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A Trip to Tahoe: Abby & Chris in Tahoe City, CA

There was one thing Abby Whitridge and Chris Berman knew right off the bat: They wanted to marry in the Lake Tahoe area. “Both Chris and I have been going to Tahoe every year since we were kids,” says Abby. “And after we started dating, we went there to ski and to celebrate the Fourth of July and other occasions. Tahoe is a very sentimental place to us.”

A Trip to Tahoe: Abby & Chris in Tahoe City, CA
A pretty bow was the finishing touch for Abby's wedding dress. “Getting ready with my bridesmaids was really fun—spending the day together on the lake, having our hair and makeup done.”
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A Trip to Tahoe: Abby & Chris in Tahoe City, CA

There was one thing Abby Whitridge and Chris Berman knew right off the bat: They wanted to marry in the Lake Tahoe area. “Both Chris and I have been going to Tahoe every year since we were kids,” says Abby. “And after we started dating, we went there to ski and to celebrate the Fourth of July and other occasions. Tahoe is a very sentimental place to us.”

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A Trip to Tahoe: Abby & Chris in Tahoe City, CA
The bride's sling-back shoes, by Christian Louboutin.
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A Trip to Tahoe: Abby & Chris in Tahoe City, CA
The guys hang out lakeside before the wedding starts.
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A Trip to Tahoe: Abby & Chris in Tahoe City, CA
Abby's dad escorts her down the aisle. The September ceremony took place on a dock that Abby and Chris had built just for the event. Here, the 150 guests gathered, taking their seats on wooden benches overlooking the lake.
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A Trip to Tahoe: Abby & Chris in Tahoe City, CA
Abby holds a lush bouquet of a variety of white blooms created by End Design. After the wedding party proceeded down the aisle (to the accompaniment of Beatles songs, childhood favorites of the bride’s), a minister conducted the ceremony, which also featured a reading by Chris’s father. At one point, a passing boat honked its congratulations.  
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A Trip to Tahoe: Abby & Chris in Tahoe City, CA
For her eight bridesmaids, Abby chose Vera Wang baby doll dresses in deep brown and, for herself, a vintage-style Amy Michelson gown. “I really felt like a princess in it!”
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A Trip to Tahoe: Abby & Chris in Tahoe City, CA
After the wedding, the couple passionately embrace.
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A Trip to Tahoe: Abby & Chris in Tahoe City, CA

After the wedding, guests stayed on the dock for the cocktail hour, sipping Tahoetinis, a signature cocktail as blue as Tahoe itself.

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