A Beach Inspired Wedding at Forlini's Restaurant in Clearwater Beach, Florida

Ali Marion (27) and Tim Wegwerth (26) met at another couple’s wedding. “Tim and I had the potential to cross each other's paths our whole lives and never even knew it!” says Ali. Ali’s mother had been best friends with Tim’s aunt Sandy since high school. They were attending Sandy’s daughter’s wedding when the couple met for the first time. Five days later, Ali and Tim went on their first date. They were engaged about a year later while visiting Stillwater, Minnesota. Tim proposed while they were on an after-dinner walk by the river. “The most memorable part of our proposal was probably how crabby I was the day Tim proposed because I had convinced myself he was never going to pop the question,” says Ali. They were wed nine months later in Clearwater Beach, Florida. “Tim and I had created great memories in Clearwater during the beginning of our relationship as we spend time with my parents in Florida,” says Ali. They specifically chose to have their ceremony at the end of Papaya Street for a personal and romantic reason. “We knew that if we got married here, we could go back to Clearwater Beach and always follow Papaya Street back to the spot where our married lives together began,” says Ali.