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Howard County enchants and excites with a delightful
mix of urban, suburban and rural attractions. The region
that hosts such luminaries as the cast and crew of HBO’s
Veep and the countless stars who play at Merriweather
Post Pavilion can also be a sublime setting for your dream
wedding. Howard County is home to Columbia/Ellicott City
and is consistently listed among the Top 10 “America’s Best
Places to Live” in
Money
magazine. Howard County has been
featured as a great weekend getaway in the
New York Times
,
TheWashington Post
and
Southern Living
. An affluent suburb
of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. (the third wealthiest
county in the U.S. according to the U.S. Census Bureau), it’s
a place where brides, grooms and their wedding guests will
find lodging, shopping, dining and sight-seeing experiences
that promise to be upscale, unexpected and unforgettable.
The lodging options include sophisticated resorts, lakeside
hotels, posh B&Bs and family-friendly inns. If you’re gift
shopping for the wedding couple, you’ll find everything
their hearts and homes desire at The Mill, The Mall and
Main Street. These shopping venues offer handmade and
vintage finds that will surely be treasured forever. Locavores
and foodies can dine on farm-to-table and dock-to-dish
Maryland favorites, and find locally brewed beer and
wonderful wine at establishments in all price ranges. Sight-
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for
TO P COV E R P H OTO BY A M B E R W I L K E ; B OT TO M COV E R P H OTO BY L AU R A A S H B RO O K P H OTO G R A P H Y; L E F T P H OTO B R I D E I N S I D E B E L M O N T BY C L E A N S L AT E D I G I TA L
“Seeing our two families
and our friends meet each
other during our wedding
weekend, laugh and dance
together all night long
at the wedding, and then end
the weekend like old friends is a
memory we’ll always treasure.”
&
ADENIKE
ADEYEYE
S E P T E M B E R W E D D I N G
at Kittamaqundi Community Church
BLAKE
TROXEL
Catering by
Absolutely Perfect Catering
in Elkridge; wedding
coordination by
Bird of Paradise Events
, Perry Hall; flowers
by
Maryland Bay Blossoms
in Ellicott City; hair by
Nappstar
in Columbia;
photography by
Amber Wilke
(Adenike and her bridesmaids appear on the cover).
LOCAL
COLOR
H OWA R D C O U N T Y W E D D I N G P L A N N E R
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