Taking Vows: Kaestner-Lombardi
Priscilla “Margo” Kaestner and David Lombardi met on a dating app in Nashville while he was visiting from California, and they had their first date at the trendy Red Phone Booth in January 2021. After dating for over a year, David proposed in April 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic, where he had spent childhood summers with his maternal grandparents; his mother was born and lived there until marrying David’s father and immigrating to the U.S. David popped the question on the rooftop of the Aria Hotel, overlooking Prague’s Old Town.
The couple married in May in Stanford Chapel at First Presbyterian Church of Nashville, where the bride’s parents were married 31 years earlier. Dr. Ryan Moore officiated, Rhonda Swanson played the organ, and a bagpiper led the recession.
Margo wore a bespoke Olia Zavozina dress with pearl earrings and a pearl comb by Hazen & Co. She carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley — her grandmother’s favorite flower — and bridesmaids donned LulaKate dresses in French blue. David sported a blue suit by Suitsupply, and groomsmen wore navy blazers with gray slacks.
The bride’s parents hosted a garden reception at their farm in Franklin, following the midmorning wedding. East Nashville’s Ostara Gardens designed all the florals, including white peonies, garden roses and peach stock in blue and white ginger jars, silver cups and terra-cotta pots.
Emily Frith of Corner Market Catering Company provided a luncheon. Hors d’oeuvres were sweet potato biscuits with country ham, cucumber sandwiches and gougères. Various stations offered shrimp and grits, a Southern biscuit bar with jams and fried chicken, and quiche with green berry salad. Triple Crown Bakery made the lemon and blueberry cake, ensemble Viva La Strings played during the reception, and Jay Joyner planned the event. Joyner & Hogan Printers designed and printed the invitation suite.
The newlyweds honeymooned in Africa, where they went on safari in Tanzania and enjoyed the beaches of Zanzibar. They live in Bellevue, where the bride — a graduate of Auburn University with an MBA from Lipscomb University — is the Merchandising Promotions Supervisor at Tractor Supply Company. The groom — a staff writer covering the San Francisco 49ers for The Athletic — is a graduate of Stanford University with an MS in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University. Parents are Susan and Todd Kaestner of Franklin, and Monika and Allan Lombardi of Visalia, California.
