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Real Weddings: Northeast US

From New England to New York and Rhode Island to Long Island, couples in the Northeast have their own distinct brand of offbeat. A little urban, and little upstate, and a bit of an edge — we love you East Coast offbeat couples! Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.net/submissions.

A woodsy mountain elopement in Baltimore with Ring Pops & pizza

A woodsy mountain elopement in Baltimore with Ring Pops & pizza

The ultimate wedding trifecta has been discovered: woods + Ring Pops + pizza. But maybe deep down we all knew that. And Danielle and Jared made it happen for them.

They started our day with a five-minute walk to Federal Hill where they paid homage to their love of Baltimore and where Danielle and Jared saw each other for the first time. After that is was on to King & Queen Seat in Rocks State Park for their mountain ceremony.

A chic Manhattan brunch wedding with two grooms & lots of greenery

A chic Manhattan brunch wedding with two grooms & lots of greenery

Britt and Greg surrounded themselves in chic blue suits, lots of greenery, and their favorite people at their brunch wedding in Chelsea. The industrial chic venue, Bottino NYC, was like a bit of rustic nature nestled in the urban landscape.

There was tear-jerking guest participation during the ceremony, puppers in the wedding party, and some choreographed dancing at the reception that is not to be missed…

A lemon-love elopement by the water of Lake Champlain in Vermont

A lemon-love elopement by the water of Lake Champlain in Vermont

A heatwave hit Vermont during the week of July 4, 2018, but that was nothing for Michelle and Jimmy, two Texas natives who eloped in Vermont on July 5th at the Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes, VT. Michelle wore a lemon covered dress that was summer in a print. She had sent photos of the dress to Basin Harbor Club’s floral design team ahead of time so they could create a summery bouquet to match.

A quirky retro Moonrise Kingdom-inspired family centric wedding

A quirky retro Moonrise Kingdom-inspired family centric wedding

The previous summer, while camping, we rewatched Moonrise Kingdom, which was one of the first movies we saw together when we reunited in 2012 (we'd briefly had a long-distance relationship in 1996, but went our separate ways and both ended up married to other people). We immediately realized it was the perfect inspiration for our kid-centered, end-of-summer wedding: it's romantic, but also weird, retro, and set in a Maine-like location.