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David Benthal
About a year ago this time,Summer HousestarsLindsay HubbardandCarl Radkeannounced their engagement. Now Hubbard is dishing exclusively to PEOPLE the details of her garden party themed bridal shower atCathédrale at Moxy East Villagein New York City.
“I have such an amazing group of girlfriends that were not going to let me get away without having a bridal shower,” says Hubbard.
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For dessert, Chef Erin Cayaban, created a curated dessert menu featuring chocolate molleux served with vanilla bean gelato, profiterole filled with cocoa nib ice cream andseasonal Sorbet.
In attendance were Hubbard’s stepmom and Radke’s mother which meant a lot to the bride. “They’ve met each other before a handful of times,” says Hubbard, “and they really get along. I think it’s always important to have your mother figures, your mother, your mother figure, whatever that more mature woman in your life is. It’s just always important to have them around, especially as you’re launching into this new chapter of your life.”
Ahead of the festivities, Hubbard revealed that she hadn’t nailed down her outfit (she recently shopped at Kleinfeld Bridalfor her wedding dress) just yet. “I still have boxes that have shown up today,” she said. ”I tried on a bunch last night, and then I went and got a spray tan today. And obviously, a spray tan and white dresses doesn’t really mix. I’m waiting for that to settle to try on more.”
The highlight of Hubbard’s night was when Radke showed up at the end to surprise her with a bouquet of flowers. “It gave me all the feels, and intensified my excitement for our upcoming wedding. I cannot wait to walk down the aisle with him in three short months!”
Radke proposed to Hubbard on August 27, 2022, at Southampton’s Dune Beach. The proposal was set up in the pretense of Hubbard and Radke going to a group bonfire at the beach, but Hubbard later discovered it was an intimate picnic just for the couple,who first met in 2016forSummer House’s first season.
“As we got there, I told her, ‘We haven’t had time to have alone time this summer, and I wanted to do something special,'” Radke recalled to PEOPLE at the time. “And I had the ring in a beach bag that she was carrying that I snuck in there. And she turned her back, and I figured, ‘This is my chance’ and I grabbed the ring, got down on one knee, and I turned her around and told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her, how happy I was, and that our love story was just beginning.”
Hubbard added in the same 2022 interview: “He said, ‘Will you marry me?’ and I said, ‘A thousand times, yes!’ And he said, ‘Hold on, let me get the ring’ and I was like, ‘I don’t care! When should we get married? Now? I’m ready!'”
The couple is expected to marry this fall in Mexico.
source: people.com
