Kirsten & Graham in Provincetown, MA

She thought that they were headed from Chicago to Columbus, Ohio, for the University of Illinois vs. Ohio State football game. What Kirsten didn't realize was that they were never going to get out of the Windy City. THE BRIDE Kirsten Staaterman, 27, public relations THE GROOM Graham Nelson, 27, marketing THE DATE September 14 We were in the car by 7:30 a.m. prepared for a five-hour drive. I told Kirsten that we had to drop by the W Hotel so that I could drop off a proposal for a colleague who was in town for the weekend, says Graham. Instead, they entered a suite complete with champagne, chocolate-covered strawberries, and seven dozen roses (one dozen for every year they had been together). It was the perfect day. And Illinois beat Ohio State.