SPECIAL OCCASIONS
by JAMIE MARSHALL
Wedding Party Two Couples Reimagine their Big Day with Spectacular Celebrations
Left: Jonathan Shockley (left) and Taylor Mawhinney celebrate at Ocean House. Right: Bride Dakota D'amato loves the "homey feel" of Weekapaug Inn.
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s the Group Meetings & Special Events Manager for Ocean House and Weekapaug Inn, Lauren DiStefano is no stranger to wedding day curveballs—hurricanes, blizzards, windstorms, she’s seen it all. So, when a global pandemic threatened to upend the resort’s 2020 wedding season, she took it all in stride. “The first couple of months were crazy,” she says. “But then we were given a set of concrete rules to follow. I found that very supportive and enlightening. After that we were okay.” For the two couples featured here, the process was more than okay. Though each had to make some adjustments to their original vision, in the end, thanks to DiStefano and her team, they got the wedding of their dreams—and then some.
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