Lauren Bosco and Patrick McNamara both left New York and found themselves working remotely in West Palm Beach during the pandemic. It was during Memorial Day Weekend when mutual friends invited them to a dinner party, and the connection was instant. “We met on a Saturday, and by Sunday, I texted her to go out to dinner on Monday—and again on Thursday, and that’s only because she wasn’t free on Tuesday and Wednesday,” Patrick laughs. And after just a few months, the pair returned to the city and moved into an apartment together on the Upper East Side. “It sounds so cliché, but it immediately felt like I’d known him my whole life,” Lauren notes.
Exactly one year later, to the day, Patrick proposed at The Breakers in Palm Beach. “He led me to the great lawn overlooking the ocean and got down on one knee,” Lauren recalls. “And of course, I said yes!” Afterward, the to-be-weds headed to Lauren’s favorite restaurant, Lola 41, where loved ones awaited. “I loved that Patrick knew how important my family and friends are to me and included them.”
It only made sense that the couple say, “I do,” in Florida. They were immediately drawn to the Pelican Club and swiftly booked the oceanside venue. Shortly after, Lauren began working with Anna Caroline Weddings to plan the fall affair, while Lauren Q Design Studio designed a wedding crest and Leslie Store took care of the invitations. “I really blended aesthetics for my wedding,” she explains. “I was inspired by Slim Aarons Palm Beach and the preppy, Americana aesthetic of Ralph Lauren.”
Lauren began the search for the dress at Monique Lhuillier with a specific vision in mind—taking notes of her grandmother’s dress and Jackie Kennedy’s iconic style. The off-the-shoulder Luisa was “the one.” She paired the dress with a cathedral-length, lace-trimmed veil by Toni Federici. “I was so in love with the whole look,” the bride gushes. “It was feminine, romantic, and as soon as I put it on, I knew it was what I wanted to marry Patrick in.” On the day-of, Patrick donned a tuxedo by Ralph Lauren and Del Toro shoes.
Family heirlooms played a special role in the bride’s wedding wardrobe. “One of my wedding bands was my great grandmother’s, and I wore my grandmother’s pearl earrings,” she notes. “Even our cake topper was from Patrick’s grandparents’ wedding in 1957.”
As for the final touch, The Clyque created a feminine beauty look. “I showed Emily, my makeup artist, a picture of Nicola Peltz’s makeup on her wedding day, and we used that as inspiration for my look,” Lauren shares. Her hair was styled in a slicked back bun. While getting ready, the bride wore a In Bloom by Jonquil nightgown topped with a sheer chiffon robe. Her bridal bouquet, one of many arrangements by Simply Events Design, was a small gathering of white double freesias.
“I’ve been vacationing in Florida since I was young, and I would pass St. Edward Church and say, ‘This is where I want to get married.’” On November 18, 2023, she and Patrick did exactly that. They wed in a traditional Catholic ceremony, seeing each other for the first time as Pachelbel’s “Canon in D” rang out. “The ceremony felt surreal, you imagine what it will feel like to walk down the aisle your whole life, and when it is happening, it is an out of body experience,” the bride recalls. “To see all my loved ones there and Patrick at the end of the aisle was a dream come true.”
During cocktail hour, guests sipped Aperol Spritzes, when the newlyweds surprisingly made their entrance by Hinkley Boat. “As we arrived back at the Pelican Club, guests were clapping and cheering for us as we pulled up to the dock and made our way into cocktail hour,” she remembers. “For us to have all our friends and family in one place, coming together to celebrate our love and marriage, was the best part!”
Custom menus by Ashley D. Studio defined the floral tablescapes inside the reception and, after dinner, Lauren’s father made an especially sentimental toast. He greeted guests and explained: “When Lauren was younger, she had a play kitchen with a phone. We used to play a game, where I would loudly say, ‘RING RING. . . Lauren pick up it’s Aladdin.’ And she’d run over, pick up the phone, and say, ‘NO,’ and hang up. Then I’d do it again and say, ‘RING RING. . . Lauren pick up it’s Peter Pan.’ And so on. Well today the phone rang. . . and it was Prince Charming, and we’re all so grateful that this time you said, Yes.'”
The newlyweds danced to Van Morrion’s “Into The Mystic” and the Sweet Tiers’s wedding cake made its way around fueling the movement toward the dance floor. The Vinyl Band played a Latin set, a nod to Lauren’s Puerto Rican roots, and the bride made an outfit change into The New Arrivals’s Giselle in Palais de Tokyo dress.
At the end of the night, the newlyweds made their way onto the stage as the crowd insisted on an encore. “To really end the night our band played ‘Shout’ by The Isley Brothers,” Lauren says “Normally I would cringe at this song, but in the moment, I wouldn’t have it any other way. Everyone was dancing, singing, and having the best time. My parents told me that the last song at their wedding was also ‘Shout,’ and they’ve been married for 40 years, so I feel like that was a good sign!”
