Carol and Michael were married at the Manhattan Penthouse. I was happy to work again with their wedding planner, James Abel.
It was so nice to work again with Carol and Michael after our engagement session when I first really got to know them.
I love a multi-hour engagement session as when the wedding day arrives it feels like the continuation of a friendship.
Carol possesses that rare trait of deep sensitivity, which heightened by the emotion of the wedding day,
made her excitement infectious. And I glimpsed a tear in Michael’s eye as Carol walked down the aisle, which showed how appreciative he was of the woman with those very qualities that he knows so well and how eager he was to embrace Carol in a lifelong partnership.
The charming story of how Michael and Carol met was read at the wedding, during the ceremony.
“In the fall of 2005, Michael broke his arm throwing a softball during an MTV company softball game. The break was so severe that Michael needed surgery to repair the bone, and he was forced to spend five days in the hospital. During his stay, friends and family visited him and wished him a speedy recovery. One of those visitors was Carol, a work associate of Michael’s who was also becoming his good friend, as they had worked together on several projects. When Carol entered Michael’s room, his father was already there, but was about to leave since Michael was growing more and more agitated and cranky, complaining about how the hospital food was inedible and the pain medication wasn’t working. Carol said hello to Michael’s father, then walked up to the side of Michael’s bed, and held up a brown paper bag. Mike’s eyes lit up, knowing it could only be one thing – real food. Carol smiled and opened the bag revealing a tupperware of rigatoni with her homemade meat sauce. Mike’s dad was in awe, impressed at Carol’s warm generosity. He told Mike he was one lucky guy as Carol, who also brought a real fork, began feeding Michael the pasta. Upon chewing the first bites, Mike smiled, but then stopped and turned to Carol asking, “Why so little sauce?” Michael’ dad immediately rolled his eyes and yelled at Michael for being rude. Michael claimed he was just stating a fact. Carol’s first reaction was to apologize, as she always aims to please in every aspect of her life, especially with her cooking, but then even she realized Michael had some nerve complaining giving the circumstances – so she started arguing with him as well. Michael’s father, who had been dealing with Michael’s ongoing crankiness for days now, put his jacket on and said to Carol, “You can have him!” Fortunately for Michael, Carol took his father’s advice…and today we are gathered here to witness the marriage of Carol and Michael who will begin a life together, filled with of love and respect, and a life where all imperfections are ignored – unless of course it relates to any sort of complaint about Carol’s cooking.”
Usually, I like to post a “sneak peak” of the wedding photos as soon as I can, but it has been a little bit crazy here
lately in the middle of the summer wedding season. When I sent Carol the slideshow, she evidently received it at the gym and immediately emailed me that she was running home to watch it. I then received another email from her to alert me only moments before she actually began watching it. This was finally followed by a third and truly wonderful email from her that made my day and which I have cut and paste below…
“I am beside myself. All the pictures are so amazing. I can’t even believe there are more. I feel like there are so many already.
I honestly think you managed to get at least one picture of almost everyone there. That is impressive! Michael and I can’t thank you enough
for working so hard for us. I wish someone had a picture of you standing on one of the chairs, trying to get the perfect shot. You are such
an amazing artist. Each picture captures the beauty and happiness from that day…, I feel so lucky to have found you. I hope there is an opportunity for us to hire you again.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!
I can’t wait to watch it again.”
Vendors:
Dress: Melissa Sweet
Shoes: Manolo Blahnik
Bridesmaids dressed: JCrew
Hair: Christophe Naselli
Make-up: Lori Conte : 917-797-4668.
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