There are some couples embracing the chance to downsize, focusing instead on simplicity over pomp, nature over manicured lawns
Roberson Etienne and Stephanie Baptiste were married in front of a simple altar made of wood and white macramé.Intensive care nurse Stephanie Baptiste knew early on that the spread of COVID-19 was likely going to mean the cancellation of her 100-person wedding to Roberson Etienne on May 31 in Joliette, Que. With their families unable to fly in from Haiti and the United States because of border restrictions, they quickly switched gears to find a way to make the original date work.
They were married in front of a simple altar made of wood and white macramé. The groom wore a baby blue suit. The bride wore a dress that Etienne surprised her with from a tiny shop in Montreal . The couple, who are both 33, were married on June 6 in a post-and-beam Airbnb in the tiny village of Canning, in Nova Scotia’s picturesque Annapolis Valley. “I would have gone anywhere but Brett had a wish list. It had to be rustic and be near water,” she says.
“After the wedding we watched the videos and notes from all our friends and it was like having little mini-speeches from all our wedding guests. Then we treated ourselves to a catered three-course meal. The chef made us Thai-style crab cakes, a warm Caprese salad and a beautiful mushroom risotto with scallops. We couldn’t eat our mini-wedding cake until 11 p.m. that night,” she says. “It might not have been the wedding we originally planned, but Plan B was perfect.
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