Love at the Rental Car Counter
Jessica Ravana and Nicholas Rowe met at the Jacksonville airport, where they both worked. They soon upgraded their relationship.
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March 5, 2021
A close friend of Nicholas Rowe’s once told him, “You’re going to fall in love with the girl who shuts you up.”
Chalk one up for that friend.
“Everyone thinks I’m funny, but Jess has a lot of sass, and getting her to laugh was very much a challenge,” Mr. Rowe said.
In 2016, Mr. Rowe, 38, who goes by Nick, was Jessica Ravana’s manager at Enterprise Rent-A-Car at the airport in Jacksonville, Fla. The fact that Ms. Ravana, 30, didn’t visibly laugh at his jokes like everyone else intrigued him.
Socially Distant Wedding Activities
From talent shows to trivia quizzes, here are a few creative ways to keep guests entertained and engaged, while observing health and safety protocols whatever your state’s restrictions are.
A socially distanced wine tasting can be a way for guests to interact and stay entertained during cocktail hour.Credit.Travis Lawton photography
By Daniel Bortz
March 3, 2021
Weddings with packed dance floors have become a thing of the past because of the coronavirus pandemic, especially as many states continue to limit indoor occupancy. This means couples will need to find some other creative ways to keep their guests safely entertained and engaged.
Despite the Texas Winter Storm, Weddings Went On
The pandemic has already thrown weddings into a tailspin, but a sudden and devastating storm was one more hurdle to overcome for vendors and couples.
On Feb. 14, when winter storm warnings and an increase in snowfall began in Texas, Julia McEwen and Chris Keton had just four hours to change wedding plans.Credit.Kendall Peters Photo
By Jenny Block
March 2, 2021
Battered already by a year of coronavirus devastation and postponements, couples in Texas who had hopes of marrying in mid-February had another unexpected hurdle to overcome before finally having their wedding day.
A Starbucks Run Leads to a Walk to the Altar
Aryeh Levin’s impetus to finally propose to Jessy Warner-Cohen came from his 8-year-old son who told him, “Just do it already.” So he did.
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Feb. 26, 2021
Jessy Warner-Cohen had been dating Aryeh Levin for only three months when she texted him from Mile 19 of the 2019 New York Marathon, near the Willis Avenue Bridge, to say she had reached her limit and wasn’t sure she could take another step. His response, she said, was immediate and emphatic. “He sent me a slew of texts: ‘you have to,’ ‘you’ve got this,’ ‘you trained for this.’
Ice and Snow Would Not Stop Their Wedding in Texas
Courtney Broussard and Jerimy Craft had planned for disruptions because of the pandemic. But an unexpected storm on Valentine’s Day in Texas had not occurred to them.
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Feb. 26, 2021
Jerimy L’Bene’ Craft and Courtney Marie Broussard never imagined that the coronavirus would be the least of their worries when it came to their Feb. 14, 2021 wedding. Little did they know that a winter storm was about to put a deep freeze on their Valentine’s Day wedding.
They initially planned to get married about 30 miles from Houston, with 150 guests, at the Meekermark in Magnolia, Texas.