Real New England Weddings: Heather Fry & Allan Konar

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.