Real Wedding: Michelle & Mark

January 19, 2016

Metropolitan meets the mountains for Michelle and Mark’s ski-inspired soiree.

The two New Yorkers met through their mothers’ mutual friends. After some missed communication attempts, Michelle and Mark finally set up a first date: watching the Super Bowl with Mark’s buddies. “Michelle was thrilled to be on a date with a guy she didn’t know and three of his friends,” Mark jokes. “It goes without saying though, that day was a good one. The Giants won, the Patriots lost, and Michelle and I each found the person we want to spend our life with.” Two years later, Mark proposed during a Napa Valley trip.

Mark’s work in finance often brings him to Park City, so Michelle, a nursing student at Columbia University, started joining him. “We immediately fell in love with everything about the Park City area,” she says. “The beautiful mountains, the fantastic skiing, the great restaurants, shops and art galleries along Main Street, and the many luxurious mountain resorts.” The winter-loving upstate New Yorkers chose Stein Erikson Lodge to host their wedding. “None of our guests had visited Utah prior to our wedding, and many still comment about how much Utah surprised them.”