My Three Sons

The young boys were excited...unsual for them to be so interested in a wedding ceremony. Their father, Eric, married Janine...who knew marrying Eric would mean including his three sons who are an animated, charming, and inquisitive trio.

Eric and Janine included vows to the boys in their ceremony. They promised to laugh at their jokes, help them with their homework, comfort them when they are sick, and love them always...unconditionally.

I was told when I asked Eric if it was his intention to marry Janine, the boys asked their grandmother, "What if he doesn't say 'Yes'? Can we say it for him?"




The support I get from Island Chateau is always superb. And the elegant setting in their venue creates a grand atmosphere for any special event.

Ceremony Idea: Janine and Eric had a large candle "engraved" with Eric's father's name. Eric lighted the candle in memory of his father at the outset of the ceremony. I've had couple do something similar before...but this was the first time I've seen the candle so nicely done.

So all the best to Eric and Janine...and the boys!

Julie Laudicina,Celebrant!

Trick or Treat? It's a Treat

Rebecca and Rashan wanted a Wedding Halloween Party...and their guests obliged. All sorts of goblins, monsters, and weird spirits showed up for their wedding at St. Charles Seminary, Staten Island.




Rebecca's father escorted her down the dramatic central stairs of this former mansion turned event space. Rashan joined her as they exchanged vows and rings in a simple ceremony. And then the party began!

Evelyn Rogers of Taste of Honey used the Halloween theme for the cocktail hour's appropriately grisly appetizers..for example, scallops with a slice of olive on top were "eyeballs" and the wings were called "bat wings."

Ceremony Idea: If traditional readings from literature or religious sources are not what you want for your ceremony...why not use lyrics to a song that you like. For this Halloween ceremony, I suggested lyrics from a song in "Phantom of the Opera." The words resonated with this couple...and I could see a guest in a phantom costume out of the corner of my eye.




Julie Laudicina, Celebrant!