While studying for their shared biology and chemistry classes at the University of Southern California in August 2006, Corey Kelsom and Evan Alicuben found it easy to connect: "Having both been born and raised in Hawaii, it was very easy for us to get along as friends first, since we had so much in common," says Corey. Friendship ultimately turned to romance, and, in 2015 Evan, now a physician, proposed to Corey, now a pharmacist, at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California.
As they began planning their fall wedding for 155 friends and family, the couple kept thinking of the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, where they had previously stayed for a work conference. "We fell in love with the hotel grounds, décor, and town," says Corey. "It was the perfect location for a weekend getaway that would facilitate our friends to attend."