{"id":298607,"date":"2026-06-06T19:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298607\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:50:12","slug":"real-orlando-weddings-a-second-chance-at-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298607\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Orlando Weddings: A Second Chance at Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sally-lou-fountain-closeup.jpg\" data-lb-width=\"800\" data-lb-height=\"1198\" class=\" photoswipe gtxlightbox\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sally-lou-fountain-closeup.jpg\" alt=\"Sally Lou Fountain Closeup\" width=\"800\" height=\"1198\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography By Jesse Giles Photography<\/p>\n<p>January 23, 2026 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/casafeliz.us\/event-design\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We like to joke that we were definitely meant to be\u2014because our second date almost didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">At the time we met, we were both busy focusing on our children and our careers. Dating wasn\u2019t exactly at the top of the priority list, and second chances felt even less likely. One date, one misstep, and you were done. We were cautious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Then, a few years ago, a mutual friend thought we should meet and stepped in to make it happen. She arranged a blind double-date dinner for the cautious singles with her and her husband.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">After the date, Lou asked our friend for my number so he could plan a second outing. With my permission, she happily passed it along\u2026 except she accidentally gave him my old cell phone number!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Lou texted asking for that second date\u2014and waited, and waited . . . for three months with absolutely no response. From my perspective, he had simply disappeared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Eventually our friend asked if I\u2019d heard from Lou. When I said no, she checked with him, only to discover what had happened.\u00a0 Once we realized the mix-up, Lou reached out again\u2014this time to the correct phone\u2014and we finally scheduled that second date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Photography By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jessegilesphotography.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Giles Photography<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sallyandloucasawindow.jpg\" data-lb-width=\"800\" data-lb-height=\"1198\" class=\" photoswipe gtxlightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-319578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sallyandloucasawindow.jpg\" alt=\"Sallyandloucasawindow\" width=\"800\" height=\"1198\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sallyandloucake-hi-res.jpg\" data-lb-width=\"800\" data-lb-height=\"1198\" class=\" photoswipe gtxlightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-319576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sallyandloucake-hi-res.jpg\" alt=\"Sallyandloucake Hi Res\" width=\"800\" height=\"1198\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jgp-7817.jpg\" data-lb-width=\"800\" data-lb-height=\"534\" class=\" photoswipe gtxlightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-319572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jgp-7817.jpg\" alt=\"Jgp 7817\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jgp-7470.jpg\" data-lb-width=\"800\" data-lb-height=\"534\" class=\" photoswipe gtxlightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-319569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jgp-7470.jpg\" alt=\"Jgp 7470\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jgp-7329.jpg\" data-lb-width=\"800\" data-lb-height=\"1198\" class=\" photoswipe gtxlightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-319566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jgp-7329.jpg\" alt=\"Jgp 7329\" width=\"800\" height=\"1198\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jgp-7101.jpg\" data-lb-width=\"800\" data-lb-height=\"534\" class=\" photoswipe gtxlightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-319564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jgp-7101.jpg\" alt=\"Jgp 7101\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photography By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jessegilesphotography.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Giles Photography<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Details<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Venue<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/casafeliz.us\/event-design\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Catering<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arthurscatering.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur\u2019s Catering<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Photographer<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jessegilesphotography.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Giles Photography<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Florist<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petalsbydesign.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Petals by Design<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Entertainment<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/atomicweddingdj.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atomic Entertainment<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Wedding Dress<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollectionbridal.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Collection Bridal<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cake<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publix.com\/products-services\/bakery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Publix<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hair &amp; Makeup<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/flourish.beauty.co\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flourish Beauty Co.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photography By Jesse Giles Photography January 23, 2026 \/\/ Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum We like to joke&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-298607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}