The Reception

The Pine Crest Inn is set in the heart of North Carolina's high country in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It's a grand old site, on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982. But to Betsy Thomas, who now lives and works in New York City, The Pine Crest Inn is almost like home. I remember going there as a little girl with my family to celebrate the holidays or to meet friends and family for a good Sunday roast after church, she says. She and her fiance, Paolo Bianco, decided to book the entire inn for their wedding weekend. Guests from Italy, England, Denmark, California, and New York would have the chance to experience the best of Southern hospitality.