Southern Wedding Tag

Hello There James moved to Chicago from Ireland to experience life American-style; Kierstin had moved to Windy City from Atlanta to pursue her PhD in childhood special education. His roommate knew her college pal, and ever since that link led to a run-in, they’ve been together.   Three...

The year: 2009. The setting: a high school homecoming dance in Columbus, Ohio. The cast: Hayley, a junior and Collin, a senior. The sparks: flew. That sweet start propelled today’s cuties into a 10-year-long courtship that eventually brought the lovebirds to Charleston for their “I...

Leave it to an event planner-bride from “Off” (Massachusetts, in this case) to discover one of Charleston’s most off-the-radar, most stunning venue gems. Yep, Lauren and Taylor, neither of whom had been to the Holy City before planning their wedding here, managed to find Magnolia...

Charlotte, North Carolina, residents Drew and Annie were introduced at a birthday party in a local brewery. He heard she was a physical therapist and asked her lots of questions about his “hurt” shoulder, says Annie. The ploy worked and two years later Drew proposed. And...

When bridal boutique owner Christina was struggling to lug a new desk into her East Greenwich, Rhode Island, condo, her neighbor Daniel (Dan), on a business call, saw her plight … and kept on walking. Later that day, he left a sincere apology note on...

Today we have two local lovebirds, Mallory and Brian, who were introduced through Bumble. Their first-date stops were Charleston favorites: Home Team Barbecue on Sullivan’s Island for ’cue and The Macintosh on King Street for drinks after. We asked Mallory to share a bit about...

After Long Islanders Tom and Danielle met in chorus class during their freshman year of high school, it took him a full year to build up enough courage to ask her to be his girlfriend. Her response: “What took you so long?” For nine and...

On the first day of college at the University of Georgia, a complete stranger tried to convince Sarah to drop freshman English; he’d heard the professor was terrible. Turns out the professor was, indeed, quite terrible, yet the course ended up being Sarah’s favorite. Why?...

Courtney wasn’t looking to settle down, but when friends convinced her to take Kristen on a date, something felt different. Before long, they found themselves in a long-distance relationship—Courtney on the North Carolina coast and Kristen in the mountains of the Tar Heel State. Eventually,...