SAM & MATT

Are Getting Married

07.06.2024

Photography by Christopher Bellizzi

OUR STORY

Matt and Sam met at a client meeting in New York City one snowy morning in February 2014. Sam was a hardworking intern at the time, and Matt, an up-and-comer visiting from the exotic city of Boston.

As years passed, their work brought them closer. Matt regarded Sam’s beauty as an occupational hazard. Sam had her eyes on Matt also (or so she claims). Despite best efforts to stay professional, a romance blossomed. After several dates, and several trips to the Human Resources department, they were swept away in a whirlwind of love, laughter, and adventure.

Today Sam and Matt blissfully reside in Long Island City with their beloved cat, Pumpernickel. They are thrilled to welcome you to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, which is only steps away from where it all began.

The Dairy, Central Park, New York, NY

Completed in 1871, the Dairy is a small building in Central Park, New York City. This is the site of Sam and Matt's engagement, which took place December 22, 2022. Matt planned a night on the town followed by an overnight stay at a hotel on Central Park South. As luck would have it, the weather turned to rain during their evening stroll through the park. The couple ducked for cover in the Dairy, where Matt worked up the courage to ask the big question that would change their lives forever.

Pumpernickel, pictured in her favorite spot, Hull, MA

Pumpernickel (aka "Pump") is an approximately four-year-old American shorthair. Pump was born in Brooklyn, NY and rescued from the streets of Brownsville by a childhood friend of Sam's eldest sister. During her visit with the Ducker girls, Pump took to Sam, and the two became inseparable. When it was time for Sam to move in with Matt, she informed him that she and Pump were a package deal. While Matt wasn't previously a cat lover due to his childhood experience with an ornery neighborhood feline, he wouldn't change a thing about his new life as Pump's dad.

Our story