Planning the Big Day!

And the planning continues…


In beautiful NYC, it has been a VERY exciting week where we’re inundated with visitors from all over the “Fashion Universe”. With restaurant reservations hard to come by and taxi cabs even harder …I have had a lot of time to plan, plan, plan.

And….can you believe it….my lovely fiancé, Frank, has even been hit by the excitement. Initially, we had an agreement of the 3 choice rule (remember my first blog?), but now he’s so excited that he’s started to conduct his own research and emails me interesting ideas or information. I’m not sure how much longer this will continue, but I’m going to appreciate the help while I have it. Any day, I’m sure, I’ll hear “Ok, I’m done…let’s just go back to the 3 choice agreement.” LOL!!!



I’ve made BIG strides over the last couple of weeks:



* Conference Calls with 2 of the 3 resorts that we’re considering. The choice is becoming clearer on what will work for our friends and family. But, we’ll know FOR SURE after our December site visit.


* Met with our website design team – they are AWESOME. A great friend of mine, Troy Benton, owns The Reindeer Company. They are an industry leading, strategically-grounded digital agency with great creative acumen. Although Reindeer is well known for their work on such brands as, goop.com, Patron and Sobe Life Water… as a generous wedding gift, he offered to complete our website. I am truly blessed to have such great friends!! So, last Friday, we met with two of his designers – Yuyu and Fan – who instantly understood our aesthetic, personalities and goal for the site. We agreed on timing, I supplied the assets and in January – look for our site to launch. REMINDER: Secure our domain name ASAP!!!


* Finalized our kick-off design meeting for our stationary suite – can’t wait to share with you where we net out. We know that Mimi’s going to do a fantastic job!

On Sunday, I went to the most amazing event for all brides. It was organized by the owner of Private Receptions, Nerissa Montemurro (privatereceiptions.com). Amazing is an understatement. For me, it reinforced all the information I’d gathered on my own, my organization method and provided an outlet for me discuss some key concerns with professionals within the industry. Funny…they all agreed…WORK WITH VENDORS WHO YOU LIKE AND WHO LIKE YOU! Seems simple and easy enough, but I’ve noticed that there are “not so nice” people in this industry who often come “highly recommended”. Just because you’re the “it” florist doesn’t mean that you’re right for me. I walked out of the Private Reception event feeling grateful for the vendors we’ve already selected and vowed to follow my gut instinct and only work with ‘nice people’. If you’re a planning a wedding, please check them out. In October, they are having a “Beauty Bar” event…check out www.bridalbeautybar.eventbrite.com for more information.

So, a busy couple of weeks and many more to come…still dreaming of the dress that I tried at CH. Thinking that it’s the one…stay tuned (and fingers crossed).


(photo credit: photos "out and about in NYC")