When Bobby Ciapciak proposed to Natalie Buck, it wasn’t just a moment—he made it an all-day affair. “Bobby proposed by waking me up on a Saturday morning in June,” Natalie remembers. Their siblings were waiting in their Tribeca apartment kitchen with bagels and Champagne. “Bobby had a manicurist come to the apartment while we ate breakfast, and from there, he had more surprises up his sleeve.” At The Beekman hotel rooftop, 75 of their closest family and friends were waiting to celebrate with an afternoon party and, to end the day, he’d booked Carbone at ZZ’s Club for an intimate dinner with their families. “From the signature cocktails to far too much spicy rigatoni, it was a night to remember.”
The couple, who met at a Greenwich Village bar, had been dating for seven years and carved out a life in New York; Bobby is in finance, and Natalie is an actor and podcast host. But it wasn’t a New York wedding they dreamed of. Instead, they would wed in Natalie’s home away from home: Cabo. “Our favorite restaurant in Los Cabos is Flora Farms, so having the ceremony and reception there was an easy decision,” says Natalie, who has spent lots of time in the Mexico town, since her family has a home there. “Since Flora Farms is so beautiful and luscious already, filled with animals and gardens, we wanted to play off that natural beauty with neutral simplicity.” (It would represent a shift from the pre-wedding events—a rehearsal dinner at El Dorado Golf and Beach Club and welcome party at Chileno Bay—which were full of vibrant colors and bright, poppy florals.)
The bride’s fashion would embody simplicity and beauty, too. “I wanted something simple, timeless, and chic, a dress I could look back on in 50 years and still love,” Natalie says. She found that in the first dress she tried on at Jaxon James in Tribeca, a draped strapless sweetheart style. “Because the dress was very simple, I knew I wanted the veil to stand out." Her cathedral-length veil was edged with intricate lace. “I decided to wear a blusher because it added another layer of elegance.” She finished the look with glittering diamonds: earrings gifted from Bobby the week of the wedding and her mother’s tennis bracelet.
While her wedding dress said elegant beauty, her second look by Dana Harel was all about the party. “I changed into my second dress right after the speeches because I couldn’t wait to get into it,” Natalie says. “Because my feet were showing, I wanted my shoes to be a moment, so I got a white pair of Chanel heels with a funky heel, and the women from Los Cabos Makeup were there to do some quick makeup touch-ups and take my hair down.”
There was no first look on January 25, 2025. “We both knew that the first time we wanted to see each other that day was at the ceremony,” Natalie says. “I am so, so so glad we did that.” Florist Pina Cate outfitted the mango grove with potted plants, greenery, and white draping and planted individual flowers leading up to the aisle.“Bobby is a sketch artist in his free time, and on every seat was a drawing he did of the two of us and our family members involved in the ceremony."
Natalie walked down the aisle with her dad, sports commentator Joe Buck, to “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” “I have never felt more comfortable or at ease in my life,” she remembers. “As I was walking and looking around, I realized that everyone there was truly close to Bobby and me. It was our friends and family there to celebrate with us, and it was such a touching feeling. By the time I saw Bobby tearing up, I immediately felt relaxed and happy.” The groom’s brother, who had introduced the couple years earlier, officiated the short ceremony.
Then, the party was on. The newlyweds escaped for photos and touch-ups then did a private reception reveal with their planners, Lynette Dow Events. There were flax-colored linens topped with ferns and flowers, comfy couches beside bare wood tables, and a patterned dance floor aglow with fairy string lights. “I was so emotional,” Natalie remembers. “There is something so rewarding about planning for over a year and a half for an event and then seeing it come to life.”
Guests were seated for a family-style farm-to-table meal. “We had burrata with fresh tomatoes, chicken, sea bass, asparagus, sweet potatoes, and, everyone’s favorite, the three-cheese mac ’n’ cheese,” Natalie says. The couple took a moment away to cut their carrot cake. “We cut the cake privately with our photographer and videographer—we didn’t really want a whole spectacle of it,” she says. As guests finished up, Soulville Band from American Events Network took the stage.
“Our favorite part was dancing; I literally did not leave the dance floor,” the bride says. “Seeing that the dance floor was packed the entire night elated me. Once the band was finished, we had a DJ playing a lot of Chappell Roan and Taylor Swift, per our request.” Out came the C02 cannons for the newlyweds to blast into the crowd—“we felt like we were at our own Eras show”—and wood-fired late-night pizza; then the party continued late into the night at Chileno Bay’s speakeasy.
