Photography by Lisa Ziesing for Abby Jiu “Ashley and Jon met in March 2018 on Hinge, but they actually started their relationship cross-continentally before meeting in person. “Jon was traveling for work overseas, so we spent the first couple of weeks texting with an eight-hour time difference,” Ashley says. “When he got back to the

Planned by Gold Leaf Event Design & Production, Photography by Kristin La Voie “When Carolyn “Dolly” Reese met John Kozlik, they were in a place that’s about as far from the bride’s family home in the rolling farmlands of Illinois as you can be “We were both attending Saint Louis University, but our paths didn’t

”After David Houlihan, a consultant, made several attempts to invite his future bride, Laura Beyer—director of partnerships at TED—to different social events after first meeting at a welcome barbecue at Georgetown, he decided to stop asking. Little did he know that right after making his last invitation, Laura would apologize for not responding—which prompted them

Photography by Meg Lucks for Abby Jiu Photography, Planning by Ida Rose Events  “When Lillie Zeng and Riley Smith met on Tinder in June 2016, they immediately bonded over a shared love of travel; she had just returned from Peru and Ecuador, and he had recently visited Vietnam. But when Riley suggested they meet for