Category: Weddings and Engagements

They Were Not Looking For Anything Serious. Surprise!

Hugh Baran and Jacob Rozenberg started out as friends with benefits, but eventually wanted to repair the world and host Shabbat together.
At an ‘Apocalyptic Wedding’, Love (and Smoke) Was in the Air

Deanna Arthur and Grey Cohen were wed at City Hall in New York as the city’s polluted air broke historical records and an orange haze blanketed the smoke-filled sky.
Family Is Everything for Diana Ming and John Gold

Just months after they began dating in 2018, Jonathan Gold introduced Diana Ming, an only child of Chinese immigrants, to his large extended family. She said she felt immediately embraced.
For Two Circus Performers, Love Takes Flight on and Off the Ground

A shared passion for acrobatics, costumes and bicycles led Ryan Murray and Juanita Cardenas to a wedding ceremony held in midair.
A 40-Foot Wedding Cake in the English Countryside

Plus: getaways to a Portuguese villa and Athens’s art hub, portraits of queer tenderness and more recommendations from T Magazine.
Couples Are Going All in on 1970s-Themed Weddings

After years of tamped-down celebrations, some couples are embracing the glimmering, gaudy energy of the ’70s, from the Dead to disco.
Slutty Vegan’s Pinky Cole Marries in Atlanta

Atlanta buzzed with Pinky Cole’s plant-based creations for Slutty Vegan, while Derrick Hayes brought Philly cheesesteaks to the South. When they met, they shared a deep connection despite their culinary differences.
It’s Time to Adjust Our Expectations About Wedding Night Sex

If you fell asleep on the big night, don’t worry. So did many other (still) happily married couples.
How Engagement Rings Explain What’s Happening in the Economy

A major jeweler claims the pandemic may have prevented people from meeting their future fiancés, cutting demand for engagement rings. Inflation and anxiety among shoppers haven’t helped.
Sharing the ‘Call for Service’ and a Life Together

Sofia Gross joined the Navy about a year after she and Michael Haft, a former Marine, began dating. She planned much of their wedding from a military base in Bahrain.
‘Bachelor’ Sydney Lotuaco Gets Her Final Rose With Nick Wehby

Sydney Lotuaco, a contestant on “The Bachelor” more than four years ago, may not have gotten the final rose, but she did meet her future husband, Nick Wehby, as a result of her appearance on the show.
They Tickled Each Other’s Funny Bone, and Everyone Else’s

Abby Barr and Jed Feiman, two comedy writers who regularly riff off each other, also kept their wedding guests laughing.