Phillippi + Jacob

They say you find love when you’re not looking, and neither was looking for more than breakfast when Phillippi Herndon and Jacob Pyles met at a bagel shop one October morning in 2019.

“We started speaking in line when he noticed my Moe’s BBQ shirt,” Phillippi recalls. “I got my food first and was going outside to eat, so I told him to say goodbye on his way out. He ended up asking to sit down with me, and we had breakfast togeth er, which led to our discovery that we both attended the University of Alabama and had mutual friends. We had our first date two weeks later, and the rest is history.”

History, indeed, as the two continued dating over the next two years until Jacob decided to add another page to their story. “He proposed to me on Labor Day weekend in 2021 at my family’s land in Franklin, Alabama,” says Phillippi. “It was a surprise, because I thought I was just going to be throwing his birthday party like I had the year before. Instead, he commandeered the birthday weekend and made it a surprise engagement party with our friends and family there.”

Just over a year later on November 5, 2022, Phillippi wore an ivory Sareh Nouri stretch Mikado ballgown with a halter neck and twisted detailing on the front and covered buttons running down the back to the end of the train, accompanied by an heirloom Brussels lace veil, which has been worn by each woman in her family since 1911, as she walked down the aisle at Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Mobile. After being pronounced married, Jacob and Phillippi joined their 350 guests at the Striker’s Den and Mobile Carnival Museum for their reception. “Having the reception at the Striker’s Den was special because I lead the organization the year I debuted,” says Phillippi.

As everyone dined on an array of food that included shrimp, grilled oysters, tuna dip, beef tenderloin, and chicken fingers, the festivities were “one big party in the rain” until after the two shared their first dance. “We had our first dance in the rain, which was very special,” says Phillippi. “After the rain finally stopped, everyone was able to come outside and enjoy the band and party.”

Raising glasses of champagne to toast the happy couple and sipping on Mobile’s signature Mardi Gras cocktail, the Chrissy, everyone indulged in cake after watching Jacob and Phillippi cut into a beautiful fourtiered confection covered in basketweave buttercream and adorned with white, pink, purple, red, and blue flowers. After finishing the night with more dancing and a late-night snack of mini burgers, the newly married Pyleses were sent off to honeymoon in France. “We started our two weeks in Paris, then travelled south to Château de Chenonceau in the Loire Valley and Bordeaux and toured wine vineyards,” says Phillippi.

Now home in Nashville, Phillippi is back at her job as an event coordinator for Deloitte LLC, while Jacob works as a sales engineer for Tom Barrow Co. And while they may have resumed life as usual, every day together is another part of the history that all started standing in line for bagels.

WEDDING PLANNER: Jacquie Burkett

PHOTOGRAPHY: Cindy McCroy, Blue Room Photography

FLOWERS AND DECOR: Ron Barrett

CATERER: Morrissette Catering Co.

CAKE DESIGNER: Betty Weber Cakes

WEDDING GOWN (BRIDAL SHOP): Carriage House, Birmingham, AL

WEDDING GOWN (DESIGNER): Sareh Nouri

BRIDESMAIDS DRESSES: Bill Levkoff

GROOM'S/GROOMSMEN'S ATTIRE: Black Tie Traditional Tux

HAIR: Garilynn Gillespie

MAKE-UP: Salon GLS

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