The commercialization, the manufactured romance, the pressure to get it all just right: There’s a lot not to love about Valentine’s Day. (And this author’s note comes from someone who just spent six weeks watching Hallmark Christmas movies one after another). If Valentine’s Day, with its heart-shaped candy and balloon-toting teddy bears, isn’t your significant other’s thing,
Jenny, a plastic surgeon from Indiana, and Ben, an equity research analyst from South Carolina, got engaged on a hike at Great Falls two years after a first date at now-defunct Kith and Kin. Their intimate, outdoor April wedding at the Goodstone Inn in Middleburg included a traditional Chinese tea ceremony. For a personal touch,
Rachel, an immigration specialist from North Carolina, and Matthew, a project manager from New Jersey, connected on Tinder. They ended up chatting for three hours on their first date at Kramer’s, and two year’s later Matthew popped the question on the Spanish Steps (a nod to a “definitive moment” the pair shared on a trip
Two and a half years after meeting on Tinder, Rick proposed to Hayley while the pair were vacationing in Rome. On October 30, 2021 the DC couple held their wedding at Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards in Charlottesville in front of 125 guests. The occasion was decorated in shades of blush, Champagne, rose, gold, cream,
The term nepo babies was coined online and is used to describe celebrity offspring who enter the world of showbiz, cushioned by their parents famous names.