Owen Gerber always had a crush on Jane Zachar in high school in Westchester County. “At the time, I didn’t stand a chance,” the vice president at Canal Group, an alternative asset manager based in Miami, admits. “But I like to joke that I manifested this.”
Years later, in 2019, Jane, who works in product management for a tech startup, was living in San Francisco at the same time as Owen’s older sister, Chase. “Jane and Chase were connected through mutual friends, and I immediately asked my sister to put in a good word for me,” Owen says.
“Owen and I grew up just a few minutes away from each other,” Jane explains. “I was in Bedford, New York, and he lived in Pound Ridge. I had been at Greenwich Academy since preschool, and Owen started at Brunswick in high school. We had English class together and remember running into each other around Bedford, but we never dated. After college, I became friends with his older sister, who very slyly planted seeds that Owen had a crush on me in high school.”
Then, in September of 2020, Owen’s roommate George—who had also gone to high school with them—ran into Jane on his way back from dinner and invited her to a housewarming party later that night. “She actually came,” Owen says. “I seized the opportunity and asked her on a date.”
Four years later, Owen proposed in August 2024 during a sunset picnic overlooking the Douro River in Portugal. “The funny part is I planned the picnic, so I really was not expecting it to be the proposal,” Jane jokes. “Owen had gone around me with the hotel to coordinate a photographer and a special bottle of wine, so he somehow managed to surprise me inside my own plan.” Owen worked with his mom to reset her engagement ring—a beautiful emerald-cut diamond—and added side stones. “It felt so special and personal that he had reimagined something from his family for me,” Jane shares.
Their wedding was held nearly two years later on April 18, 2026, in Nayarit, Mexico, at Siari, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, and Nauka, the private club community next door. “I had visited Nauka years before when my parents first decided to buy a property there,” Owen explains. “When Jane and I first started planning, the hotel was under construction, but we visited together anyway a few months after our engagement, and Jane fell in love with it too.”
The property felt intimate and secluded, tucked into a cove with a long stretch of beach and surrounded by the mountains and jungle. “Beyond how breathtaking it was, the Siari and Nauka teams were so warm and genuinely excited to host our wedding,” Jane remembers. “Even though there was still a lot to finish on the property, once the timelines started to come together, it was the easiest decision.”
Planning meant navigating language barriers, construction timelines, and all of the extra layers and nuances that come with doing so from afar. “When Owen and I first started, we knew we wanted to work with event planner Kat Ferguson at Little Creek,” Jane says. “Owen’s sister had worked with them for her wedding in Whitefish, Montana, so we had seen firsthand how thoughtful and talented they are. During the process, we also got to know the Siari and Nauka teams and watched the property come to life in real time. By the time the wedding weekend arrived, it felt like everyone had been on the planning journey with us, and that made everything all the more special.”
On Thursday night, before the rehearsal dinner, the couple had a small ceremony with their immediate families and wedding party. “Members of the local Wixárika community came to welcome us and bless us and the space,” Jane says. “They set up a beautiful display of flowers and incense, and we spent a few moments at sunset honoring the weekend ahead and the land around us.”
The weekend then officially kicked off with tacos and margaritas at a welcome party within the resort. For this first event, Jane knew she wanted to wear something that she could dance in and chose a custom Silvia Tcherassi dress. “It came out better than I could have imagined,” Jane says. “And I paired it with my favorite moonstone earrings of my mom’s.”
Finding her wedding dress was the bride’s favorite part of the planning process. “[That said,] I probably went to too many boutiques because at one point it became completely overwhelming,” Jane admits. Ultimately, she found her dream wedding look at Danielle Frankel. She ended up working with the team there to combine two of her favorite dresses into one custom look. “The detailing on the top reminded me of ocean waves, and I knew the linen skirt would feel natural and airy on the beach,” she notes. “More than anything, it was so me. It felt like the dress I would choose in 20 years, or 60 years, and it would still be my dream dress.”
She also loved bringing in special pieces from the women in both of their families throughout the weekend. She carried her great-grandmother’s little heirloom bag—the same one her sisters, her mom, and her mom’s sisters all carried on their wedding days, too. “And, a few weeks before the wedding, my mother-in-law gave me a beautiful sapphire and diamond band,” Jane says. “It was a gift from Owen’s dad when Owen was born, and I wore it all weekend as my something blue.”
Owen wore a custom olive green jacket and beige trousers for the welcome party, and a custom brown suit for the wedding night—both by Sartoria Vanni, an Italian suit maker based in Florence. Meanwhile, the bridesmaids wore different earth-tone shades in various styles and textures, and the groomsmen wore beige linen suits. “Overall, we wanted the wedding party attire to feel organic and to bring out the tones and ease of the beach setting,” Jane adds.
The ceremony took place on the beach right before sunset, and the bride’s mother and father walked her down the aisle, and then the couple’s close friend George officiated. “He was the one who invited me to the housewarming party where Owen and I reconnected,” Jane explains. “So it felt so meaningful to have him be the one to tell our story and marry us.”
The couple shared the vows they had written. “There were lots of tears, from us and from our guests,” Jane says. “We really wanted the ceremony to feel intimate and deeply personal. And, it was really important to us for our guests to feel that, not just during the ceremony, but all weekend long.”
Prior to the ceremony, the couple had done a first look in an effort to feel calmer during the service. “But when I got to the top of the stairs and everyone turned back to look at me, I saw Owen, so handsome and wiping his eyes,” Jane says. “I felt so present and so emotional the whole time.”
Afterwards, the newlyweds took a moment to soak everything in together while their guests gathered by the pool for cocktail hour. Dinner was a short walk down the beach, on a grassy lawn right at the edge of the sand. “There was one of those beautiful Siari sunsets that made everything feel even more surreal,” Jane remembers. At the end of dinner, the newlyweds stood up and thanked everyone for being a part of their celebration, and as they finished, fireworks started—a surprise from Scott, Owen’s dad. Fire dancers then led everyone down the beach to the dance floor to start the party with carajillos.
The couple did their first dance to one of their favorite songs—“Wondering Why” by The Red Clay Strays. “Owen grew up going to Montana, and we had seen the band there a few years earlier, so it felt really special to use that song,” Jane explains. The bride then danced with her dad, and the groom danced with his mom.
After they cut the cake, Jane grabbed her sisters and bridesmaids to sneak off to her room and change. “Part of me wanted to keep my dress on all night, but I loved my after-party look, a low-back ivory slip with lace detailing by Victoria Beckham,” Jane explains. “I ran barefoot back out to the party with my girls, and Owen and I ended up on stage with the band, dancing, singing, and eventually crowd surfing.”
When the band finished, the fire dancers came back to lead everyone to the after-party at Naao, one of Siari’s restaurants, which is set inside this safari-style tent tucked into the jungle at the edge of the beach.
“I owned a nightclub in New York called Daphne,” Owen explains. “This was a meaningful part of our lives because many of our wedding guests had spent nights out dancing with us there, and it was where Jane and I made some of our favorite memories with them in the early days of our relationship. We closed Daphne in late fall of 2023, but it still holds such a special place for us, so I knew we had to bring it into the wedding somehow.”
With that top of mind, the after-party was designed to look like “Daphne Beach” with pink florals, disco balls, and lighting inspired by the original club. The couple’s close friend Chelsea Parke, founder of Parke, made custom Daphne Beach hats, and Cade Alami DJ’d the after-party.
The night ended with quesadillas, more tacos, and an after-after-party at the newlyweds’ villa down the beach. “At some point, Jane led the charge jumping into the pool in her dress,” Owen remembers. “Which truly felt like the right way to end the night. More than anything, though, it felt like every part of the wedding weekend was really authentic to us. The place, the people, the music, the after-party, all of it.”
“Soaking up a quiet moment together before the festivities—and our favorite people) arrived.” —Jane
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“Our rehearsal dinner would kick off the weekend of events—an intimate, candlelit dinner with close friends and family. Dinner was hosted at Nauka Village, a private community adjacent to Siari that offers a more secluded setting. After dinner, we made our way back to Siari, where we joined the rest of their guests for a poolside nightcap.” —Jane
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“First things first: a dip in the pool.” —Jane
“In the week leading up to the wedding, Owen and I started almost every morning with a walk on the beach together. Just the two of us—no phones, no agenda, nowhere to be. It was our time to decompress, and remind each other to slow down and just be present.” —Jane
“Last few rays before the main event.” —Jane
“While the boys golfed, I had my girls and the beach… just what I needed.” —Jane
“So focused on the camera that we almost missed the wave. Almost.” —Jane
“The first golden hour of the weekend, wrapped up in Owen’s arms before our rehearsal dinner. We’d been dreaming about these days for so long—I don’t think we stopped smiling once.” —Jane
“A moment for Danielle Frankel. I knew the texture and iridescence of the organza would be unreal at sunset. And it was.” —Jane
“My new sisters-in-law, and two of the best friends I could ask for.” —Jane
“Old friends and new, catching up over drinks as the sun went down.” —Jane
“I wanted the design to feel like an extension of the ocean, the jungle, and the architecture around us. One long table in the sand, dressed in the natural textures and tones of Nayarit, Mexico.” —Jane
“The florals followed the same philosophy, drawn from what grew around us: a variety of palms and native fruit. Camila of Edenia Studio understood the vision from the beginning and brought it to life so thoughtfully.” —Jane
“One last look before the seats filled up.” —Jane
“Before we sat down to dinner, we were called towards the ocean by the sound of a conch. Members of the local Wixárika community welcomed us and offered a blessing.” —Jane
“One by one, our guests made their way down the beach to the ceremony.” —Jane
“Raising our hands to the west, toward the sunset, we all took a moment to pause and honor the land around us.” —Jane
“The flowers, candles, and incense were placed with such intention.” —Jane
“There was no more authentic way to welcome the people we love to Nayarit.” —Jane
“Before the music, before the margs, there was the paper. I loved working with Karina to capture the spirit of each event throughout the weekend. For our welcome party: tropical, elevated, and a little wild.” —Jane
“Dinner, dessert, and speeches that made us cry and laugh in the same breath.” —Jane
“From the napkins to the matchbooks to the tajín rimmed glasses…every detail spoke the same language.” —Jane
“We fell for Zula, Siari’s open-air library, the moment we stepped in. Set high in the mountains, surrounded by the jungle and ocean. It was such a sexy space and felt very distinct from the rest of our very beachy weekend.” —Jane
“Owen and I tasted our way through the Siari bar on one of our planning trips… strictly for research. These mango margaritas beat some serious competition.” —Jane
“The two of us, before the party found us.” —Jane
“Early to the party. A first, and possibly a last!” —Jane
“Camila designed the florals to match the night: bold, organic, and a little untamed.” —Jane
“Off to greet the first guests!” —Jane
“I fell in love with two of Silvia Tcherassi’s designs, so we combined them into this custom look: the floral lace top of one dress, with the silky skirt of another.” —Jane
“My dad couldn’t stop smiling and telling me how amazed he is by the life we’ve built and the friends we’ve made.” —Jane
“The dress code, delivered.” —Jane
“Shrimp skewers, fresh off the grill!” —Jane
“Beautiful people in a beautiful place.” —Jane
“Mariachi, in motion.” —Jane
“Sneaking a little break from the party.” —Jane
“Taking it all in together.” —Jane
“Leave it to Georgia to get the party going!” —Jane
“Our friend and DJ, Cade, warming up for the night.” —Jane
Perfect dress for the impromptu dance party." —Jane
“A little blurry, just like the night.” —Jane
“We didn’t want to leave each other’s side.” —Jane
“Privacy please!” —Jane
“I still can’t get over our invitation suite. The handmade paper, the Capiz shells—by Karina of Studio Lameraner.” —Jane
“I had my wildly talented friend, Sunshine, do my makeup on the morning of the wedding.” —Jane
“The Zachar girls. Allie and Sarah: my sisters, matrons of honor, and exactly who I needed beside me that morning.” —Jane
“The moment I'd been waiting for all morning. My mom and sisters helped me out of my vintage YSL slip and into my dress, steadying my nerves the whole way.” —Jane
“A hot new bombshell enters the villa.” —Owen
“The big reveal—for my girls. None of them had seen the dress, a Danielle Frankel combining two of my favorite styles into one, until now. So worth the wait.” —Jane
“I was stunned watching Jane walk down those stairs in her dress. All I could think to myself was, ‘I can’t believe that’s my wife.’” —Jane
“Mr. & Mrs. Gerber.” —Jane
“You smile, I smile.” —Owen
“Straight from my dreams.” —Owen
“This dress was made for me, in every sense. More than anything, it felt so me. Thank you, Danielle Frankel, for bringing it to life exactly as I’d imagined.” —Jane
“The last few moments of our first look. Soaking in every second before the aisle.” —Jane
“I wore the comfiest flats on my wedding day but somehow still spent most of it barefoot.” —Jane
“How lucky am I to have grown up with such inspiring women in my life?” —Owen
“I wouldn’t be me without them.” —Owen
“Who said I only have sisters?” —Owen
“There’s nothing I love more than bringing together the people I care about most. Over the years, friends from different chapters of my life have formed friendships of their own, and nothing makes me happier. So you can imagine how meaningful it was to have every part of our world gathered together, celebrating with us.” —Owen
“We kept the aisle natural and organic, complementing what was already a perfect setting for our ceremony.” —Jane
“Millie stole the show, one petal at a time.” —Jane
“Nothing could have prepared me for the overwhelming love and gratitude I felt in this moment. So grateful to my mom and dad for always holding me up when emotion takes over.” —Jane
“I thought doing a first look first would help me hold it together for when Jane walked down the aisle. It did not.” —Owen
“I think I still held it together better than my dad.” —Owen
“My bridesmaids, Lizzie and Langdon-Grace. Matching in slick backs and teary eyes.” —Jane
“Husband and wife.” —Jane
“We did it!” —Jane
“Cocktail hour by the pool.” —Jane
“Sarah admiring me in her gorgeous Carolina Herrera veil. All three of us sisters have worn it on our wedding days.” —Jane
“Which way is the bar?” —the boys
“Already been. Catch up.” –the girls
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“The chicest, as always.” —Jane
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“The Gerbers clean up nicely!” —Jane
“As everyone drifted to dinner and the sky turned pink, we stole a few moments to ourselves on the beach.” —Jane
“Just the two of us, before we shared the night with our favorite people.” —Jane
“Our escort cards: the same Capiz shells from our invitation suite, nestled in sand.” —Jane
“The woven lanterns were my favorite part of the tablescape. We wanted the tables to glow as the sun dipped into the ocean.” —Jane
“Three long tables of everyone we love.” —Jane
“As Owen wrapped his toast, the sky lit up. A surprise from his dad, Scott, and a perfect finale to dinner.” —Jane
“Our hearts were quite literally bursting.” —Jane
“Dinner and a show is always a good idea.” —Jane
“A little too excited for the cake? Never.” —Jane
“Saved you a slice! These plates disappeared almost as fast as the carajillos.” —Jane
“A second away from the dance floor was a second wasted.” —Jane
“Yelling sweet nothings.” —Owen
“She’s bringin’ sexy back.” —Owen
“Didn’t plan for the dip. My face says it all.” —Jane
“And at this moment, the party peaked.” —Jane
“I wish I knew what song we were all singing. Must’ve been a good one.” —Jane
“Apparently this is not how you’re supposed to crowdsurf?” —Jane
“Luckily the path to the afterparty was well lit.” —Owen
“O and I leading the way through the jungle to our after-party.” —Jane
“Before Miami, I owned a nightclub in New York called Daphne. For one last night, we brought it back—this time on the beach, but with the same pink florals and disco balls.” —Owen
“Mission accomplished: best night of our lives.” —Owen
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