Dec. 31 – Barbara McHugh and Kenneth Marino attended elementary school together, but they didn’t fall in love during recess. “I was a little timid sixth-grader and Ken was the older, intimidating eighth-grader,” laughs the happy bride, a marketing director for Sports Museum of America. “Eleven years later we met again, and from there on we were inseparable!” After dating for five years, Marino, a financial associate at Wealth Management Group, proposed to his sweetheart at the Empire State Building. They exchanged vows at St. Anselm Roman Catholic Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, then celebrated at Bridgeview Yacht Club on Long Island ,where they joined their 250 guests in dancing to Deejay Mouse’s modern hits and dining on Chilean sea bass and porcini chicken breast.
ESSENTIALS
* First dance: U2’s “Everlasting Love”
* Favors: a donation to the American Cancer Society and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on behalf of each guest
* Honeymoon: eight nights in Mexico