Elizabeth & Bruce in Newport, RI

What better theme is there for a seaside mansion wedding than the feel of the ocean? Elizabeth and Bruce incorporated ocean colors and a subtle shell motif into all of the details. The Bride Elizabeth Anderson, 29, attorney The Groom Bruce Spinney, 29, pre-med student The Date August 14 Elizabeth and Bruce first met years ago at her best friend's wedding, but it wasn't the right time for either of them to become a couple. There is actually a picture of the two of us sitting at a table together looking in opposite directions, says Elizabeth. Nine months later they crossed paths again during a 4th of July clambake at Bruce's parents' house. By that time, we were in very different places in our lives, and we got along almost immediately even though Bruce kept calling me by the wrong name -- Catherine -- which is the name we picked out for our first-born daughter, she says. Though Elizabeth was about to start law school in Indiana in the fall and Bruce was living in Boston, the two stuck it out and stayed together long-distance for three years before Bruce proposed.