‘It was almost like a movie moment’

Ralph Brabham and Drew Porterfield, who’ve had a hand in Long View Gallery and Beau Thai restaurant, were married in October, almost seven years after they first met.

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From classmates to life mates

Lili Tuggle-Weir and Andrew Koswaski met as photography students at design school in Florida.

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Romance at NBC4 blossoms into marriage for two newscasters

ESPN’s Lindsay Czarniak and MSNBC’s Craig Melvin return to Washington to wed.

(Riccardo Savi)

On Love: ‘We challenge each other — it’s like iron sharpening iron’

Danielle Vaughn and Tshilumba Ngandu meet as teens at a youth leadership conference, but it took more than a decade and a few unusual coincidences to bring them together.

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On Love: Natalee Howell and David Snider

The couple clicked after meeting through an online dating site for interracial couples.

(Marvin Joseph / TWP)

More I Dos and advice

On Love: Colleen Costello weds Jaryd Bern

Newlyweds Colleen Costello and Jaryd Bern met at Kramerbooks and share a passion for jazz.

On Love: Caranda Julius marries Terrence Clements

Julius and Clements sealed their union by jumping over a broom together.

OnLove: Susan Kozel weds Jason Wynnycky

Jason Wynnycky proposed to Susan Kozel on Groundhog Day and their wedding was complicated by the arrival of Hurricane Irene.

On Love: Simone Garreau and John Solit wed

The couple, who married in Middleburg, Va., plan to tour Sardinia, Italy, by scooter in the spring.

On love: Frumin and Reschovsky

Allison Frumin and Benjamin Reschovsky met on a trip home from college and married eight years later.

On Love: Maura O’Connor and Patrick Burchette

The wedding of Maura O’Connor and Patrick Burchette

On Love: Meaghan Bouchoux and Miles Carter

Bouchoux and Carter met in February 2008 at a birthday party of a mutual friend. They married in August.

On Love: McNamara and Ryan

Michelle McNamara weds Matthew Ryan

On Love: Anne Burnley weds Chris Robinson

Anne Burnley and Chris Robinson of Alexandria tie the knot.

On Love: Mary Krawczyk weds Jeffrey Ludwig

Mary Krawczyk and Jeffrey Ludwig met at Catholic University and married July 9 at the Fairfax Hotel in the District.

On Love: Lauren Lesch and Blake Marshall

Lauren Lesch weds Blake Marshall in a farmer’s market.

On Love: Lindsey Mehan weds Matthew Graham

The couple, who share a passion for history, were married by Virginia’s Rep. Gerry E. Connolly.

On Love: The wedding of Linnie Hanson and Billy ‘Skipper’ Hughes

Linnie Hanson and Billy “Skipper” Hughes’ chose a vintage-toy themed wedding, and did the robot to their first dance.

On Love: Jennifer Mitzner & Gregory Curtiss

She was a sloppy eater. He was a neat-plate guy. Four years later, they celebrated their engagement -- where else?-- at their favorite restaurant.

OnLove: Ruth Anne Salau & Bob Kurkjian

The two saw each other intermittently as friends until Kurkjian invited Salau to go to Tanzania with him.

Galleries

Designer wedding cakes with perfect detail

Wedding cake artist Maggie Austin LaBaugh.

On Love: ‘It was almost like a movie moment’

Drew Porterfield and Ralph Brabham wed nearly seven years after they met.

On Love: ‘She knows me better than I know myself’

Lili Tuggle-Weir and Andrew Koswaski went from classmates to soul mates.

Running of the brides

Hundreds of bargain hunters braved the crowds for the Running of the Brides sale at Filene’s Basement.

Features

Why long-lasting marriages survive

Ellen McCarthy takes a look at Iris Krasnow’s book, “The Secret Lives of Wives.”

An engagement ring’s many meanings

Should women be allowed to dictate an engagement ring’s size/kind/monetary value? Or is it “just another gift”?

Ignoring a wedding RSVP is no way to treat friends

Miss Manners begs the writer to respond even though the invite came sans stamped envelope.

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