Both our bride and groom grew up along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, but in cities over 700 miles apart—Anna in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and Jeff on Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. When...
Jan Paul, of Clifton, New Jersey, met Michelle, of Charleston, at Suede in Mount Pleasant, where she was working during a birthday party that Jan Paul was attending. They talked over the next few months and started dating in June 2012. On a vacation to Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in June 2014, Jan Paul surprised Michelle with dinner on the beach—and a ring. They said “I do” at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
Photograph by Raheel Gauba
