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monica & tory July 4 • Essex, CT photography by Marie Labbancz Photography
laid-back new england
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The way Monica Dedet (left) tells it, she and Victoria (Tory) Winkelman spotted each other across a smoke-filled room, and they couldn’t take their eyes off one another. Tory says after a year as friends, their relationship blossomed into a romance. They decided to get married on Tory’s family estate in Connecticut, where the couple created a Miami-Beachmeets-New-England vibe with lots of multicultural accents. Think: Latin salsas on the menu and Adirondack chairs at the reception. —DH