Liz & Dan in Chatham, MA

Even though Liz and Dan both went to Boston College, they didn’t meet until the summer after Dan graduated. They were working in Cape Cod and had gone out one night with mutual friends. That’s when the two hit it off. They spent the rest of their days off from their jobs on the Cape going to the beach and taking day trips. The Bride Liz Stender, 24, college admissions counselor The Groom Dan Cheron, 26, graduate student The Date May 23 Four years later, Dan was ready to propose and decided Nantucket would be the perfect place. Despite bad weather, he convinced Liz to bike to the beach. After they hopped off their bikes, Dan pretended to take a photo of Liz before pulling a ring box out of his camera bag. “I spent the rest of the bike ride staring at my new bling!” says Liz.

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