Lehane ties the knot at the St. Pete Yacht Club

Writer Dennis Lehane and New Port Richey optometrist Angela Bernardo are on a honeymoon in Hawaii. The couple were married at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club on Saturday, Feb. 23.

Lehane, who grew up in Dorchester, Mass., is an Eckerd College graduate whose novels include Mystic River and Gone, Baby, Gone. He also has written episodes for HBO's critically acclaimed show, The Wire. Bernardo graduated from the New England College of Optometry in Boston whose practice is Trinity Optical. She specializes in contact lenses and promotes literacy and vision assessment for children.

Friends say the couple met at a Super Bowl party in 2007. Their parents, Rita and Marty Bernardo and Ann and Michael Lehane, were in St. Petersburg for the ceremony, as was Angi’s 85-year-old grandfather John Caruso. Her aunt Connie Southerland, who flew in from Hawaii for the event, brought leis for all the women attending.

- Mary Jane Park, Times staff writer

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