Friday · July 30
4:30 pm
Rehearsal Cocktails
Private residence, West End
By invitation. Details will arrive separately with your invitation suite.
Dress · Coastal cocktail
30 – 31 July 2027
Theweekend
Two days, one bay. Friday belongs to Portland; Saturday belongs to the island. Here is how it unfolds.
Photo: A long candlelit table under a tent beside the water
Friday — Oxbow, and the long tables outside
Saturday — the ferry, twenty minutes out
The itinerary
Friday · July 30
7:30 pm
Welcome Party
Oxbow Brewing Company, Portland
Everyone is invited. Beer poured by the people who make it, oysters shucked on the spot, and no seating chart whatsoever.
Dress · Whatever you travelled in
Saturday · July 31
3:00 pm
Boats Depart
Long Wharf, Commercial Street
Two boats, twenty minutes across the bay. Please be at the wharf by 2:40 — we cannot hold the tide.
Dress · Bring a layer
Saturday · July 31
4:30 pm
Ceremony
The granite ledge, House Island
Outdoors on uneven ground, facing the open water. Heels will lose. Block heels and flats will win.
Dress · Garden formal
Saturday · July 31
5:15 pm
Reception to Follow
The tent, House Island
Cocktails on the lawn, dinner under canvas, dancing until the last boat. Late-night lobster rolls are not a rumour.
Dress · Garden formal
Saturday · July 31
11:00 pm
Last Boat Home
Back to Long Wharf
The final crossing leaves at eleven sharp. There is no swimming option. We checked.
Dress · Shoes optional
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Photo: The shingled house on House Island with its wraparound porch
A note on the island
Wild, anda little windswept
House Island is granite, grass and salt air. The paths are uneven, the breeze arrives without warning, and the light at eight o’clock is the entire reason we chose it. Pack a wrap, and let your hair do what it wants.
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