A Train Strike, a Bag of Chips, and a Cloudless Sky: Casey & Anthony's Wedding at Mezzatorre
- Author: Natali Grace Levine
- Wedding date: 10/04/2025
- City: Naples
Love Story
It started the old-fashioned way — a mutual friend, a shared love of fitness, and a meeting that Casey describes as anything but perfectly timed. "He stopped by their house when I had just woken up from a nap, so safe to say I was not my cutest self."
They talked about training. Casey mentioned she was thinking about leaving entertainment to become a full-time personal trainer. Anthony, having barely known her for an hour, was immediately and completely supportive. "The way he believed in me in that second meant so much to me. Now I get to live the rest of my life seeing him have that effect on people."
Months later, he slid into her DMs on Instagram. When she missed his first message and apologized, he replied with characteristic confidence: "It must be hard to keep track of messages when you have so many fans." She had approximately 3,000 followers at the time. He believed in her anyway.
They went on their first date on a Friday night of Valentine's Day weekend 2021 — and another the very next day. "From the moment we met we just clicked and have never stopped dating since that day." Five years later, ninety-three people traveled fifteen hours to watch them get married on an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The proposal, when it finally came, was a masterclass in misdirection. Anthony used their shared passion for content creation — and a mutual love of MASA beef tallow chips — as the perfect cover. He suggested filming content at the beach. Casey agreed but warned him it wasn't her content day so she wouldn't be looking her best. She was also preoccupied with planning birthdays. She had no idea. "Anthony had me set up the shot to film the chips — and he pulled out the ring." They came home to a house full of their closest friends and family. The privacy of the moment, followed immediately by the warmth of celebration. Exactly them.
About Your Wedding
The vision was clear from the beginning: classic with a whimsical Italian flair, lots of color, and every person they loved in one place experiencing something entirely new. "Anthony and I come from very different worlds," Casey explains, "and we feel that our willingness to be open to a different world is what makes us such a strong team."
A New York Italian Puerto Rican family and a San Diego beach-raised theatre kid — two worlds that had been building a life together for years, and a wedding that asked their people to step into something new alongside them. Ninety-three guests. Fifteen hours of travel. An island off the coast of Naples that nobody in their circle had ever visited. The gamble paid off entirely.
The weekend unfolded across three days: a welcome party on Friday with traditional Italian pasta, meats and cheese, and a folk quintet who, in Casey's words, "BROUGHT the energy" — plus a make-your-own cannoli station that kept guests at the tables long after midnight. The wedding itself on Saturday at the Mezzatorre. And on Sunday, a farewell cooking class at the rustic Trattoria Il Focolare, where the chefs greeted guests with a single rule: "You don't cook, you don't eat."
The color palette began with Mezzatorre's own pink umbrellas — salmon pink and the sculptural beauty of anthuriums forming what Casey calls "the perfect storm." Deep orange joined the palette as a nod to the season. The hardest planning decision of the entire eighteen months? The color of the dance floor. "We did green and white checks, but finding the perfect green was tough. We slept and slept on it."
Morning Details
Room service arrived at 7am — platters of croissants, meats, cheeses, breads, yogurts, fruit, and freshly squeezed juices parading into the bridal suite at Mezzatorre. Casey's first thought: "Oh good, I will not be the bride who doesn't eat today."
Emily — the friend who introduced Casey and Anthony — arrived first for hair and makeup. Anthony appeared briefly to greet her with his signature "what up girl?" — their private running joke — and Casey nearly lost it at seven in the morning before a single brush had touched her hair.
The bridesmaids gathered gradually. Casey stepped away for thirty minutes to check on guests at breakfast, recommend her favorite pastries, and make sure everyone had slept. Then came the moment that stopped everything: her bridesmaids presented her with a "Letters to the Bride" scrapbook — messages from close friends, family, her parents, and Anthony himself. "I wept as Antonio from Beauty Livery worked his magic on my hair. He was so patient with me. I think this was good to get out the tears so that I could somewhat handle the ceremony."
Her mother joined around eleven. Analisa from Beauty Livery helped her practice her Italian while doing her makeup. And to continue a tradition begun the night before, Casey wore the earrings her mother had worn on her own wedding day.
Bride Getting Ready
Casey's dress was the Galia Lahav "Majestic" — found at Galia Lahav in Los Angeles, after a process that required both patience and instinct. She thought she loved a different dress, the "Opera," on her first visit. Then she came back months later, completely alone, and knew immediately. "I came back months later completely on my own and knew it was the one."
The final look was completed with a Galia veil, Dolce Vita heels, and layers of jewellery that told stories across generations. Her mother's pearl drop earrings — worn to her own wedding to Casey's father. A puzzle ring passed down from her father's stepmother. A Tiffany pearl bracelet gifted to each bridesmaid as their "something blue," which Casey wore alongside them. "It was special to wear so many pieces that once belonged to women I look up to in my family."
The bridesmaids, in true Casey fashion, were given freedom rather than a prescription: "Wear pink and be chic." Maddie and Dom chose Mac Dugal, Madi wore House of CB, and Emily — the one who started it all — arrived in a very pearly V Chapman. They delivered.
Bouquets were designed by the team at Fiore all'Occhiello, with anthuriums at the heart of every arrangement — the same flowers that would anchor the decor throughout the entire weekend.
Groom Getting Ready
Anthony got ready in his brother Vincent's room, surrounded by Vincent, Daniel, and four close friends — Gabe, Jon, Michael, and Aron. His tuxedo was by Todd Snyder: sharp, clean, and entirely right for a fall wedding on the Amalfi Coast.
While Casey was reading letters and weeping beautifully into her hair appointment downstairs, Anthony was somewhere on the property playing tennis with his groomsmen. Which is, frankly, exactly what you would expect from a man who proposes behind a bag of chips and still somehow makes it the most romantic story in the room.
First Look
The first look took place at an overlook above the Tyrrhenian Sea — a spot Casey had identified on their very first visit to the Mezzatorre and filed away for exactly this moment. “It’s private, and all you can hear is the crashing of the waves.”
What neither of them knew going in was that they had each been quietly carrying the same anxiety from opposite sides of the property. His: “I knew it would be lace.” Hers: “I hope he likes my dress!” Two people who know each other completely, still nervous for each other in the best possible way — and both, it turned out, exactly right.
Photoshoot Before The Ceremony
The pre-ceremony shoot took place on their balcony and at the same overlook where the first look had just happened — a location that held a second significance neither of them had mentioned to their photographer. "It was the same place where we practiced our first dance the night before the wedding. For the first time."
The night before their wedding, on the same cliff above the Tyrrhenian Sea, they had quietly rehearsed how they would move together as a married couple. The next morning, in the dress and the Todd Snyder tuxedo, with Matteo Coltro capturing everything, they stood in the same spot and felt the full weight of what was coming.
Ceremony
The ceremony took place on the terrace of the Mezzatorre, overlooking the sea and Mount Vesuvius — and it began with a detail that set the emotional tone for everything that followed.
James Wong, a pianist who had flown from Singapore specifically for this wedding, opened with a rendition of Love Story by Taylor Swift. Not a random choice. Casey had sung that exact song directly to Anthony during a karaoke night in Nashville, shortly before he proposed. "I had a feeling that's what was coming next, and sang directly to him the whole time. He looked back at me like he knew too."
She walked in on a bridge over the sea, to music built from a Taylor Swift medley her bridesmaids had helped her design: Invisible String, Our Song, You Are in Love, Sweet Nothing, Lover, Daylight. "When I stepped onto the bridge, each key of 'Love Story' being played with so much intention, I first locked eyes with my Anthony, then all of our friends who love us so much. Everyone was beaming and tearing up. Even the dads I've never seen cry before. But all I could look at was Anthony."
The officiant was Casey's mother — a woman who had stepped into the role just thirty days before the ceremony after the original officiant was lost. It was her first time ever speaking publicly. She was, according to everyone present, extraordinary.
"She was the first person to notice my new 'sparkle' when I first started dating Anthony," Casey says. The ceremony was also, quietly, a conversation with those who were not physically present. Casey's Baba — her maternal grandmother, who passed in 2019 and who she had been deeply close to — was a presence throughout the day. "My mom, upon meeting Anthony, said 'Baba would have loved him,' to which I said, 'would have?! She sent him to me.'"
Emily and Michael held the rings. The parents came forward to bless the marriage. By the time it ended, there was not a dry eye on the terrace.
Photoshoot After The Ceremony
"My favorite photos are the ones we took on the bridge. It felt as if we were stepping over the bridge into our new life as husband and wife."
After the vows, after the tears, after everything — Casey and Anthony returned to the bridge above the sea. The same bridge she had walked down to Love Story. The same planks, the same water below, the same light. This time, crossed together. Matteo Coltro and the Waterfall Visuals team moved quietly alongside them, capturing the particular stillness that settles over two people in the hour immediately after they get married.
Wedding Venue & Decor
"The staff and all of Ischia's people embodied the warmth we feel in our family, the care and attention to detail our grandmothers and their mothers put into the food we eat and pass down."
That is why they chose the Mezzatorre. Not just for the views — though the views are extraordinary, perched above the Tyrrhenian Sea with Vesuvius in the distance. Not just for the Michelin-level kitchen. But because the hotel's staff, from the very first visit on their engagement moon, felt like family. The kind of warmth that cannot be designed or hired — it either exists in a place or it does not.
The decor built on what the Mezzatorre already offered. The pink umbrellas that are the hotel's signature inspired the entire palette — salmon pink and anthurium white, accented with the deep orange of an Italian October. Fiore all'Occhiello handled every floral arrangement throughout the weekend, from the welcome dinner tablescapes to the reception centrepieces: ten tables, each lit by its own chandelier, "drenched in perfectly pink roses and accented with anthureums." Lighting and technical production was handled by LK Events Wedding, whose work gave the entire reception its warm, cinematic glow.
The green and white checked dance floor — the decision that had required the most deliberation of the entire planning process — turned out to be exactly right. The stationery, designed by Kitty Mitchell of @by__kitty, ran through every element of the printed day. Two custom logos, including one featuring two fish representing the couple, appeared everywhere from the escort cards to the photobooth prints — a detail that was both playful and specifically, irreducibly theirs.
Real Wedding Couple's Advice
"Ischia is beyond special. It's also slightly off the beaten path, and it can be helpful to have a back up plan when it comes to transportation for your guests. We had a slight snafu with a transportation strike in Rome, and a protest at the port in Naples on the exact morning our guests were traveling to the venue. This made it challenging for our guests to reach the venue but their tenacity as well as the outstanding staff at the MZT quickly smoothed it all over. All but 2 of the 93 RSVP'd guests made it, so it ended up being just fine (as most wedding snafus do). So my advice would be to provide guests with plenty of information about ferries and transportation since there can be unpredictability, going into it well prepared can alleviate travel stress for your guests."
Reception
After cocktail hour aperitivo and Aperol spritzes accompanied by a jazzy saxophone performance, Casey and Anthony were led into the reception — and what they found stopped them both.
Ten tables perched directly over the water, each lit by its own chandelier, covered in pink roses and anthuriums. "Throughout the entire wedding, we've gravitated toward the idea of warm colors," Casey reflects. "Having gone through the wedding I realize this is a direct representation of how we feel around each other, and our people: warm."
The Michelin menu, designed with Mezzatorre's Salvatore and Valero, moved through four courses with the precision and generosity that the hotel is known for: zucchini blossoms, Vesuvian tomato pasta, veal, and a limón semifreddo to finish. The sweetheart table — a decision they had hesitated over — proved to be exactly right. "We were able to sit down, eat our course, then get up to chat with our guests. We got to every table. The entire dinner was magnificent and we actually got to eat all of it." Almost. Casey missed dessert. She has not yet forgiven herself.
After dinner, the cake — topped by a custom topper made by Casey's mother, who had made her own custom topper for her wedding to Casey's father — was cut to a toast of Tommasino wine. And then, as the first slice was lifted, the sky above the sea erupted.
Fireworks. A complete surprise to every guest in attendance. "Our favorite part was not even the fireworks themselves, but the priceless reactions of our guests." The pyrotechnics by La Pirotecnica lit up the dark Ischian sky to a medley of Love You for a Long Time, This Will Be an Everlasting Love, and Forever — songs chosen not at random but with the same care that had gone into every other detail of the weekend.
After the fireworks, the dance floor opened. The first dance was to How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You — chosen specifically because it was not too serious, because joy was the point. And then Casey disappeared for a moment and returned in a short custom skirt made from her mother's wedding dress.
"Her reaction was something I will never forget. She was honored, touched. I think I even saw my dad shed a tear. It was sooo special."
The dancing continued past 1am. Casey and Anthony stayed up until 2am to say goodbye to every guest before catching a 6am flight to their honeymoon.
Behind all of it was a team that Casey describes with genuine feeling: "They're all incredible. So nonchalant and chill while at the same time doing EVERYTHING under the sun to make sure everything turns out perfectly." The planners at Distinctive Italy Weddings — DIW — were, in her words, fantastic from start to finish: "They didn't miss a beat." The Mezzatorre team, led by Salvatore and Valero, "literally thought of everything." Matteo Coltro and the Waterfall Visuals videography team captured every moment with the kind of attentiveness that makes the resulting gallery feel like reliving the day rather than simply watching it. Antonio and Analisa from Beauty Livery kept Casey looking and feeling exactly as she had imagined from 7am through the last dance. The pyrotechnics team at La Pirotecnica timed the fireworks to perfection. James Wong flew from Singapore and played every note with the intention it deserved. The Lemon Groove Quintet brought the energy of the welcome party to a room that danced from ten months old to ninety-four. And through every logistical obstacle — the nationwide train strike, the port protests, the week of rain that parted for exactly one day — the entire team held the weekend together without anyone noticing the effort.
"All of it. Are you kidding? I would do it all the same."
Wedding Team
- Dress Galia Lahav
- Photographer Matteo Coltro
- Planner Distinctive Italy Weddings
- BTS content The BTS Bride
- Venue @mezzatorrehotel
- Videography @waterfallvisuals_videography
- Florals @fioreallocchiello.it
- Lighting & tech @lkevent_wedding
- Pyro @lapirotecnica
- Welcome music @lemon_groove_quintet
- Ceremony music @jameswong.kl
- Stationary @by__kitty
- Suit @toddsnyderny
- HMU @beautylivery
- Tailoring @sincerely_yourtailor
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