Kellie Patrick Gates

Love columnist Kellie Patrick Gates was recently astonished to find herself illustrative of a marriage trend – she got hitched at age 36.

Previously an award-winning news reporter for The Inquirer and other newspapers in Pennsylvania, New York and Florida, she now writes from the Montgomery County home she shares with her husband, two dogs, a cat, and an unfinished wedding scrapbook.

Her advice to brides: Include your wedding date in the subject line of your Love column submission.

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Love: Kaya J. Jones & Wale Oyejide 08/06/2008: By Kellie Patrick Gates , For The Inquirer

Married June 14 at Salem Baptist Church in Jenkintown, with the Rev. Leslie Callahan officiating. A reception for 250 followed at Melrose Country Club.
Love: 07/25/2008: By Kellie Patrick Gates , For The Inquirer

Married June 6 at Normandy Farm in Blue Bell, with the Rev. Ronald McHatton officiating. A reception for 150 followed.
Love: Erin Paige Chapman & David Ran Cho 07/18/2008: By Kellie Patrick Gates , For The Inquirer

Married May 31 at Arch Street Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. John Sweet officiating. A reception for 120 guests was held at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in the historic building.
Love: Heidi Jolene Engel & Mark Charles Murphy 07/11/2008: By Kellie Patrick Gates , For The Inquirer

Married May 30 at Our Mother of Consolation Church in Chestnut Hill, with Father David Devlin officiating. A reception for 100 followed on the 33d floor - the spot with the great city views - at Loews Hotel in Center City.
Love: Meredith Nita Osterman & F. Matthew Rust Jr. 07/04/2008: By Kellie Patrick Gates , For The Inquirer

They met in November 2005 on a blind date. The couple's first date lasted eight hours, beginning with a cup of coffee, continuing with a 76ers game, and ending with late-night snacks at a Northern Liberties bar.
Love: Harriet Potashnick & Marshall S. Levine 06/27/2008: By Kellie Patrick Gates , For The Inquirer

Married May 23 in the garden of the Rittenhouse Hotel, with Rabbi Richard Steinbrink officiating. A luncheon for 50 followed in the hotel's Mary Cassatt room.
Love: Ashley Blair Soder & Matthew Lewis Robbins 06/20/2008: By Kellie Patrick Gates , For The Inquirer

Married on April 26, Ashley and Matt had an immediate-family-only ceremony at Sandals Montego Bay, with Rabbi Stephen Henriques officiating. On May 10, a reception for 165 was held at the Four Seasons in Philadelphia.
Love: Helen Kelly Bowen & Walter James Taylor 06/13/2008: By Kellie Patrick Gates , For The Inquirer

Married May 17 at St. James Church in Elkins Park, with the Rev. Raymond Himsworth and the Rev. Joseph Bowen - Kelly's uncle - performing the ceremony together. A reception for 140 followed at the Curtis Hall Arboretum in Wyncote.
Love: Donna Marie Atzert & Matthew Douglas Mount 06/06/2008: By Kellie Patrick Gates , For The Inquirer

They married May 17 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Beverly, Burlington County, with Deacon Herman Mosteller officiating. A reception for 175 followed at the Merion in Cinnaminson.
Love: Kimberly Ann Bucchieri & Ian Patrick Booth 05/30/2008: By Kellie Patrick Gates , For The Inquirer

They married April 19 on the 33d floor of the Loews Hotel, the former PSFS building. District Judge James DeAngelo officiated, and a reception for 150 followed.