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Photos can make you fall in love with a venue. A s Photos can make you fall in love with a venue. A site visit tells you whether it can actually host the celebration you’re imagining.

It’s exactly why we’re staying at @borgoegnazia with our 2027 couple right after Engage. There’s no substitute for walking the property together, tasting the food and picturing everyone you love there.

Planning somewhere you’ve only seen on a screen? Save this for your first visit.

Photo @collinpierson
Back in a place I love, for an event that keeps me Back in a place I love, for an event that keeps me coming back. The last big trip of the year, let’s make it count, Puglia! 🇮🇹❤️

📍 @borgoegnazia 
@engagesummits 
📸 @collinpierson 
Jacket: @mymancini
Every celebration starts with the same question: H Every celebration starts with the same question: How do you want people to feel?

That answer has a way of making the rest of the decisions clearer.

Because we’re planning for people first. The timeline, design and hospitality should all work together so everyone can simply enjoy being there.

Planning: @mdurpettievents
Location: @pganational
Photo: @collinpierson
Video: @mirarweddings for @laviavisual
Floral: @keating.designs 
Lighting: @jacobco_creative
Entertainment: @djreyinc @doncannolicatering
Glam: @ladida_beauty
Gown: @inesdisanto
Content: @weddingdaycontentcreator
Invitations & Printed items: @pinkgorillaballoonsandevents
One of our favorite recipes outlines how to plan a One of our favorite recipes outlines how to plan a great event.

The ingredients? Swipe through. ✨

Planning @mdurpettievents
Photo @collinpierson
Film @mirarweddings
Location @borgosantandreaamalfi
Floral @malafrontefiori
Bridal Hair + Makeup @beautylivery
Violists @viola_musicagency
Brides Shoes @sheischeval
Groom’s Suit @michaelstrahanbrand
Luxury Travel Concierge @partenzatravel
The wedding is one night, the marriage is forever. The wedding is one night, the marriage is forever.

The best planning decisions protect the people at the center of it all. Time with family, a few quiet minutes together, actually hearing your dad’s toast instead of wondering what’s happening in the kitchen.

Looking at these photos of Diana and Jack, that’s what stays with me. They were fully IN their wedding, surrounded by their people and present for every bit of it.

Years from now, I hope that’s exactly what they remember. ✨ and CONGRATS to these two who recently welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world! 💖

Planning: @mdurpettievents
Photo: @collinpierson
Social content: @amorellaevents
Hotel: @fschicago
Venue: @thewellsley
Catering: @bokacateringchicago
Floral: @flowerchild_floraldesign
Chairs: @nuagedesignsinc
Linens: @bbjlatavola
Rentals: @hallsrental
Invitations, day of printed items: @smittenboutiqueshop
Entertainment: @figmedia @brentrolland
Cake: @eatpistorescakes
Dress: @inesdisanto @ultimatebridechicago
Hair: @triciaclarkebridal
Makeup: @fabygmakeup
Select accessories: @verstolo
Transportation: @_pontarelli @chicagotrolley
Fall at home means pumpkins, hay bales, and the oc Fall at home means pumpkins, hay bales, and the occasional tractor joyride. Fall in Italy means harvest. 🇮🇹

Grapes in October, olives in November, and long tables that stay full well past dark. It’s the season that taught me hospitality isn’t about a perfect table. It’s about abundance, and who you invite to sit down.

Next month I head to Puglia right in the middle of olive season. (Yes, I drive the tractor. No, I will not be driving one in Puglia. 😉)

Allora, amici miei. What’s on your table this fall? ✨
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