Catherine and Jorge were married at Dalhgren Chapel on Georgetown University's campus. This was special, not only because the bride, Catherine, is a Georgetown alum, but also because Georgetown is where her parents met and fell in love. The pair brought together two very large, close knit families for a celebration that extended well onto the dance floor. Photographer Rebekah Murray was on hand to capture all the lovely moments and details from the day, which we are so excited to share with you!

What made the wedding special and unique?

I have to say the seamless melding of two massive, effusive families from two very different parts of the world is the number one factor that made our wedding special. My family is a typical American mutt style, with a heavy concentration of Irish and German ancestry. Jorge's family emigrated to the United States from Cuba starting in the 1970s. However, at the wedding (and particularly on the dance floor!) the similarity-and now the new permanent bridge-between our families was all you could see. Our amazing band emailed us after the wedding to tell us they had never seen a dance floor so packed for so long through a wedding reception. A particularly creative rendition of Guantanamera, with an assist from Jorge's aunts and cousins, was a highlight.

The location of our ceremony also had a very special place in my heart and in my family history. We were married at Dahlgren Chapel on Georgetown University's campus. This was special, not only because I am a Georgetown alum, but because Georgetown is where my parents met and fell in love.

Tell us about the gown and where/how you found it!

I loved my gown more every time I saw it. I found it with my mom at Carine's Bridal Atelier, on my second shopping trip to look at dresses. It was probably the 10th or so dress I tried on, and my reaction to it was immediately different from the others I had tried on. I had been open to trying on different styles, but when I had this dress on, I knew it was what I had been envisioning in the back of my mind the whole time. One of my favorite things about it was that all through my wedding day, friends and family from all walks of my life kept saying to me, "Your dress! It's so YOU!" I loved that I could dance in it, and I loved that it was elegant, but had an aura of innocence about it. It was important to me to feel like a "bride," but also to look like myself and not out of place in a dress that overwhelmed me or was high maintenance.

What were some touches added to make it personal?

We had many little touches that made our wedding personal. The cake topper was on my grandparents' and my parents' wedding cake. A refreshment stand set up outside the ceremony offered packages of sugar cookies in three shapes - a fax machine, espresso cup, and dirty martini - which correspond to three silly themes to the story of how Jorge and I met and the little quirks that we share. Our welcome boxes to out-of-town guests included vintage Washington, DC postcards pre-addressed with our address for our guests to mail to us instead of the traditional guestbook.

What was the most memorable part of the day?

Two moments which I cherish to this day stand out to me with clarity. The first was a fleeting moment, though I remember it almost in slow motion. It is just waiting in the courtyard in front of the chapel to process in for the ceremony, standing by my dad, and him taking my hand. After all the commotion of the morning getting ready, and the butterflies from all the events of the week leading up to the wedding, things were finally calm and peaceful - yet with a beautiful sense of anticipation of all that was still to come.

The second most memorable part was the ride from the ceremony to the reception. Jorge and I rode in a gorgeous 1960s Rolls Royce. Our driver was so sweet and took us down the streets of Georgetown, Embassy Row, and Dupont Circle. We had the windows down since the poor old car's air conditioning was a bit weak, and passersby and other drivers honked and waved. The best part though was that this was a time for us to be together without all the craziness, and to get to talk - even if briefly - about the wonder of the day so far.

Tell us how you met and became engaged.

I was new to my office in the summer of 2012, and in completing some administrative paper work, had a very rare need to use a fax machine. Unsurprisingly, all fax machines anywhere in the vicinity of my workspace were completely non-functioning. I was walking a bit aimlessly down a hall to a part of the floor I had never been before, when a tall, handsome guy stood up from his desk and asked what I was looking for. Ever resourceful, Jorge of course knew the location of a functioning fax machine and personally led me up two flights of stairs to help me find it! After the fax sent successfully, we officially introduced ourselves, and the next day, Jorge was at my desk asking if I wanted to go grab coffee. Thus commenced a time in my life when I was chronically over-caffeinated, as we began daily morning and sometime afternoon coffee dates...

Our engagement story is plain, and almost a non-story, but I love it all the more. We became engaged at a random Starbucks (of course over coffee), in the middle of the work day after we had been dating about 8 months, when we were having a discussion about what we both wanted out of the relationship. We both acknowledged that we wanted to be married to each other, and so we decided to be engaged!

Vendors: Photography: Rebekah Murray Photography // Planning & Design: Events In The City // Church: Dalhgren Chapel // Reception Venue: The Fairfax Embassy Row // Flowers: Amaryllis Inc // Rentals: DC Rental // Band: Attraction // Invitations & Day of Paper: Haute Papier // Makeup: Blend // Hair: Elegant Hair by Giselle // Lighting: Frost Lighting // Transportation: Girons Limo // Vintage Car: Regal Limo