My May 23rd Wedding!!!!

Well we got back from our 2 week long Honeymoon last week so we are playing catch up with work and home-
I finally am getting a chance to write my review of our wedding!!!!

Villa Lombardi's AAAA+++++++++++
All I have to Say is WOW What an Amazing wedding day. The weather was absolutely Gorgeous. Hot and Sunny.
We really wanted the ceremony to take place outside. And that is just what we did-
The ceremony started at 12:00 Noon.
It was about 90 degrees and the sun was shining bright!!!
The Garden was decorated so beautifully. The flowers in the garden looked great, loved the pond, gazebo, just EVERYTHING. They had beautiful flowers along the whole isle.
Our Cantor did an Amazing job. (see his review below)
Our maitre D' was Awesome. Steve was there every step of the way and helped out with just about everything! We couldn't of asked for any better service.
The food as always was OUTSTANDING.
Our friends and family still can't stop talking about the food.

The cake was amazing. It was an upgraded cake thru Villa's. IT was perfect. It went with my calla Lilly theme perfectly. It had sugar calla lilies all over the outside of the cake. It was so Delicious. We can't wait until our 1 year anniversary so we could eat our cake.
Everything really was just perfect.

Flowers- Oakdale Florist AAAA+++++++
My flowers were absolultey GORGEOUS!!!
I Loved them. I got white calla lilies for my bouquet. I kept the stems long and they were wrapped in white satin ribbon. They were so classy looking.

The girls bouquets were a pinkish/peach color Calla Lilly. They were stunning. A new color on the market and they went with the bridesmaids sand color dresses perfectly.

And the centerpieces were the same calla lilies as the bridesmaid's/maids of honor....I had 7 of them in a short vase with some viney things- Just Gorgeous that is all I can really say.

Again all I got were comments from the guests on the Beautiful flowers.

Thanks Oakdale Florist!!!

Cantor Shel Rokofsky AAA++++++

What a 'real' down to earth guy. He had a beautiful singing voice. He performed the most beautiful Jewish Ceremony ever!!! Very classy and Real. I felt like he knew us forever.

Serenity Limos A+
We got a Cadillac Escalade.
It was a beautiful Limo. No complaints.
The limo went and picked up all the guys first- drop them off at Villa's and then came to get the girls. Everything went very smoothly

Marco Studios- A++++++++++++
My sister used Marco for her wedding and he was great. So we picked him and had Marco himself- He did an amazing Job. He was a lot of fun and we were all so comfortable with him.
We can't wait for the proofs. He did a lot of great poses!!!!!

First Class Video A+++++

Great job. They were very reasonable in price.
They didn't get in the way.
I can't wait for our video!

Sensational Sounds A++++++++
They were GREAT. We loved everything. So many people were up dancing the whole time.
They played all of our requests which we were excited about. WE asked for very particular songs at certain parts of the wedding and they came thru with them!!!
They really did a wonderful performance.
The MC Mike got everyone up and having fun the whole day!

Bridal Suites of Patchogue B+
They were VERY Late with getting the bridesmaids dresses in. I was stressing big time. But in their defense they did pull through and were very accommodating to all the girls with their appointments.
They said that it was out of the hands as far as the delivery of the dresses- They were by Mori Lee - Very slow

My dress was a Demetrios. I had no problems with that. The Dress was Amazing. 'My dream dress' It fit me perfectly. I needed no alterations- it was just meant for me.
My tiara was also Beautiful. I really felt like a Princess on my wedding day!!!!!!


I will add pictures very soon!!!

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Sounds as if everything went great! Congrats! Did you enjoy your honeymoon? Post pics sooN!

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We enjoyed the second half of the honeymoon more.............
First half was Sandals in St. Lucia. We went there for 6 days. It is a beautiful Island but we didn't like the food. And it was kinda boring. We really enjoy spending time alone with each other but we were hoping for a more exciting time at Sandals. Plus the airconditioning in our room sucked!

Then we went to San Juan for a night. That was alot of fun. Stayed at the Wyndham Beach and Casino.
It was beautiful. Had an awesome meal at The Palm. We enjoyed the next day laying on the beach.

Then we went on a cruise. It was a Royal Caribbean cruise that left out of Old San Juan.
It was 7 days and went to Aruba, Curasao, St. Martin and St. Thomas. It was AWESOME!!! We really luv Cruising. It is the best way to travel. Lots to do , awesome food......


Ok- will post pictures soon.

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Congrats! Sounds like a perfect day!
Can't wait to see pics. What Sandals did you stay at?

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Hi & congrats!! So glad everything went well for you - sounds like a beautiful day & an awesome honeymoon! Welcome back!
Can't wait to see pics!

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congrats...

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Congrats Michelle! Can't wait to see pictures! Did you guys take pics before the ceremony?

Michele-

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CONGRATULATIONS!!! thanx for the Villa Lombardi's review! I can't wait to have my wedding there!!

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sandj100304 - We stayed at the Grande St. Lucia in Sandals.-

Thanks everyone. We pick up our proofs on Thurs night. I can't wait.
I will try and get some pictures posted that other people took today.

Yes, we did see each other before the ceremony. Honestly I think that is the way
to go. The guys got to Villa's before the girls. Then all the girls got out of the limo
and just I was in the limo. The photographer had my husband come to the
door , open it and see me for the first time. This was all on video and we got pictures.
I can't wait to see!!!!
We did all the bridal party and family pictures- got them all out of the way.
We started our alone pictures and then we did have to finish up later on during
the reception.
We were a part of our cocktail hour. We took this time to meet and greet
all of family and friends. We continued to talk to our guests thru out the reception
but we were definetley glad to do it at the cocktail hour.