To the two women who hosted the best table in the city: may the marriage be as warm as your dinners and twice as long. We are overjoyed for you.

The Amalfi Coast, a terrace above the water, a question asked at dusk. An elegant engagement for two people who take their time with everything important.
To the two women who hosted the best table in the city: may the marriage be as warm as your dinners and twice as long. We are overjoyed for you.
Amara — my sister, my first phone call for thirty-one years. I have watched you become, with Joséphine, the most generous version of yourself. She is family now, and I could not have chosen better for you if you had handed me the pen. I love you both more than I can fit in this box.
Joséphine, chérie — I have known you since the lycée, through every chapter, and I have never seen you as steady and as bright as you are beside Amara. You found your person. Félicitations, mes amours.
From one long-married pair to a newly-promised one: the secret is exactly what you two already do — laugh at the same hour, forgive quickly, and keep the kettle on. Congratulations, both of you.

I was at the dinner where you two met and I have been insufferable about predicting this ever since. I accept all credit and no responsibility. With so much love to you both.
Amara — your little brother here. You taught me to ride a bike, to drive, and to apologise properly. Joséphine, thank you for making her this happy. Welcome to the loud, warm chaos of us.
I taught Amara at school and I have rarely written a happier note than this one. May your home be full of light and the good kind of noise. Every blessing on your engagement.
Amara, Joséphine — congratulations from all of us at the studio. Take the holiday. The work will keep. Happiness like this will not wait, and you have found it. Bravo.
When Amara called to say Joséphine had asked her — on the terrace above the sea, at the precise hour the light goes gold — there was a great deal of joyful, useless crying on both ends of the line.
We could not gather everyone who loves them in one room, so we have done the next best thing and gathered the words. Some of you have known Amara since she was small; some met Joséphine only this year and were, like the rest of us, immediately won over.
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"I knew, the way you know a true thing, before she had finished the question."
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