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Margaux & Oliver

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Our Story

## Our Story

![Our Story](https://wedflip.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1528360983277-13d401cdc186%3Fw%3D900%26h%3D1100%26fit%3Dcrop%26q%3D80\&w=3840\&q=75)

It began at a dinner party in Brooklyn on a cold February evening. Oliver was teaching at Duke but visiting a colleague in the neighborhood. Margaux was there researching a piece — she was always researching something. When someone mentioned Toni Morrison, the room kept moving but they stopped.

They argued for two hours about a single line in _Beloved_ — not combatively, but with the particular urgency of people who care too much about words. The host gently suggested they continue outside. They did, walking eight blocks before either noticed the cold.

Two years later, Oliver made a reservation at that same dinner party host's favorite restaurant and proposed over the dish she had been eating the night they met. He had spent three weeks tracking down the recipe. She said yes before he finished the question.

[Join Us](#rsvp)

Our Schedule

## The Evening

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5:30 PM

### Cocktail Hour

Champagne and small bites in the garden room

◆ The Solarium

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6:30 PM

### The Ceremony

Exchange of vows surrounded by candlelight and foliage

◆ The Grand Ballroom

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8:00 PM

### Dinner

A seated dinner of seasonal Carolina cuisine

◆ The Verandah Room

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9:30 PM

### Dancing

Live band and dancing until midnight

◆ The Grand Ballroom

When & Where

## The Weekend

![The Carolina Inn](https://wedflip.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1615729947596-a598e5de0ab3%3Fw%3D1400%26h%3D700%26fit%3Dcrop%26q%3D80\&w=3840\&q=75)

### The Carolina Inn

◆ When

Sunday, November 7, 2027

6:30 PM

◆ Where

211 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516

◆ Dress Code

Black Tie Optional

How We Met

## Oliver & Margaux

![Oliver](https://wedflip.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1583939003579-730e3918a45a%3Fw%3D800%26h%3D900%26fit%3Dcrop%26q%3D80\&w=3840\&q=75)

### Oliver

Oliver Ashford is a professor of American Literature at Duke University, where he specializes in 20th-century fiction and the intersection of race, memory, and language. He is the author of two scholarly books and one very dog-eared copy of Beloved. He cooks elaborate Sunday breakfasts and argues about novels with anyone who will stay long enough.

Durham, North Carolina

![Margaux](https://wedflip.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1511285560929-80b456fea0bc%3Fw%3D800%26h%3D900%26fit%3Dcrop%26q%3D80\&w=3840\&q=75)

### Margaux

Margaux Lennox is a food and culture editor at The Atlantic, where she writes about the way people eat, gather, and make meaning around the table. Her work has taken her from Oaxacan markets to Carolina barbecue pits. She is happiest with a good bottle of wine, a complicated menu, and a deadline she's almost meeting.

Brooklyn, New York

Moments We Cherish

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RSVP

## RSVP

Kindly respond by October 1st. Please note this is a black tie optional affair.

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