Annie Sullivan's dress

As promised here are a few shots of Couture Bridal designer Annie Sullivan's own gown from her March wedding at Alder Manor.  Everything about her wedding was sublimely chic and romantically sophisticated. She was so stunning, I just kept staring at her. 

We love Annie and her gowns.

http://www.annie-sullivan.com/

Jimmy Lafave

I recently discovered the amazing music of Jimmy Lafave. His voice is off the chain.

http://jimmylafave.com/

i love brian dorsey studios

Photography to me is an art form that provides unending inspiration. If my husband and son would let me, I would spend hours just looking at photographs; which is what I like to do late at night with my favorite moody music playing, the room dark and just a splash of light on the photo or computer screen.

Which brings me to a part of my job job that completely humbles me.......getting to work with unbelievably talented vendors.  Brian Dorsey and his award winning team are one of my fav's. American Photo calls him “One of the Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World."  Without a doubt.  http://www.briandorseystudios.com/

Doing a photo shoot is one thing (and I'm certainly not diminishing the complexity of a shoot) but having to weave in and out unobtrusively at a wedding, and immortalize those least expected magical moments, is a completely different beast which requires a cocktail of skill, intuition and talent.  Not to mention, a great event photographer must be a master at arm-wrestling fate & time to capture the perfect shot.....all night long.  Brian & his team rock this ability with seemingly flawless ease. 

Which is not easy at all.  This is why you should always hire the absolute best photographer your budget will allow. 

The following photos of us are provided by Brian from a recent event that we shared at one of the hippest Catholic Churches in NYC, St. John Nepomucene.  http://www.stjohnnepomucene.org/

Thanks Brian!

i love the brooklyn museum

We did another wonderful event with Jung Lee and her amazing team at Fête  http://www.feteny.com/  at the Brooklyn Museum.  What a fantastic space for a wedding.  Amidst the soaring glass ceiling at the entrance to the museum, we performed a very personal ceremony for this "classic with an edge" couple.  Jung timed this event perfectly to the sinking sun, so that the view of the sky was stunning as Katie & Andrew said "I do." 

Andrew choose to walk down the aisle to "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel.  The flowergirls danced into "My Favorite Things" which alone is very magical, but we arranged it for the girls to have a little added whimsy. Katie walked in to one of her father's favorite Roy Orbison's songs, "All I Have To Do Is Dream" and they broke the glass to "All You Need is Love."   

We heart Brooklyn. 

i love annie sullivan & alder manor

We did a very sweet romantic ceremony at Alder Manor this past month for couture bridal designer Annie Sullivan.  The photo here is one of Annie's designs and she promised to forward us photos for our blog of her stunning gown when she returns from her honeymoon in Morocco.  http://www.annie-sullivan.com/

We will also keep you posted as Annie's wedding is being featured in MARTHA STEWART WEDDINGS.

Alder Manor remains one of my favorite wedding spots with it's gorgeous grounds and shabby chic mansion, that boasts over 70 rooms plus an indoor pool.  It was used for location shoots of "A Beautiful Mind", "The Royal Tanenbaums", "Mona Lisa Smiles", "Crododile Dundee" and a 2009 Victoria Secret's Shoot!

Annie's romantic, retro style was perfect in this setting and she walked down the aisle to our arrangement of THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU with string quartet, ukelele & voice.  Her good friend Matthew Brookshire was featured on ukelele and vocal.  It was a pleasure to work with Matthew who has an amazing voice and who you all might know from his alt-hit song "I can see Russia from Alaska (when I look in your eyes)"  http://www.matthewbrookshire.com/music-8.html 

I can't wait for Annie's photos!  Here are mine in the meantime. 

i love Roma

We were thrilled to have the opportunity to perform in Rome this past weekend.  The newly married Mr. & Mrs. Isaaco Azra invited us to play for their beautiful wedding at Casina di Macchia Madama. http://www.vanni.it/home.html

We performed a concert for the dinner portion of the evening and could not have asked for a more appreciative, gracious bride & groom. (Not to mention gorgeous as well!) Rome was picture perfect and we had an opportunity to visit the Vatican as well as indulge in wonderful persecco's, espresso's and pasta.

We heart Isacco and Barbara and their beautiful city of Roma!

Hannah Hens-Piazza (viola)

Kate Mollica finding her roots! (violin)

Ariana Rosen (violin) and Hannah

Pilley, Ariana & Kate at the Vatican

Swiss Guard at the Vatican

Pilley at St. Peters

St. Peter's Square

Ariana & Lauren Riley-Rigby (cello) having a cappucino

i love Central Synagogue

We just did a wedding at Central Synagogue and were honored to accompany Cantor Angela Buchdahl.  She has the voice of an angel!  They also have a great grand piano and a wonderful team of technical staff to amplify the music so that it soars around the synagogue.  We did a custom arrangement of Mi Ma'makim by Idan Raichel that Angela sang as well as Dodi Li, using a 6 piece chamber group of piano, string quartet, flute and voice.  We were also excited to meet Sandra Day O'Conner who was a witness to the Katubah signing.