Alison & Jeff: A Ballroom Wedding in Philadelphia, PA

The summer before his freshman year of college, Jeff Andrus was walking on the beach in Avalon, New Jersey. As he passed his neighbor's summer home, h

The summer before his freshman year of college, Jeff Andrus was walking on the beach in Avalon, New Jersey. As he passed his neighbor's summer home, he took notice of a young woman wearing a sweatshirt from Lafayette College -- the school he was planning on attending that fall. I should have introduced myself, says Jeff. But I didn't. I did remember what she looked like and we met at Lafayette a few months later and became friends. THE BRIDE Alison Murphy, 29, attorney THE GROOM Jeff Andrus, 28, publisher of a law journal THE DATE September 29 After a couple of years had passed at Lafayette, Jeff and Alison Murphy were set up by a mutual friend at a party where roommates chose dates for each other -- and the two have remained an item ever since.

The Boutonniere
Alison's bridesmaids wore champagne satin separates by Vera Wang.
Alison and Jeff's guests raved about the three-tier cake with a chocolate chip center, buttercream icing, and a cascade of peach roses.
Centerpieces at Alison and Jeff's wedding were a mix of lilies, roses, and freesia in ivory and peach.
After a traditional and intimate Catholic mass, guests hopped aboard a number of trolleys for a tour of the town that eventually brought them to Ballroom at the Ben.
The First Dance