"It was definitely a splurge," says Emily of the cocktail hour inclusion. "But it couldn't have been more us. There's nothing better than a sunny day, oyster on the half-shell with a little cocktail sauce and a bubbly glass of champagne. We wanted that to be how people felt-blanketed in sunshine and splurged on."
Emily's favorite parts were the ride to the venue with her dad in the 1967 Camaro that he bought and restored when he was 16, and the letters she and Dan wrote for their guests that were presented on the oyster-adorned seating chart and led them to their seats, designated by oyster-shell place cards.
Three years after initially hitting it off over ice cream at the Wharf, Dan proposed on the dock of Emily's grandparents house on the Chesapeake Bay. In October, they exchanged vows in a coastal-inspired, oyster-themed wedding in Alexandria.
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