Real Wedding: Kristine Capino & Jonathan Batista

Draw inspiration from their stylish celebration.

By Cassidy Hopkins· 4/27/2016, 7:22 a.m.

October 17, 2015
Four Seasons Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts

Real New England Wedding Kristine Capino and Jonathan Batista

THE STORY

Planning a wedding is hard work—and planning a wedding from the other side of the country adds another layer to the challenge. Just ask Kristine Capino and Jonathan Batista. With deep New England roots, the couple always knew they wanted a wedding in Boston. Kristine, from Lexington, Massachusetts, and Jonathan, from northern Vermont, met in 2010 through mutual friends at a local pub on Boylston Street. They were friends for about a year before getting together, but they soon spent their first few dates eating sushi on Newbury Street and watching summer baseball games at Fenway.

After moving to Dallas, Texas, in 2012, the couple travelled back to New England to visit their families for the holidays. Jonathan knew he wanted to propose during the trip. The perfect moment arrived just hours before they were going to fly back to Texas. Having asked Kristine’s father for permission the day before, Jonathan had his soon-to-be in-laws in on the plot. The Capinos are big on pictures, so it wasn’t out of the ordinary for Kristine and Jonathan to pose in front of the house for one last photo before they departed.

“Kristine was outside and I said I had to run in and grab my coat,” Jonathan says. “But I grabbed the ring.” Walking back outside, Jonathan got down on one knee and proposed to Kristine on her front step. Mom looked on and Dad snapped pictures.

Shortly after becoming engaged Kristine and Jonathan packed up and moved again, this time landing in California. As they found themselves digging deeper into the wedding planning process, jetting from coast to coast became a normal thing—at times they made the trip every six weeks. While they had a wedding planner assisting them, both Jonathan and Kristine agree that they owe much of the ease to their mothers. “We really couldn’t have done it without them,” says Jonathan of their families.

Kristine and Jonathan picked the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston as their venue with a final guest list of 180. Having a network of relatives and friends from across the globe, the farthest guest came from Ireland, while others flew in from California and Texas. “It’s very special to have all your favorite people in one spot,” Kristine says.

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