RI Cruisin’ Cocktails Bring something different to your event! Meet Marigold and Rosie – 1961 Shasta Trailer’s turned mobile bars and catering service. Marigold & Rosie can travel throughout Rhode Island for Wedding’s, Jack & Jill’s, Bachelor(ette) parties, and more. Operated by owner and party enthusiast Sarah Gwizdowski, there is plenty of space for the three taps and a full bar, capable of handling any size event.  Serving Rhode Island * (571) 722-2153 * sarah@ricruisincocktails.com ..read more

Audrain Hospitality Group Memorable Events Begin with Audrain Hospitality Group  Audrain Hospitality Group is a multifaceted organization focused on creating memorable experiences for every kind of event imaginable. With a diversified portfolio of eight properties in Newport County, Audrain Hospitality offers a unique selection of venues, a wide variety of catering services, and a remarkable team of dedicated hospitality professionals.  No event is too small or too extravagant — from a food truck at your home to a lavish black-tie ga ..read more

Loren Hope Within the Newport flagship store, collections are created that comprise everything from delicate pieces that can be worn every day to items made for a bride during the biggest celebration of her life. The collections are designed with the modern woman in mind—feminine with a radiating personality, and not afraid of a new perspective. 86 William Street, Newport (401) 619-0330 lorenhope.com FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM ..read more

Molly Lo Photography Hollie Kalinski & Sean Kelley November 2, 2019 at Castle Hill Inn Mary Ann’s in Brighton, Massachusetts, was a windowless dive bar best known for its sticky floors and cheap mugs of Pabst Blue Ribbon. The setting may not have been romantic, but that didn’t matter to Boston College students Hollie Kalinski and Sean Kelley, who were introduced there in 2013 and soon became inseparable. Four years later, the pair headed off to Florida, where both had family and Sean had a year of job training to complete. One day, while the couple walked to Sean’s grandparents’ house, he ..read more

Eileen Korney & Brett Pollina at Goat Island Lighthouse. Sara Cooney Photography Eileen Korney & Brett Pollina October 3, 2020 at Regatta Place Like many couples, Eileen Korney and Brett Pollina met in college, where they circled one another on campus for a year until Eileen said hi and Brett asked for her phone number. After graduation, the pair settled in Newport, where Brett dragged Eileen out to Ocean Drive one day under the pretext of wanting to photograph the scenery. He managed to distract her for a moment, so that when she turned back to face him, he was down on one knee, propo ..read more

Cara Shank & Michael Schad October 23, 2020 at OceanCliff Couples from out of state usually get married in Newport because they have so many fond memories of past visits here. Not Cara Shank and Michael Shad. Up until the week of their wedding, the pair had never set foot in Rhode Island. “We planned the entire wedding sight unseen,” says Cara, a Florida resident whose earlier efforts to visit the Ocean State were stymied by COVID-19 travel restrictions. But the couple loved the pictures they saw, and OceanCliff checked all the boxes for a waterfront location convenient to Michael’s home ..read more

Rosy Ward & Chris Nastasia August 22, 2020 at Dragonline Studios, Jamestown It’s the typical love story: boy meets girl at a boxing gym. But in the case of Rosy Ward and Chris Nastasia, the chemistry didn’t really kick in until the (boxing) gloves came off and the pair found themselves on the dance floor at a mutual friend’s charity event. A year and a half later, on an unseasonably warm December day, the Boston-based couple was on one of their frequent visits to Newport when Chris took Rosy to an isolated bluff in Fort Wetherill, dropped to one knee, and offered her a ring he had designe ..read more

Alexa Huston & John Burns November 14, 2020 at Sweet Berry Farm & The Chanler Alexa Huston and John Burns. Sweet Berry Farm, November 2020. Mia Campopiano Photography After meeting through a dating app, Alexa Huston and John Burns kept things casual and continued to see other people. But every time Alexa met a new guy, she found herself comparing him to John. As the months went on, their connection deepened, and soon they were inseparable. Two years later, during a trip to Newport, they were dining at the Castle Hill Inn when John announced he was full and suggested they stroll down to ..read more

Elizabeth Plotkin & Andrew Calore April 24, 2021 at OceanCliff Penny Souza Photography Elizabeth Plotkin and Andrew Calore lived within 20 minutes of each other their entire lives and had many mutual friends, but never met until 2017, when Elizabeth swiped right on a dating app she joined on a dare. The pair clicked over their mutual love for The Office, then met over dinner in East Greenwich. “I spent our first dates trying to find something wrong,” Andrew says, “but I couldn’t find one thing.” Four months later, after church, he pulled the car into the turning lane in the middle of a str ..read more

Jaimie Fiore & Aaron Wilson September 22, 2019 Jaime Fiore and Aaron Wilson first met on a dating app. But it wasn’t until a vacation in Maine a few months later that they realized it was more than a passing romance. Three years after their initial meeting, the Bostonians were on a day trip to Newport when Aaron knelt down to “tie his shoe” amidst the grapevines at Newport Vineyards. “In that moment, I knew what was happening,” confesses Jaimie. “The rest is a blur of happy tears.” — By Fred Albert / Newport Life magazine, January 2021 Little Italy “Originally we wanted to get married in ..read more