Engagements & Weddings
In the spring of 2014, Chapel Hill native Kyle Peterson met Maggie Peterson through mutual friends while living in Nashville after college. When September rolled around, the two started dating. The couple moved to Chapel Hill together in pursuit of Kyle’s MBA at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. To celebrate their […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina native Eugene Rossitch and California girl Stephanie Salcedo both attended UNC for grad school, but at different times. They first crossed paths online, and soon after that, had their first date at Tobacco Road, where they realized almost all of their interests overlapped, including reality TV and traveling. […]
Read MoreThe southern tradition of burying a bottle of bourbon a month before a wedding to ensure good weather worked in favor of Sarah Mixter and Brian Gribbon. When tiny flurries came down as the two celebrated on March 24, 2018 with an intimate group of friends and family, Sarah felt […]
Read MoreBridget Dean and Sean Wamsley met within the first week of starting their MBA programs at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School in 2015. When a mutual friend invited several classmates out for sushi, Sean and Bridget were equally charmed by one another. It didn’t take long for the duo to realize […]
Read MoreChapel Hill native Chase Woodfin first met Floridian Hannah Meyers in Atlanta, where they were both working on the 2013 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. When their paths crossed again the following year, the two ended up going on a successful first date to an Atlanta Braves game – and quickly became […]
Read MoreWhen Chapel Hill native Matt Evans moved into his apartment in Roanoke, he didn’t know his future wife was just downstairs. He and Katie Schurr, who lived in the apartment below, bonded over porch swing conversations, grilling burgers and gardening. A year later, Matt secretly called Katie’s family members to […]
Read MoreChapel Hill native Carolyn Stotts met Jake Gann near the beginning of their freshman year at UNC through InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. The couple hit it off right away and seven years later in western North Carolina at Black Balsam Knob with the sun setting behind them, Jake proposed. Carolyn and […]
Read MoreFor Courtney Holland and Jason Fearrington, the family history of growing up in Chapel Hill was an important part of their romance. Courtney’s grandparents, Helen Whitt and Helen and Murry Holland, and Jason’s grandparents, Jeanette and Frank Fearrington, had been close friends for many years, and the couple’s parents knew […]
Read MoreChapel Hill natives Helen Meyer and Lee Frankstone crossed paths all through childhood at school, church and social gatherings. Although not especially close growing up, they had deep family and community ties: their mothers were childhood friends from summer camp, and their fathers’ families had lived in Chapel Hill for […]
Read MoreChapel Hill native Annie Hogan met Steven Lahti in physics class just before their senior year at Duke University. However, it wasn’t until the end of that year that they began dating after they were reacquainted by mutual friends at a Lupe Fiasco concert. After six years of dating, Annie […]
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