Real Wedding Album: Meredith & Harold

This ridiculously pretty Atlanta wedding has more Southern charm than a Georgia peach with a side of grits! {Those were the most Southern things I could think of! What? I’m a New Englander! }

Meredith and Harold met in 2006 at the Food & Wine Classic and Aspen—the super-awesome event I get to attend with Rory’s work. Meredith was there working, and Harold was there because he had just won the first season of Top Chef. (Yes, he’s THAT Harold!) “Harold asked me to go to dinner when we were both back in NYC,” remembers Meredith. “We’ve been together ever since!”

In December of 2009, Harold secretly flew to Atlanta, Meredith’s hometown, to ask for her dad’s permission to propose and to pay a visit to her family jeweler. He flew back to New York the same day with an engagement ring, which he gave to Meredith while he was on one knee in front of their first Christmas tree. {So around three years ago NOW! Happy engage-iversary, guys! }

They planned their wedding for Labor Day weekend of 2010 in Atlanta. “I always wanted a white wedding in my Southern hometown,” says Meredith. Mission accomplished! Get a load of all this gorgeous!