ordained in the St. Pio of Pietrelcina Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Church, officiated. The bride, 25, handles check processing and mortgage services for the Mineo Salcedo Law Firm in Davie, Fla. She…
Lyudmila Bouzinova and Jonathan Pearlman are to be married Jan. 12 at the Vizcaya Museum & Gardens in Miami. Rabbi David Englander is to officiate. The bride, 33, and groom, 31, are co-founders of Mission Lean, a fitness and nutrition brand in Boca Raton, Fla., that focuses on functional training and lean body fitness, with…
Andrea Masenda sat across from Kevin Lo at a Chili’s restaurant in Bristol, Conn., wondering all the while if she was on a first date. When Mr. Lo picked up the check, she stopped wondering. “I thought, ‘oh yeah, girl, you’re on a first date,’” said Ms. Masenda, 30, an associate producer at ESPN in…
Because marriage is an ever-evolving experience, we constantly shift, change and, in some cases, start over. In It’s No Secret, couples share thoughts about commitment and tell us what they have learned along the way, revealing their secret to making it work. (Answers are edited for context and space.) Who Charli Penn, 37, and Gibran…