Kevin Bogardus, Mary Laura Calhoun
Kevin, 31, is a reporter for the Hill. Mary Laura, 30, is a preschool teacher. They live in Columbia Heights.
The Main Event: An outdoor wedding July 14 at a nature sanctuary. How They Met: A friend set them up by inviting them to a poker game, where they ended up being the only single ones.
First Date: Right after the poker game, they got drinks at Tune Inn.
How he Proposed: He took the day off work and wooed her with Champagne and a walk to Meridian Hill Park, where he popped the question in front of the statue of Dante.
Their Song: The theme to “Law & Order: SVU” “because I sing along to it and Kevin always laughs at me.”
Pet Names: He calls her “my cutes patootes,” and she calls him “my big man-beast.”
When He Knew: When he fell asleep during a movie. “Mary Laura took notes on the movie so she could tell me how it ended the next morning.”
With Infinite Funds: They’d “pay to insure that deer and other woodland creatures frolic with joy in the background as we say our wedding vows,” Kevin says.
