Real New England Weddings: Heather Fry & Allan Konar
In Boston MagazineMIT Endicott House was recently featured in Boston Magazine, which profiled the wedding of Heather Fry and Allan Konar, who fell in love with the Dedham estate after taking a cooking class there and chose it as the romantic backdrop for their September celebration. The piece emphasizes the venue’s gardens and historic architecture, notes how the couple incorporated personal touches and seasonal details throughout their ceremony and reception, and captures the intimate, relaxed atmosphere they created for family and friends on MIT’s countryside retreat. Read an excerpt of the article below:
Before Heather Fry and Allan Konar met for their first date at Grendel’s Den in Harvard Square, Allan had assumed the evening would be brief. “[I thought] we’d have half an hour of drinks, talk, call it a night, and I’d be home in time to watch Battlestar Galactica,” he says. Instead, the pair ended up walking around the neighborhood for four hours, just talking. “At that point, I knew that this was a potential for something serious. I think it was on the third date I told her I was going to marry her,” Allan says, to which Heather replied: “Slow your roll!”
Heather came around, of course, and just over a year after that first date the two were engaged. For their wedding, Heather and Allan chose the MIT Endicott House in Dedham — a venue they fell for after taking a cooking class together there. Inspired by the estate’s history, the couple planned a ’30s-themed celebration complete with old-school bow ties and newsboy caps for Allan’s four groomsmen, who ended up playing a big role in the ceremony.
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