Charlotte & Nicholas in Paso Robles, CA

From the other side of the country, Charlotte Spears and Nicholas Ivancic organized an outdoor wedding that celebrated the natural beauty of California wine country. The region's traditional pale yellow stucco walls and terra cotta roofs inspired every element of the wedding. The Bride Charlotte Circe Spears, 27, legislative policy counsel for a U.S. senator The Groom Nicholas William Ivancic, 26, judicial clerk at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims The Date August 7 Nicholas surprised Charlotte with a belated birthday getaway to Annapolis, Maryland and took her to dinner. I chose a restaurant on the waterfront where we ate during our first trip there, which had been over a year earlier, says Nicholas. I arranged ahead of time for us to be seated at the same table where we were the first time we ate there. Unfortunately, that table was on the patio and it was raining, so the couple was ushered to a quiet table upstairs, where Nicholas proposed.