New England Weddings: Part 3

Lauren Arbeene and Chris Genatossio take advantage of the region's diverse landscapes to celebrate their wedding day in style.

By Blythe Copeland

Go to New England Weddings Part 1, Part 2, and Part 4.

Lauren Arbeene & Chris Genatossio
May 5, 2007
The State Room in Boston
Photographs by Kelly Lorenz Imagery

Makeup artist Lauren Arbeene met Chris Genatossio on a girl’s night out, but she was getting over an ex and was hardly ready to get serious. Over the next few years, whenever they’d run into each other, “he’d say, ‘Can’t we just date? It’s not like we have to get married,’” Lauren remembers. Finally, after yet another chance encounter, she agreed. Flash forward two years and the couple was planning a Mediterranean-themed wedding. Lauren, a University of Miami alum, originally wanted an intimate beach ceremony, but they quickly ruled it out to accommodate Chris’s big family. Through it all, the happy duo stuck to their biggest lesson learned: You don’t mess with fate.

During their ceremony, Lauren and Chris exchange the same crowns her parents wore during their own wedding (at the same church).

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It's got to be in the Arbeene blood!! : ): Jan. 18, 2008 at 4:45 AM; Posted by Michael Arbeene; I know we've never met but you look beautiful! Congrats! Just trying to meet other Arbeene's. Michael Arbeene II

Congrats...from a mother of an old friend: May. 23, 2008 at 7:32 AM; Posted by Brenda Carender; I wish you and Chis all the happiness in your new life together. Holli sent me your wedding link and you were a beautiful bride. Holli is getting married on 8/10/08 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. She has always wanted a Vegas wedding (small and intimate) with just immediate family and friends. Please tell your mother and father hello from Jay and I and again..Congrats!

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