How it began
Houston, 2019
We met on a Tuesday, in the worst possible weather, at a friend's birthday neither of us wanted to attend. Donnel offered Princess his umbrella and then walked eleven blocks in the rain. She married him partly for that.
Our Story
Eight years, three countries and one very persistent umbrella.
Two years later
The first trip
Our first holiday together was a week in Tuscany that we booked badly and loved completely — a hire car with no air conditioning, a village that closed at eight, and the best plate of pici either of us has eaten before or since.
Autumn 2025
The olive grove
Donnel proposed on a terrace at Casa Cornacchi at the hour when everything turns gold. Princess said yes before he had properly finished the sentence. We stayed until the light went, and then we called our mothers.
May 2027
Which brings us here
We could have done this at home in Houston. But we kept coming back to that terrace — and to the idea of having everyone we love in one place, with nowhere else to be, for four whole days.
“We can't wait to celebrate with you.”
Princess & Donnel