"Julie, director of public affairs at APCO Worldwide, and Harrison, an attorney at Jones Day, dated for about a year and a half before Harrison proposed in a rose-petal-filled, oceanfront scene at the Ritz Carlton in Santa Barbara on Julie's birthday, while the pair were road-tripping along the Pacific Coast Highway. "The best birthday ever," says Julie. For their September wedding, the couple took inspiration from their Middleburg location, where Julie says she escapes the city to go horseback riding and fox-hunting on the weekends."
""I wanted the wedding to incorporate that special Virginia hunt country and equestrian feel." A 400-year old tulip poplar tree served as the ceremony backdrop, and Julie walked down the aisle to Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" played on the harp and a string quartet. The English-garden style and green scenery of their venue also inspired the secret garden design, which included flower-market-style baskets of flowers, a farm-to-table menu, and whimsical on-theme linens printed with green branches, birds, and flowers."
Julie, director of public affairs at APCO Worldwide, and Harrison, an attorney at Jones Day, dated for about a year and a half before Harrison proposed in a rose-petal-filled, oceanfront scene at the Ritz Carlton in Santa Barbara on Julie's birthday while they road-tripped along the Pacific Coast Highway. Their September wedding drew inspiration from Middleburg, where Julie rides horses and fox-hunts on weekends. The ceremony featured a 400-year-old tulip poplar backdrop and music by harp and string quartet. The reception embraced an English-garden secret-garden design with flower-market baskets, farm-to-table food, and linens printed with green branches, birds, and flowers. The honeymoon included Crete and Naxos with outdoor cooking lessons.
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