Official Latina Brides Thread

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Posted by bluekat16

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Posted by LvnMrT

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Posted by RadiantBride

Hi everyone, I am so happy this thread came up. We had one a couple of months ago, but it died

I am Nelly. I am Dominican and my Dh is Black and White.
Since it was a Bi-Cultural wedding some of the Latino aspects that we used were:
Father/Daughter song- Mi nina bonita
Music- was about Half Spanish-- and I have got to say everyone was 'salza'ing by the end of the night
Cake- As a good Dominican girl we had a huge Fondant Dominican cake. (We had a Vieneese hour for guests (and DH ) that dont like Dominican Cake.

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Come on! Who doesn't like Dominican cake!!? lol. Can you recommend your baker please...I've been looking for a Dominican cake for my wedding Thanks!

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Great minds think a like...I just posted asking the same thing...

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Yes they do!

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Posted by CantWait2BMrsD

Sooo happy to see this!!!!
I have been on the lookout since i joined LIW! I'm Yoli by the way. FH & I are both 2nd Gen Latinos he is Cuban & I am Dominican.

One thing that we are doing.....

We are having a latin guitar trio to sing old spanish boleros during the cocktail hour. I know both our parents will love that!

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Wow that's really nice have a latin guitar, i've been thinking of having some latin jazz during my cocktail

Hi! I'm Linda...i am 100% mexican, but i was adopted. But being that my mom is puerto rican, i feel like i am half b/c that's all i know. lol. FH is ecuadorian.

Other than food and maybe a few cocktails, i don't know of any other things i would do for the wedding. But maybe I will get some ideas from my fellow latinas here.

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Posted by gisellav

Hi my fellow LATINAS:) my name is Gisella but everyone calls me Gigi
i was born in peru but came here when i was like 5..
im so happy some posted this up :)

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Nice to meet you !!!! I was also looking for a latina thread and decided wow we don't even have one so i decided what the heck why not do one lol

Here is a picture of the cake.

It was made in Washington Heights (I didnt care how far it was because the cake is really good.)

The name of the place is Biscocho de Colores or something like that.
241 Sherman Ave
New York, NY 10034
(212) 567-4747

It came out to be a little pricey but it was definitely worth it. (Then again I didnt know cake prices)

ETA: Cake pic

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Posted by RadiantBride

Here is a picture of the cake.

It was made in Washington Heights (I didnt care how far it was because the cake is really good.)

The name of the place is Biscocho de Colores or something like that.
241 Sherman Ave
New York, NY 10034
(212) 567-4747

It came out to be a little pricey but it was definitely worth it. (Then again I didnt know cake prices)

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Thanks chica! I can't see the cake, but I will check it out. I think I know where it is.

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Posted by evewedsjc

HI ALL....

I'M EVE...PUERTO RICAN...WHO IS HAVING THE BEST TIME EVER TRYING TO GET A DOMINICAN CAKE AT HER COUNTRY CLUB WEDDING...LOL

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I'm Dominican and a lot of my guest will be expecting Dominican cake.....they'll be disapointed to find out we decided against it. I just feel we have it at every major event/party and it was time for a change. lol

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Posted by CantWait2BMrsD

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Posted by evewedsjc

HI ALL....

I'M EVE...PUERTO RICAN...WHO IS HAVING THE BEST TIME EVER TRYING TO GET A DOMINICAN CAKE AT HER COUNTRY CLUB WEDDING...LOL

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I'm Dominican and a lot of my guest will be expecting Dominican cake.....they'll be disapointed to find out we decided against it. I just feel we have it at every major event/party and it was time for a change. lol

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Girlie I fee you! That was the one thing that all my family that flew in from OOT said, there better be Dominican cake! My MIL was great about it bc she likes it.

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Posted by Caramelatta

HIII!!!! Well this is going to be weird..... My name is Connie and I'm dominican and my FH is from bengladesh....hahhahahaha not incorporating spanish or indian besides the music hahahahahaha. but i will def come around to post

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Oh wow i went out with a guy from Pakistan(not my FH ) are you doing a ceremony Desi style or just a regular ceremony?

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Posted by sharivera

I am not latina , but FH is Puerto Rican...he really wanted a Salsa band & DJ (which would have been great ) but that was a little out of our budget... :( So we are just having a DJ. We are making them a list of all the spanish music we want played, aside from the obvious Suavamente..which i think i've heard at every non-latino wedding!!

One of our cocktail hour choices is a spanish station...which we are definitely having! Arroz con pollo and platanos!! mmmm....

One of the reasons we chose our RH was because of the spanish station.. none of the other halls we saw offered that!!

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Welcome!!!!Ooooo that sounds really good having arroz con pollo and platanos... ....You should definitely ask your dj to play lloraras by Oscar de Leon that song is one of the best..even though it's kinda old but still makes ppl dance

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Posted by MrsCastanedain09

Hey Chicas!
I'm Diana and am really glad to see this thread
I'm Mexican American, FH is Costa Rican and Peruvian.

We are incorporating lots:

Mass will be 80% in Spanish
We will have Padrinos de Boda
I will wear a mantilla veil and wear a dress made in Spain (Pronovias)
We're doing the rosary lasso and presenting flowers to the Virgen de Guadalupe.

We're also having Mariachi's perform during dinner...my Big Fat Latino Wedding!

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Hello!!!!!! I never heard of Padrinos de Boda, that sounds really interesting. Everything sounds really really nice

Mis queridas novias!

I am Erika, 100% Peruvian, FH's name is Gustavo he is Dominican, Honduran and Ecuadorian. Glad to see this thread

Just wondering, is anyone having a hard time explaining to people what an 'adult reception' means?

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Posted by gisellav

i wish i can get a veil like that but it wont go w/ my dress :(




I was wondering if anyone has a good hairstylist and makeup person??? I have full think hair most people cant work w/ my hair :( But i dont wanna pay alot. i went to two trials i liked the makeup person but would like to see others.
I am so americanized i dont know any traditions. i will def have Spanish music ..love me some bachata and salsa.

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Me too i too feel too Americanized, i'm Puerto Rican. I understand Spanish but speak it bad unfortunately and FH forget about him he can't speak at all just a few words lol..I'll definitely have salsa, merengue, samba probably some reggaeton lol....I wish i could incorporate some traditional stuff, but i just don't know what.

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Posted by SpringBride2010

Me too i too feel too Americanized, i'm Puerto Rican. I understand Spanish but speak it bad unfortunately and FH forget about him he can't speak at all just a few words lol..I'll definitely have salsa, merengue, samba probably some reggaeton lol....I wish i could incorporate some traditional stuff, but i just don't know what.

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Dont feel bad besides cake and music I didnt incorporate anything really. It really isnt me and I know DH would have been like .
Its your wedding and you should do the things that you feel comfortable with.

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Posted by RadiantBride

Hi everyone, I am so happy this thread came up. We had one a couple of months ago, but it died

I am Nelly. I am Dominican and my Dh is Black and White.
Since it was a Bi-Cultural wedding some of the Latino aspects that we used were:
Father/Daughter song- Mi nina bonita
Music- was about Half Spanish-- and I have got to say everyone was 'salza'ing by the end of the night
Cake- As a good Dominican girl we had a huge Fondant Dominican cake. (We had a Vieneese hour for guests (and DH ) that dont like Dominican Cake.

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Ayy dominican cake is the best, maybe i should get my Grooms cake at a dominican bake shop..hmmm lol

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Posted by RadiantBride

Here is a picture of the cake.

It was made in Washington Heights (I didnt care how far it was because the cake is really good.)

The name of the place is Biscocho de Colores or something like that.
241 Sherman Ave
New York, NY 10034
(212) 567-4747

It came out to be a little pricey but it was definitely worth it. (Then again I didnt know cake prices)

ETA: Cake pic

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That cake is gorgeous, I love it!!!

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Posted by RadiantBride

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Posted by SpringBride2010

Me too i too feel too Americanized, i'm Puerto Rican. I understand Spanish but speak it bad unfortunately and FH forget about him he can't speak at all just a few words lol..I'll definitely have salsa, merengue, samba probably some reggaeton lol....I wish i could incorporate some traditional stuff, but i just don't know what.

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Dont feel bad besides cake and music I didnt incorporate anything really. It really isnt me and I know DH would have been like .
Its your wedding and you should do the things that you feel comfortable with.

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lol...i know what you mean...but i might get my Grooms cake from like a Dominican baker because the bakers at Valencia are terrible now and i love the fillings that Dominican cakes and Valencia cakes have. I'll probably go to Corona because that's where i live by.

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Posted by SpringBride2010

lol...i know what you mean...but i might get my Grooms cake from like a Dominican baker because the bakers at Valencia are terrible now and i love the fillings that Dominican cakes and Valencia cakes have. I'll probably go to Corona because that's where i live by.

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Where in Corona? Please not Nitin, they turned horrible over the years. And I think they actually closed.

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Posted by RadiantBride

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Posted by SpringBride2010

lol...i know what you mean...but i might get my Grooms cake from like a Dominican baker because the bakers at Valencia are terrible now and i love the fillings that Dominican cakes and Valencia cakes have. I'll probably go to Corona because that's where i live by.

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Where in Corona? Please not Nitin, they turned horrible over the years. And I think they actually closed.

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Yeah Nitin is bad (for what my mom said) and even the original one in Santo DOmingo is not that good as before either