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Aawww...all those pics are so nice! I agree, the BM dresses are very pretty...Congratulations!

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I have to harass her to post more pics! She was so beautiful. My pics stink and we ran out of battery

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hahahahahaha, finally posted some pics!! they are in my album, enjoyyyyyyy!!! ill eventually post some more.

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Everything looks beautiful. Congrats. Glad to see you enjoyed yourself!!!! Well deserved after all the planning. Were you pleased with the North Ritz? They do such a phenominal job i love them all.

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Posted by raspbrryswl

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Posted by DiamondPipa

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Posted by Podikaki

Aawww...all those pics are so nice! I agree, the BM dresses are very pretty...Congratulations!

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I have to harass her to post more pics! She was so beautiful. My pics stink and we ran out of battery

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hahahahahaha, finally posted some pics!! they are in my album, enjoyyyyyyy!!! ill eventually post some more.

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WOW Jennie you looked amazing on your day. Everything looked perfect!!!!

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Hello everyone,
I'm scheduled to be married at St. Catherine's in Astoria next November, and I'm worried about 2 things:
a) the light inside the church (St. C has very little/no natural light coming in, and I'm worried about how the photos and video will come out)

b) the ceremony is supposed to start at 3pm and my coctail hour starts at 6pm (at Leonards). There's some other ceremony at the church at 2pm, and I'm worried that my ceremony may not start until 4pm...if it starts at 3:30, I'll be ecstatic. If it starts later than 3:30, and the ceremony runs 1.5 hours, I'm afraid there won't be enough time to take photos before coctail hour ends.

Does anyone have similar worries/concerns? Is there anything I can do about this?

Thanks!
Anna

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Posted by Annoulak

Hello everyone,
I'm scheduled to be married at St. Catherine's in Astoria next November, and I'm worried about 2 things:
a) the light inside the church (St. C has very little/no natural light coming in, and I'm worried about how the photos and video will come out)

b) the ceremony is supposed to start at 3pm and my coctail hour starts at 6pm (at Leonards). There's some other ceremony at the church at 2pm, and I'm worried that my ceremony may not start until 4pm...if it starts at 3:30, I'll be ecstatic. If it starts later than 3:30, and the ceremony runs 1.5 hours, I'm afraid there won't be enough time to take photos before coctail hour ends.

Does anyone have similar worries/concerns? Is there anything I can do about this?

Thanks!

Anna

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Hey Anna, welcome to the boards! Yea, St. Catherines tends to run late....is there any way you can start the CH at 6:30 to make sure there is extra time? There's also traffic on Northern Blvd going from St. Catherines. I'm doing my ceremony at 4 and CH at 630 but my church is 8 miles from the hall.

Re: the lighting...you should be fine at St. Catherines...there are so many weddings there...who is your photographer? address this concern with him and he'll take care of it...that's what they are there for

congrats on your engagement! kala stefana!

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hi girls .. i have very similar concerns as Annoulak re: the church except for st. demetrios in astoria. would anyone know if they tend to run late and also if guests can use the parking lot?? thanks :)

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Posted by mfiorent

hi girls .. i have very similar concerns as Annoulak re: the church except for st. demetrios in astoria. would anyone know if they tend to run late and also if guests can use the parking lot?? thanks :)

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Guests can use the parking lot at St. D, BUT it's VERY small, and someone will inevitably be blocked by someone else. I haven't counted the spaces lately, but you may want to let elderly guests know that there are limited # of spaces so they should get there early.

If your wedding is on a Sunday, then there are no parking meter rules in effect, so they don't have to feed the meter, but there aren't many meters around St. D either. There are many more meters around St. C, so I'm not too worried about parking there. In fact, parking is the least of my worries...in the end, guests will find a place to park, they just have to get there early enough.

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You're right - that lot is very tiny. good point about sunday meters - that's a plus.

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We had this issue with our E-dinner but it's at Mezzo so we have St. catherine's muni meter that helps us!

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Yiasou!!!

I just wanted to say hi to all of my fellow Greek Brides!!!

How is everyones planning going? We just booked our e-party--it's on December 30th and we are having it at Ammos in the city--we are SO excited!!

Did you guys have a priest present at the e-party to bless your ring? Also, do you NEED to have a koumbaro/a picked by the e-party??

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Posted by Aristotelina

Yiasou!!!

I just wanted to say hi to all of my fellow Greek Brides!!!

How is everyones planning going? We just booked our e-party--it's on December 30th and we are having it at Ammos in the city--we are SO excited!!

Did you guys have a priest present at the e-party to bless your ring? Also, do you NEED to have a koumbaro/a picked by the e-party??

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Hey!! congrats!!!! our e-dinner (well, gnorimia) is this weekend coming up...we are doing it at Mezzo Mezzo in Astoria and keeping it very small. We are not going to have a priest bless the rings b/c we are doing it very informal.

Ammos is great!!!!! I love the food and the atmosphere is out of control. You're going to have a great time!

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Posted by Aristotelina

Yiasou!!!

I just wanted to say hi to all of my fellow Greek Brides!!!

How is everyones planning going? We just booked our e-party--it's on December 30th and we are having it at Ammos in the city--we are SO excited!!

Did you guys have a priest present at the e-party to bless your ring? Also, do you NEED to have a koumbaro/a picked by the e-party??

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Hey!! congrats!!!! our e-dinner (well, gnorimia) is this weekend coming up...we are doing it at Mezzo Mezzo in Astoria and keeping it very small. We are not going to have a priest bless the rings b/c we are doing it very informal.

Ammos is great!!!!! I love the food and the atmosphere is out of control. You're going to have a great time!

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I know!! I can't wait!!

Mezzo Mezzo is right by me!!! If we didn't have such a big family, we would have done it there but keeping it 'small' to us is like keeping it under 200 people!! Gotta love big greek families!!

You must be SO excited for this weekend!!! Do you have a dress??

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Posted by Aristotelina

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Posted by DiamondPipa

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Posted by Aristotelina

Yiasou!!!

I just wanted to say hi to all of my fellow Greek Brides!!!

How is everyones planning going? We just booked our e-party--it's on December 30th and we are having it at Ammos in the city--we are SO excited!!

Did you guys have a priest present at the e-party to bless your ring? Also, do you NEED to have a koumbaro/a picked by the e-party??

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Hey!! congrats!!!! our e-dinner (well, gnorimia) is this weekend coming up...we are doing it at Mezzo Mezzo in Astoria and keeping it very small. We are not going to have a priest bless the rings b/c we are doing it very informal.

Ammos is great!!!!! I love the food and the atmosphere is out of control. You're going to have a great time!

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I know!! I can't wait!!

Mezzo Mezzo is right by me!!! If we didn't have such a big family, we would have done it there but keeping it 'small' to us is like keeping it under 200 people!! Gotta love big greek families!!

You must be SO excited for this weekend!!! Do you have a dress??

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I bought a dress the week he gave me the ring Omg we didn't even invite 1st cousins, it's ONLY aunts and uncles and our siblings and it's 27 people...

Penny, where do I know you from? Bryant???

You guys make such a great couple!!!!

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Posted by DiamondPipa

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Posted by Aristotelina

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Posted by DiamondPipa

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Posted by Aristotelina

Yiasou!!!

I just wanted to say hi to all of my fellow Greek Brides!!!

How is everyones planning going? We just booked our e-party--it's on December 30th and we are having it at Ammos in the city--we are SO excited!!

Did you guys have a priest present at the e-party to bless your ring? Also, do you NEED to have a koumbaro/a picked by the e-party??

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Hey!! congrats!!!! our e-dinner (well, gnorimia) is this weekend coming up...we are doing it at Mezzo Mezzo in Astoria and keeping it very small. We are not going to have a priest bless the rings b/c we are doing it very informal.

Ammos is great!!!!! I love the food and the atmosphere is out of control. You're going to have a great time!

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I know!! I can't wait!!

Mezzo Mezzo is right by me!!! If we didn't have such a big family, we would have done it there but keeping it 'small' to us is like keeping it under 200 people!! Gotta love big greek families!!

You must be SO excited for this weekend!!! Do you have a dress??

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I bought a dress the week he gave me the ring Omg we didn't even invite 1st cousins, it's ONLY aunts and uncles and our siblings and it's 27 people...

Penny, where do I know you from? Bryant???

You guys make such a great couple!!!!

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YES!!!!!!! THAT'S where I know you from!! Were you in a younger grade than me?? I graduated in 95!!!

Thanks so much!! You and your FH look soooo cute together too!!!!

OMG, can you imagine if you invited MORE people?? Yeah, FH's first cousins ALONE are like 20 people!!! It's crazy! LOL

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I bought a dress the week he gave me the ring Omg we didn't even invite 1st cousins, it's ONLY aunts and uncles and our siblings and it's 27 people...

Penny, where do I know you from? Bryant???

You guys make such a great couple!!!!

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YES!!!!!!! THAT'S where I know you from!! Were you in a younger grade than me?? I graduated in 95!!!

Thanks so much!! You and your FH look soooo cute together too!!!!

OMG, can you imagine if you invited MORE people?? Yeah, FH's first cousins ALONE are like 20 people!!! It's crazy! LOL

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I was a freshman when you graduated...you must know my brother too....MPAS' FH...greeks all know each other

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Posted by DiamondPipa

I bought a dress the week he gave me the ring Omg we didn't even invite 1st cousins, it's ONLY aunts and uncles and our siblings and it's 27 people...

Penny, where do I know you from? Bryant???

You guys make such a great couple!!!!

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YES!!!!!!! THAT'S where I know you from!! Were you in a younger grade than me?? I graduated in 95!!!

Thanks so much!! You and your FH look soooo cute together too!!!!

OMG, can you imagine if you invited MORE people?? Yeah, FH's first cousins ALONE are like 20 people!!! It's crazy! LOL

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I was a freshman when you graduated...you must know my brother too....MPAS' FH...greeks all know each other

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I'm trying to figure out HOW we knew each other. Maybe through my cousins Georgia and Kathy? The twins?

Yes, I know MPAS but just met her through the site. She knows my FH from Central because he works there.

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Bravo sounds out of queens specializes in Greek music....if you want any info FM me

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Posted by Aristotelina

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Posted by DiamondPipa

I bought a dress the week he gave me the ring Omg we didn't even invite 1st cousins, it's ONLY aunts and uncles and our siblings and it's 27 people...

Penny, where do I know you from? Bryant???

You guys make such a great couple!!!!

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YES!!!!!!! THAT'S where I know you from!! Were you in a younger grade than me?? I graduated in 95!!!

Thanks so much!! You and your FH look soooo cute together too!!!!

OMG, can you imagine if you invited MORE people?? Yeah, FH's first cousins ALONE are like 20 people!!! It's crazy! LOL

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I was a freshman when you graduated...you must know my brother too....MPAS' FH...greeks all know each other

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I'm trying to figure out HOW we knew each other. Maybe through my cousins Georgia and Kathy? The twins?

Yes, I know MPAS but just met her through the site. She knows my FH from Central because he works there.

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yup, i've known kathy georgia and eva forever, actually since ballet!

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How large is everyone's guestlist?

About a half hour ago I was watching the Greek channel on cable and an ad for Latos, latos & DiPipo came on; I suddenly remembered that my FMIL baptized one of the Latos brothers, and I forgot to put them and their parents on the guestlist...so now my guestlist is 290 .

This is before we've cut anyone from the list, but it's still pretty big for my taste, and it's unavoidable .

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yea, we have a little over 300 people on our guest list, including the people in greece though. We hope only 200-220 come....

we already have the complaints from FH's community that 'i can't believe they didn't invite my kids' when hellooooooo the only reason you're invited is b/c you're on his mom's ONE TABLE that she's allowed

some people think they didn't get our STD's b/c they were lost jersey people!

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Posted by Aristotelina

Yiasou!!!

I just wanted to say hi to all of my fellow Greek Brides!!!

How is everyones planning going? We just booked our e-party--it's on December 30th and we are having it at Ammos in the city--we are SO excited!!

Did you guys have a priest present at the e-party to bless your ring? Also, do you NEED to have a koumbaro/a picked by the e-party??

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COngrats, I love Ammos soo much. Actually, this Thurs in the Ammos in Astoria GreekAid is having an event, I have been to their past events and they were all fun so if you guys want to attend.

You dont have to have the koumbari picked by your epart, thats your preference. You dont have to have the pappa there to bless your ring bec they do that anyways at the wedding.

Have fun!!, Kala Stefana!!! Where in Greece are you getting married??