Long-Distance Love: Despite decamping from Texas—first to the University of Pennsylvania for Andrew and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Evie, then to New York City, where they now reside—it was only fitting that the couple tie the knot where their journey started.

Photo by Grant Daniels

This Brook Hollow Golf Club Wedding Paid Homage to the Couple’s Love Story

By D Weddings

Evie Peña & Andrew Graffy
April 22, 2023

Evie Peña and Andrew Graffy hit it off when Andrew took Evie to his St. Mark’s prom. The couple dated long-distance through college, then closed the gap when their careers led them to New York City. At the time, the streets they lived on met at a corner decorated with blue Spanish tiles. Andrew commissioned a painting of him proposing to Evie at this location, hung it there, and led Evie to that very spot, where life would imitate art. “A good ol’ public New York City proposal,” says Evie. Although Manhattan is now home, the Dallas natives celebrated their union at Brook Hollow Golf Club, which was transformed using the warm and familiar shades of their home state. 

Center of Attention

Family and wedding-party members were seated at circular tables that surrounded arrangements of bright florals and cacti that provided a unique and on-theme focal point.

 

Looking Sharp

“Cactus really played a part throughout,” says planner Allison MacNealy of Allison & Co Events. Table assignments were written on paper pieces made to resemble prickly pear pads. 

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