You Blew Me Away!

The venue was dramatic...the roof of Terrace on the Park, overlooking the site of the '64 Worlds Fair and the NY Mets' ball park.  The weather was dramatic...very very windy and quite cool.  The couple was dramatic...fun, touching, loving, and attentive to each other.

Their wedding ceremony gave a nod to the two religious tradiitons from which they come.  The Jewish traditions were drinking a symbolic cup of wine, signing the ketubah, and breaking the glass.  The  vows they declared to each other had their roots in the Christian rituals for marriage.

The tip for folks planning their wedding ceremony from this wedding is...be flexible.  The wind was not pleasant for their guests and for the bride and groom...so they asked me at the last minute to adapt the ceremony a bit.  I cut out major sections to shorten the time all had to endure the wind.  Yes, some of the words I'd carefully prepared and which they had approved were set aside.  The result was just a meaingful ceremony as if we'd done all of it...and everyone could take shelter sooner.  It was a win-win....or you could say, it was a breeze.

For me, it was a pleasure to finally work on a wedding with a wonderful, thorough, and caring wedding planner, Marissa Mortimer of Lavish Occasions.  She did so many unnoticed things to make Vincent and Marissa's day go smoothly.  They'll never know!

Julie Laudicina, Celebrant!