Kathryn Julia Cullinane and Daniel Roger Arnold were married Dec. 14 at Tantalus Estate Vineyard on Waiheke Island in Auckland, New Zealand. Madeleine Fay, an independent celebrant, officiated. Ms. Cullinane, 32, works in New York as a senior product designer at NYT Cooking, the cooking app at The New York Times. Until April, she was…
Kimberly Panicek Trueblood and Ezra Leland Mechaber were married Dec. 14 in an elopement ceremony at Palma, a restaurant in Manhattan. Christian Peele, an ordained minister with the American Baptist Church and a friend of the couple, officiated. The bride, 36, works in New York as the chief of staff for the American Civil Liberties…
The Hallmark Channel pulled four TV ads featuring brides kissing each other on Thursday after a targeted campaign by a conservative group. Asked to explain why the ads had been rejected, an employee of Hallmark’s parent company said the channel did not accept ads “that are deemed controversial,” according to an email exchange shared with…
In Unhitched, couples tell the stories of their relationships, from romance to vows to divorce to life afterward. Frank Smith and Katie Smith met in 1988 at a party and married in 2002. Both were young, he was still in college. They started a family almost immediately, and had three children in a period of…
Steven Mark Leonardi and Matthew Joseph Garrido were married Dec. 7 at Battleground Country Club, in Manalapan, N.J. Kathryn R. Parsons, Mr. Garrido’s sister, officiated, having become a Universal Life minister for the occasion. Mr. Leonardi (left), 28, is a manager for associate communications at the PVH Corporation, the New York-based parent company of Calvin…
Molly Bridget Ford and Christopher James Nixon were married Dec. 7 at Indian Creek Country Club in Miami. Bishop J. David Dolence of the Old Roman Catholic Church performed the ceremony. Mrs. Nixon, 30, is a director of digital business development at Viacom in New York. She graduated from Villanova. She is a daughter of…
Althea Jenkins Webber and Michael Eli Gruen were married Dec. 7 at Basilica Hudson, an arts and performance space in Hudson, N.Y. Joshua R. Brodie, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for this event, officiated. Ms. Webber, 33, is a director of strategy at the College Board, the education organization…
Grace Miao Cao and Elliott Charles Carter were married Dec. 4 at the Chelsea Old Town Hall in London. Rebecca Raybone, a registrant of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, officiated. Mrs. Carter, 31, is an associate specializing in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions at Davis Polk & Wardwell, the Manhattan law firm,…
Samantha Ivy Melnick and Jonathan Schaefler were married Dec. 7 at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York. Rabbi Jordan Millstein officiated. The bride, 34, is a genetic counselor at California Cryobank in Los Angeles, where she coordinates genetic screening for sperm and egg donors. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received a…
Erica Lynn Moody and William Joseph Barretta Jr. are to be married Dec. 8 at the Pen Ryn Estate, an events space in Bensalem, Pa. The couple are to be married in a self-uniting ceremony, as allowed by Pennsylvania law, that is to be led by Gary D. Morgan, a friend of the couple. Ms.…