Molly & Brett in Duck, NC

Molly and Brett first met at a friend’s barbecue. “I thought he was so funny, so I emailed him the next day,” Molly remembers. The Bride Molly McCormack, 29, associate vice president of a credit union The Groom Brett Steele, 31, business consulting VP The Date October 14 The two soon hit it off, and years later, Brett led Molly on a scavenger hunt that ended in a proposal. The hunt began with a poem and the wedding ring charm Molly had pulled from a cake at a friend’s wedding years prior, then led her online to Craigslist, and eventually ended up at the Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington, DC, where Brett was waiting in a suite overlooking the White House.

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