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A Metropolitan Love Story: Meet the Planner Misty Willinger Events

57m · Metropolitan Weddings Podcast · 25 Apr 19:00

Today is a continuation of our earlier podcast A Metropolitan Love Story: Meet The Couple James and Sierra. We sit down and chat with not only the planner of the event, Misty Willinger with Misty Willinger Events, we also get to chat with our very own Dawn, who happens to be the mother of the bride. If you are looking for a true to life testimonial and behind the scenes anecdotes, this is for you. A real life wedding planning experience from those involved.

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