Engagements & Weddings
After graduating from the University of Georgia, native Virginian Courtney Minton moved to the southern part of heaven to attend graduate school at UNC. She soon met fellow UNC alum Jon Leggette on Match.com. The two shared their first date at Fullsteam Brewery, and before the night was over, Jon […]
Upon graduating from East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill native Chase Woodfin continued his education at the University of Tennessee. After college he relocated to Atlanta for a job in sports marketing when he began working on the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl relationship for his client. During the 2013 game, […]
Emily Mason and Ron Stewart’s story started in an Orangetheory Fitness class in Meadowmont near her salon, Caju. After getting to know each other between exercise classes where Ron was the instructor and Emily a participant, they progressed from workout chats to seeing each other outside of the gym and […]
Chapel Hill native Christopher Rubish met Brooke Johnson of Emporia, Virginia, through mutual friends five years ago when Brooke was attending North Carolina State University. A couple months later, the couple went fishing on their first date, one of their many shared hobbies, with Brooke besting Chris. They began to […]
Growing up, Jennifer Halperin never could have predicted that her future fiancé was living 5,700 miles from the southern part of heaven. Jennifer studied at East Chapel Hill High School before attending the University of Georgia for fashion merchandising. Meanwhile, Vladimir Khosid emigrated from Russia, settled in California and went […]
Chapel Hill native Lauren Joyner met New York native Stephen Cook in Florida at the wedding of John and Kelly Waterman in 2014. Lauren was a distant cousin of the bride, while John was the groom’s best man. They instantly connected over their love of history and travel and soon […]
Stephen Rayfield and Jared “Jay” Bates made last-minute plans for their first date on Thanksgiving Eve nearly three years ago. That date would turn into many more shared moments over the next few years. At Jay’s own birthday party at the couple’s home in Chapel Hill, Jay surprised Stephen by […]
Julia Smith and Carl Fox found each other on Match.com. Early in their courtship, doctors diagnosed Carl with myelodysplastic syndrome, a deadly blood cancer. Carl and Julia created Save the Fox, a nonprofit to raise awareness of the disease, and after a long wait he received a bone marrow transplant […]
Margaret Petersen and East Chapel Hill High grad John Wolf met while attending UNC School of Law, but they bonded over their love for their dogs, Beretta and Wendell. Under the pretext of celebrating their move into a new home together, the couple went to dinner at the Angus Barn […]
UNC and UNC School of Law graduate Meghan Carmody met now-husband Matthew Barthalow at their intellectual property boutique law firm in Alexandria, Virginia. They casually dated for a month or so, but decided the timing wasn’t right and just remained friends for years. When she became single again, he asked […]
