Had George Washington College and the College of Pennsylvania not had spring break on the similar time, Katelynn McGrath and Benjamin Lushing might have by no means met. Fortunately, their respective universities had the identical schedule they usually every selected to go to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. “Sooner or later through the week, I got here throughout essentially the most lovely woman I had ever seen,” remembers Ben.
His shut good friend, who went to center faculty and highschool with Katie, made an introduction. “Ben was tremendous candy from the beginning, and we had an immediate connection. A couple of yr later, after we each moved to New York Metropolis after commencement, we went on our first date – it was magnetic,” she shares.
After six years collectively, a proposal had been on Ben’s thoughts for fairly a while. Although he deliberate to shock Katie with a non-public engagement adopted by a celebration with their family and friends, Covid compelled an alternate plan. “I didn’t wish to delay the proposal any additional, and thus I crafted one thing I knew she would love that was extra intimate and private,” Ben says. “Katie is such a household particular person, and I knew an important factor for a proposal can be ensuring her household might share within the event.”
As Katie arrived to her childhood dwelling to rejoice her mother’s birthday, she discovered the complete home adorned with roses and Ben on one knee with a shocking engagement ring that includes an Asscher-cut diamond that had been in his household for 2 generations. Katie and Ben began planning their wedding immediately. “We at all times needed to have a destination wedding, and since my household is in New York and Ben’s household is in Los Angeles, we thought Miami can be the proper midway level for everybody,” Katie explains of their desired locale.
“We additionally spend yearly in Miami for the Christmas vacation and have so many nice reminiscences there,” she provides of the sentimental web site. Two weeks after their engagement, the betrothed took a visit to have a look at venues and shortly employed Heather Lowenthal of Posh Parties to orchestrate their dream celebration.
As all of their family members have been touring to Miami, a full wedding ceremony weekend was deliberate. Along with their wedding ceremony on the Pérez Art Museum, the festivities included a seaside day on Friday, adopted by a full of life welcome celebration on the Vizcaya Gardens.
After a cocktail hour within the gardens, a South of France-themed banquet was crammed with enjoyable speeches and dancing below the celebs. “It ended up nearly feeling like a second wedding ceremony as a result of 100% out-of-towner fee and unimaginable vitality the venue setting exhibited… It was an unimaginable approach to begin the weekend!” smiles the groom.
