April & Jonathan in Old Saybrook, CT

April and Jonathan made sure every detail of their wedding (from the welcome BBQ dinner and the lobster bake rehearsal dinner to the Bloody Mary morning-after brunch) featured the wine-inspired wedding's motif: purple grapes. THE BRIDE April Massaro THE GROOM Jonathan Larken THE DATE August 28 April and Jonathan are both good sports. The pair (she's 30, he's 31) met at a dinner party in New York City the night before he had a big rackets match. (Rackets is an older, harder, faster form of squash; Jonathan is a world champion.) At the end of the evening, Jonathan, an investment banker, asked April to watch him play the next day. I went even though I'd never heard of this English sport! -- and that was our first date, she says. What can I say, he was very charming at dinner. Jonathan won the match, a case of Veuve Clicquot champagne, and my heart, April sighs. Five years later, Jonathan proposed during a surprise weekend trip to Bermuda, and then the madness hit -- more than a year of nonstop planning for their four-day wedding. More than 150 guests came to celebrate, from as far away as England, Australia, and Singapore. We wanted to show our appreciation by creating a weekend they would never forget! says April.