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Amanda, from Philadelphia, and Skye, from Chicago, met as students at American University. Though they shared some classes, they didn’t date until they reconnected after college on a dating app. On their first date, they spent more than five hours catting at the now defunct Room 11 in Columbia Heights. Three years later, Skye proposed

Elise and Zach, two foreign service officers from Charlotte and San Francisco respectively, met in a Krav Maga gym in Fells Church. One day they were paired up, and they say, one swift punch to Zach’s face by Elise made an impression. Five and a half years later, Zach proposed on a hike while the

Elaina Plott, a staff writer at the Atlantic, and Mike Calabro, a principal/director of engineering at Booz Allen Hamilton, met in line for skee-ball at a bar/arcade on 14th Street. Elaina says she was struck by Mike’s quiet, calm bearing. He most recalls what she subsequently asked him: “What is your life?” (“Now that I

Nathan was not Loretta’s “type” when they crossed paths at an outing in Brooklyn, but in an out-of-character moment, she pushed her way toward him and blurted, “Has anyone told you that you look like [the singer] Miguel?” With that, Loretta says, she reeled him in. Get more Washingtonian Weddings inspo: Newsletter | Instagram |

Share Tamekia and Todd’s wedding-planning story involves a lot of scheduling and re-scheduling, due to Covid. In fact, in the end the couple’s wedding day was not their first or even second but their fourth wedding plan. And it happened in a VRBO rental home that wedding planner, Brandon Casey, of MODE, Events by Brandon Casey, transformed into a mini venue that mimicked the couple’s original vision. Read their story, and see the details of the day below (and check out the before-and-af...