Real Weddings: Fall 2017 Archives

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Andrew & Laura’s Intimate Rancho Santa Fe Real Wedding

Friday, January 26, 2018

There was an immediate spark between attorneys Andrew Macfarlane, 36, and Laura Kieffer, 32, when they met in a San Diego law office several years ago. Especially when they realized they’d grown up 30 minutes from each other in Northern Virginia and …

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Erin & Matthew’s Jewel-Toned Garden Ceremony

Monday, January 8, 2018

Jewelry designer Erin Fader and real estate developer Matthew McDaniel met in line late one Taco Tuesday at El Pueblo restaurant in Cardiff, where they both live. They exchanged numbers that day—in fact, he’s still listed as “Mr. Taco” in Erin’s phone! …

Adriana & Carlos’s Black-Tie Ensenada Wedding

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Adriana Novelo, 28, and Carlos Morachis, 31, have known each other since they were little kids, but they didn’t start dating until after college in 2012, when they were both back in their Baja California hometown of Ensenada. Adriana says Carlos proposed …

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Something Blue: Kristie & Will’s Palm Springs Wedding

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Nurse-practitioner Kristina Grubb, 28, and William Strong, 36, who works in commercial real estate, went on their first date in July 2014, and immediately kissed their single days goodbye. Will wrote his proposal in the sand at Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach, …

Katie & Kevin’s Country Club Real Wedding

Friday, December 15, 2017

Katie Schaa, an event coordinator for Sensational Treats, and Kevin King, an insurance underwriter, met in the summer of 2011 at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, and as the bride says, “the rest is fate!” Kevin proposed on a surprise weekend trip …

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Natalie & Tyler’s Rustic Temecula Nuptials

Friday, December 8, 2017

California girl Natalie O’Toole and Massachusetts native Tyler VandenAkker met through a mutual friend in college at California Baptist University, after having their eyes on each other the whole first semester. Tyler surprised Natalie with a proposal on a Thanksgiving trip to …

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Jeff & Olivia’s Candlelit New Year’s Eve Real Wedding

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Jeff Sudol, who works in commercial real estate, proposed to event coordinator Olivia Cameron on New Year’s Eve 2015, five years after a very successful blind date organized by a mutual friend. So it made perfect sense that the 30-year-olds said “I …

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Danielle and Ian’s Dramatic Palm Springs Wedding

Monday, November 27, 2017

It was the summer of 2013 when Danielle Hansen, now 29, and Ian Dyche, now 35, met on the rooftop of the downtown Los Angeles apartment building they were both living in. Two and a half years later, and six weeks after …

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Cailey and Kevin’s Timeless Rancho Valencia Real Wedding

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

It was a match made in heaven—or more specifically, a hospital—when Cailey Lushanko, an intensive care unit RN, met Kevin Biegler, a clinical pharmacist at work in Redlands, California. The two hit it off and when Kevin won four tickets to the …

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Rick and Vanessa’s Lush Palm Springs Wedding

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Morning radio show host Rick Moorten, 48, and stylist, fashion blogger, and hair care line owner Vanessa Balli, 34, said “I do” in March on the very spot where Rick had proposed just a year and a half earlier: at the Moorten …

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Courtney and Kyle’s Colorful La Jolla Real Wedding

Monday, October 23, 2017

Cinematographer Kyle Klütz, 33, whisked costume designer Courtney Arthur, 32, to a surprise weekend in San Diego just after popping the question at their home in Los Angeles, so it seemed only fitting that they choose to have their destination wedding at …

Brenna and Tim’s Cabo Ceremony and Temecula Reception

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

When high school sweethearts Brenna Paasch, a 27-year-old pharmacist, and Tim Duffy, a 28-year-old firefighter, began planning their wedding in California, they realized what they really wanted was to say “I do” in their favorite place: Cabo San Lucas. But they knew …