Three years after Kathy and Nick met as first-year legislation college students in Texas, he proposed whereas they vacationed in Budapest for Thanksgiving. “We spent the subsequent week visiting Christmas markets, thermal bathhouses, and smash bars,” says Kathy.
Impressed by Nick’s affinity for houseplants, the couple’s botanical-themed August marriage ceremony used velvet and satin plus dwell crops—together with a pair of 20-foot-high olive bushes—to remodel the venue into an enchanted forest. The escort show was a nod to Austin, Kathy’s hometown and town the place they met: The wall’s I LOVE YOU SO MUCH greeting and coloration emulated the mural at Jo’s Espresso, and the pictures have been full of Knockout Martinis à la Matt’s El Rancho restaurant. Late-night bites included Nashville-style hen sandwiches, plus 1000’s of home-baked treats at their Pittsburgh cookie desk. A spotlight of the celebration? “We thought we have been compromising by deciding on a DJ quite than a dwell band,” says Kathy. “But it surely was among the finest choices of our planning. We obtained extra feedback about DJ Phlipz than some other facet of our marriage ceremony.”
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This marriage ceremony initially appeared within the January 2025 situation of Washingtonian.
Style & Weddings Editor
Amy leads Washingtonian Weddings and writes Model Setters for Washingtonian. Previous to becoming a member of Washingtonian in March 2016, she was the editor of Capitol File journal in DC and earlier than that, editor of What’s Up? Weddings in Annapolis.
