- This Couple Returned Home to Have a Delaware WeddingA 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 ...
- This Main Line Bridal Expert Planned Her Dream WeddingNancy Alhum has helped hundreds of Main Line women find their dream dresses. What happened when it was her turn to be the bride?
- This Stunning Pennsylvania Wedding Was Worth the WaitAfter 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 ...
- This Rehoboth Beach Country Club Wedding Is CharmingThese 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 ...
- This Delaware Couple Shares an Unbreakable BondPhotos by Rachel Smith Photography A Delaware couple had decided to part ways until a car accident rekindled their romance. By Lisa Dukart However unlikely, it was a car accident that rekindled the love between Alexandra Demyanovich and Ash Bender, a couple that had broken up. They met in October of 2012 after matching on a dating app. Wasting ...
- This Kennett Square Couple’s Sparkling Wedding Day Is SwoonworthyFor this Kennett Square couple, the perfect wedding equaled a laid-back party filled with love, laughter and lots of lights. Words by Ashley Breeding Photography by Ashley Shuey After more than a decade of dating, Samantha Ross and Nicole Georgalas, of Kennett Square, had planned to marry on September 12, 2020. It would be a lavish affair with ...
- A Cup of Coffee Brought This Delaware Couple TogetherFor this Wilmington couple, a steaming cup of java and a hockey game brought their families together. By Lisa Dukart Photos by Becca Neufeld Photography Like the best cup of coffee—rich in flavor and texture—Laura Scharp and Harry Wooding’s relationship is a perfect blend. Fittingly, it was over one such cup of coffee at Brew HaHa! in Trolley Square ...
- A Daring Rescue Brought This Delaware Couple TogetherA Delaware couple’s fortuitous meeting after a daring rescue was something straight out of a movie. Written by Lisa Dukart Photography by J. Nicole Photography January 9, 2017, was a cold and fateful day. Red Mill Pond, near Lewes, was partially frozen over, its icy tentacles precariously extending the shoreline. A 13-year-old deaf and nearly blind golden retriever named ...
- There Was No Place Like Wilmington for This Couple’s WeddingThe pair tied the knot in Nana’s Wilmington backyard during a dreamy Delaware wedding surrounded by family. By Lisa Dukart Photographs by Kelli Wilke Tears streamed down Nana’s face when her son, having driven to Wilmington from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, told her the happy news that one of her granddaughters had just gotten engaged. It was news ...
- Love Conquers All For This Wilmington CoupleIn the midst of a pandemic, the Delaware duo improvised by celebrating their big day not once, but twice. By Lisa Dukart Eleven years after they were introduced by mutual friends at Tower Road Beach, Gabrielle Franzone and Dan Lougheed tied the knot on a sultry summer day not unlike the one when they first connected. Both ...