Alexandra Halbert and Mike Sweet of Blue Point
Alexandra Halbert and Mike Sweet married on June 4 at the Pelican Club in Jupiter, Florida. Credit: Jack Bates Photography
Alexandra Halbert and Mike Sweet were introduced by friends over dinner in late 2018 when Halbert was three months into law school and didn’t have much time for anything else. Her studies were “intense and took up all my time,” Halbert said. “And Mike was traveling a lot then.”
Life was busy, but they found time for a few dates and kept in touch. They soon realized they had a future together. “It was a crazy time, but we made it work,” Halbert said.
Halbert, 29, of Islip, has since finished law school and is working as an attorney. Sweet, 37, from Garden City Park, is a Suffolk County police officer.
Sweet’s proposal on July 10, 2022, came as a surprise, Halbert said. “We love to travel, and we planned a 10-day trip to Italy,” she said. “All my friends said, ‘Oh, you’re going to get engaged.’ We’d talked about it — he’s a very big joker, he’d say, ‘Yeah, we’ll get married in 2030.’ I had no idea. I’m very Type A, and he’s very Type B.”
He proposed on the second day of the trip, following a rooftop cooking class in Florence.
“We went up to the roof [again] and he proposed there,” she said. “I FaceTimed my family, and they could see the sunset and skyline.”
She learned later that he’d gotten the ring eight months before.
On June 2, Halbert and Sweet married at the Pelican Club, a Lessing’s property in Jupiter, Florida. Their Long Island wedding planner flew down to help, along with 175 guests. They had a welcome party two days before at their hotel’s pool, Halbert said, and on the day before the ceremony their immediate wedding party of about 40 took a boat cruise along the Jupiter Inlet following a morning walk-through of the venue.
The wedding party included both of their grandmothers as “flower girls,” Halbert’s “man of honor” as one of nine attendants and her twin nephews as ring bearers. Her uncle officiated. Rounding out the family affair, Sweet’s grandfather walked him down the aisle, Halbert said.
An earlier version of this story misidentified the day Sweet and Halbert got married
WEDDING VENUE
The couple wed at the Pelican Club in Jupiter, Florida.
WINE AND DINE
The Pelican Club catered the reception, which started with a raw bar during cocktail hour, pass-around canapés and a charcuterie display. Dinner was a duet entrée of filet mignon and grouper.
COST
Halbert estimated the wedding’s cost around $85,000.
HONEYMOON
The couple took a "mini-moon" to Turks and Caicos Islands shortly after the wedding and in November honeymooned in Dubai and the Maldives.
LET’S DANCE
"The Night We Met," by Lord Huron.
FAVE RAVES
Five things Halbert loves about Sweet: He keeps her calm; his go-with-the-flow attitude; he’s always up for an adventure, he makes her belly laugh; and he makes her feel loved every day.
Five things Sweet loves about Halbert: She think about others before herself; she's hardworking and determined; she’s committed to everything she does; she's beautiful; and she pushes for the best in him.
HOME BASE
Blue Point
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