Chateau La Mer in Lindenhurst is on the water.
Crescent Beach Club looks and sounds amazing, but they were definately way too expensive for us.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!
The Vanderbilt Mansion at Dowling College is on the water (Connetquot river across from the arboretum). It is not your typical wedding factory. There is a place for an outside ceremony as well. It is a courtyard with a fountain. You can see some of the sites there on the virtual tour @ www.dowling.edu. The caterer there is Philip Stone (5156)623-6622. Their site is www.stonecaterers.com. Good luck!
Giorgios is really nice, East Wind is nice, The Vineyard is nice all the normal catering facilities. If you are looking for something really different a vineyard wedding is great. Wollfer Vineyards in Sagaponack is unbelievable in the fall, you think your in the Italian Countryside. Good Luck!
Thanks for all your suggestions. We interviewd a priest and ajudge and loved both, so now we need to make a choice!
We are having ours at The Snapper Inn, in Oakdale. It's a restaurant on the water with a outside lawn bar and they have a big white tent for weddings and parties. I'm not sure how many it holds but they have a minimum of 80. We got lucky and are allowed a minimum of 50. It's really nice and very inexpensive. They have a bunch of different packages to choose from. You can go from $35 - $80 a plate. The cake, champagne, bar, linens and centerpieces are included. The tent is right in front of the water.
Oh God Kate. Where is your dress?? I would be a nervous wreck. Are you OK??
Concetta's poem idea is GREAT!!! After you read it over the microphone, perhaps you can frame a copy of it so that it becomes a keepsake for Dad.
