Jessica and Jay met online and dated long distance (she was here in Charleston, he was in Connecticut) before she made the move up North. The two came back to visit the Holy City often, though, and...
After a chance encounter on a cruise ship during high school, Lowcountry native Caroline, now a wedding and special event planner, and Mason, a pilot, dated long distance for the remainder of high school and college. Eight years after their first meeting, Mason, who had moved to Charleston post-graduation, asked Caroline to marry him during a sunset stroll on Sullivan’s Island before whisking her away to a surprise engagement party at The Boathouse at Breach Inlet. The West Ashley residents were wed at Old Wide Awake Plantation against a backdrop of centuries-old oak trees, celebrating their nuptials with a garden party-style reception.
Photograph by Haley Foster
