Jamie Goldblatt and Jeremy Manné spent three years working just a few blocks from each other in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood (where they frequented the same restaurants), but it was a Laurel Canyon dog park 3,000 miles away that finally brought them together. L.A.-born Jamie was there with her newly rescued, three-legged short-haired German pointer, Jackson, and N.Y.-native Jeremy was with his rescued mutt, Ella. The two recently relocated dog owners were still almost destined to never connect (“I thought he was gay and he thought I was married,” explains Jamie), but their repeated encounters led to a mutual attraction and a plan for a first date at Malibu’s dog-friendly Paradise Cove beach. “The four of us have been together ever since,” says Jeremy.

A sweet and simple proposal at their shared Beverlywood home kicked off equally low-key wedding planning. The couple were both tempted to head to City Hall and call it a day, but their families were keen on something more inclusive, so they decided on an intimate affair at L.A. dining destination A.O.C. Jamie, collection manager of the Marciano Art Collection, called her childhood friend and the owner of BK Events, Ashley Port, to help with the coordination. “Jamie comes from the art world, so she was very good at articulating her vision,” says Port. “I was there to help her bring it all together.”

Jeremy, the director of admission for Paradigm Malibu, mostly deferred to Jamie during planning, but he did choose No. 33 to design his custom suit, a perfect complement to his bride’s Vera Wang gown. They stood beneath a stunning bougainvillea chuppah and shared the vows they’d written before family friend Rabbi Laura Owens-Bender. After a delicious alfresco farm-to-table dinner, the couple cut into a trio of layered cakes by Alana Jones-Mann (who Jamie had Instagram “stalked”) and danced to favorite tunes spanning an acoustic live version of Oasis’ “Wonderwall” to Motown classics. Jeremy recalls, “We wanted a celebration that was authentic to how we live our everyday lives, and that is exactly what we had.”

PHOTOGRAPHY BY Linda Arredondo.
WRITTEN BY Andrea Stanford.

PLANNER Ashley Port at BK Events ENTERTAINMENT DJ Tony Liebetrau at Red Shoe VIDEOGRAPHER Joseph Dutra GOWN Vera Wang Bride SUIT No. 33 ENGAGEMENT RING Wilma Jewelry STATIONERY Minted HAIR AND MAKEUP Page Beauty, Phoebe Ogan HONEYMOON San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara