Lia & Lex in Malvern, PA
City slickers through and through -- they met as juniors at Cornell University and were engaged at Belvedere's Castle in Central Park -- New Yorkers Lia and Lex turned to the country when it came time to plan their wedding. We both love the outdoors and I could never really imagine my wedding being any other way, says Lia. THE BRIDE Lia Roggio a 25-year-old advertising media planner THE GROOM Alexander (Lex) Smith, a 25-year-old business analyst THE DATE September 7 They didn't want a long engagement and wanted a personalized wedding without much restriction, so a little over five months after Lex proposed, a wedding unfolded at Lia's parents' property in Malvern, about 25 miles outside of Philadelphia. The ceremony was held under a tent at the highest point on the property, says Lia, affording a two-mile view of the Charlestown and Chester Springs landscape.
