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BERGEN BRIDES Elizabeth & Chris JULY 21, 2017 Photography courtesy of Love & Light Photographs loveandlightphotographs.com E lizabeth and Chris have known each other ever since grammar school. “We had always been friends,” Elizabeth says, “but the sparks didn’t fly until we both moved back to New Jersey after attending college in separate states.” She asked Chris on their first real date — a New York Yankees playoff game. Chris caught a foul ball and gave it to Elizabeth and she knew he was a gentleman after that, she says. Five years later, the couple planned a trip to California, their first vacation together. Chris surprised Elizabeth when he proposed at their favorite restaurant on the cliffs in Big Sur. “There was a paparazzi photographer there to capture it all,” says Elizabeth, who was also surprised to see both their families back at their hotel. They had trav- eled to California from New Jersey to help them celebrate their engagement. HOMETOWNS BRIDE Waldwick GROOM Waldwick CURRENTLY RESIDE IN Denver, Colo. CHURCH St. Luke’s Church, Ho-Ho-Kus RECEPTION The Lake House at The Indian Trail Club, Franklin Lakes MUSIC Rich Bascomb and Phase One, Craig Scott Entertainment, Rochelle Park FLORIST AND TABLE DÉCOR Laurelwood Designs, Washington Township PHOTOGRAPHER Jessa Schifilitti, Love and Light Photographs, Little Silver VIDEOGRAPHER Dana Stanley, Between Sleep and Awake, Asbury Park CAKE Desserts of Distinction, Waldwick DRESS Tara Keely, Jaehee Bridal Atelier, Englewood GROOM’S ATTIRE custom tuxedo from Men’s Wearhouse, Paramus INVITATIONS AND WEDDING DAY STATIONERY The Write Occasion, Wyckoff WEDDING PLANNER Creations By Christine Events, Waldwick TRANSPORTATION Rolls Royce, New Jersey Limo Bus, Fairfield MAKEUP AND HAIR Cindy Naylis, Pin It Up & Pout, Oradell FAVORS donation to Project Happy Hearts, in honor of friend’s child with congenital heart disease WEDDING RINGS Jewelry by Allen Joseph, Mahwah 52 WINTER/SPRING 2018 | (201) BRIDE