Orlando native and helicopter pilot Cotter met Charlestonian Rachel while he was stationed in San Diego and she was working as a traveling nurse. During the following two years, the pair bonded over hiking, visiting farmers markets, writing each other letters, and weekends on Cotter’s boat. During a trip to Lake Powell, Utah, in the summer of 2022, Cotter popped the question while on a sunset cruise. While they now reside in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Cotter and Rachel were wed at Saint Clare of Assisi Catholic Church on Daniel Island and danced the night away during a reception at the Admiral’s House at Riverfront Park.
If how they saved their wedding foretells how they’ll live their marriage, we have every confidence in Jess and Geno. (And yoo-hoo to you other hurricane season brides, listen up extra close.) The...
The Wedding Row: Tell us about how you two met.
Kathryn: Hunter and I met through mutual friends in the fall of 2011 at a bar called Town Hall in Washington D.C. It was the “Clemson bar”...
With couples getting anointed “Mr. and Mrs.” every weekend in the myriad nooks and crannies of Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, the site’s seen more than its fair share of wedding day décor. And as...
Becca and Tanner started dating when she was at Sweetbriar College and he was at Hampden Sidney College. Seven years after they started dating, they were happily ensconced in Charleston while he...
TWR: Where did you meet?
Madison: At work. A role in my job “allowed” me to go to Paul’s desk every day. Four months of professional interaction and happy hours led to us dating.
TWR: When did you...
If you’re a bride-to-be whose addicted to happily ever after stories; if you’re a romantic looking for some fuel to add to your hope tank; or if you have a friend who falls into that category (and...
Katie and Mike met through work (she was the chief of staff for the Republican National Congress and he was her predecessor), so it made sense that his proposal was touched by politics as well,...
Wimberly Fair not only has one of the coolest names (yep, it’s her real moniker) in the wedding world, she’s also one of Charleston’s biggest, most whimsical talents. Today she shares about the...