A couple who found each other by chance on a cruise ship tie the knot at Winterthur. By Lisa Dukart It’s a story that reads like the script from a Hollywood rom-com. Two single people set out on a cruise, where they meet, sparks fly and wedding bells soon ring. While the plot is fit for the big ...

This Delaware couple crafted memorable moments in a brewpub beside the water. Words by Pam George, Photographs by Moonloop Photography For Darrell Sparks and Joe Stevens, the second time was a charm. They first met through a friend in the 1990s, but it wasn’t until several years later that they reconnected. Hunkering down together during three consecutive ...

This Wilmington couple’s wedding included Afropop, rock and animation. By Pam George Not many brides reference SpongeBob in their vows, and few couples enjoy wearing matching outfits. However, Marina and Mike Jones are unique, and their recent wedding celebrated their shared interests and different cultures. Born in Togo, a West African nation, Marina was 5 when her family moved ...

This Delaware couple found their heart’s match in medical school. By Lisa Dukart Devin Sullivan wasn’t looking for a relationship when she met Blake Shoemaker, but she couldn’t deny their instant connection. They became fast friends, good friends. The two students met the day before starting at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Because the first letters of their last ...

A Bethlehem couple celebrates family in their Bethany Beach nuptials. By Lisa Dukart Photographs by Maria Deforrest It was a classic modern-day meet cute. After growing up in neighboring towns, with a number of friends in common, Emily Graveno and Joshua Ehret didn’t meet each other until college—where they were miles farther apart. Emily went on to study at Penn ...

A Delaware couple transformed a backyard for their perfect wedding celebration. By Lisa Dukart It started the way so many modern romances do: a couple of right swipes and a few exchanged messages. That was all it took for Amanda McCollom to suggest that she and Michael Morgan take their connection offline and into the world. Soon after ...

A Maryland couple with Delaware roots returned to the First State to tie the knot. By Lisa Dukart Char Manlove-Laws and Jestin Allen might have caught each other’s eye in passing at their church, but it took two years for the acquaintances to finally begin dating. A longtime congregant of Simpson United Methodist Church in Wilmington, Delaware, where ...

Nancy Alhum has helped hundreds of Main Line women find their dream dresses. What happened when it was her turn to be the bride?

After postponing their wedding for a year, a Broomall, Pennsylvania couple finally tied the knot. By Lisa Dukart Some of the best romances bloom out of friendship. Such was the case for Kara Henry and Dan Hamer, who were introduced by mutual friends while students at Cardinal O’Hara High School and Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast Catholic ...

These law school classmates speed-dated before slowly finding their way to “forever” in Delaware. By Annie Ward Taylor Gillan and Nathan “Nate” Marketich met their second year of law school at the University of Pittsburgh in 2015. “We sat one seat away from each other and spoke like two times all semester, but during finals we really ...