MAY 28, 2006 MY wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!!

I don’t even know where to start with this. So here goes. I know this will probably wind up very long, because once I get started writing something, I can’t stop. I know a lot of you will just skip through to look at the pictures and find the vendors you might be using, but I will write I felt about everything leading up to and including the wedding day (and honeymoon!) because I felt when planning the wedding that reading these reviews were extremely helpful.

NOTE : most of the pictures in this review are professional proofs by DUET. However there are a few that were taken by family and friends.
ENJOY!!

Some advice for the brides-to-be:
Always remember what your wedding is really about. Its very easy to get wrapped up in all the details – the flowers, bridesmaid dresses, favors, napkins, whatever it is you get wrapped up with. At the end of the day though, no matter what happens, you will still be married. Don’t expect your wedding day to be perfect, things WILL go wrong. But take it all in stride- it doesn’t really matter. All the little things that you think are SO important now, you probably won’t even notice the day of the wedding. I didn’t really see my place card, forgot we were having an ice sculpture at the cocktail hour. I didn’t notice what my guests were wearing. It was about my and my husband. All I cared about was that we were married! To see my guests having a good time made it even better.
I was never one to get carried away during the wedding process, but I see on these boards how some girls freak out over the smallest details. So I just want to say – relax – your wedding day will be all you dreamed it to be – especially at the end of the day when you kiss your new husband!!


LONG ISLAND WEDDINGS: A+++++++++
Honestly, I don’t know how I could have planned the wedding without the help of this website. You always hear people say that when looking for vendors you should ask people for recommendations. Without LIW I would have had maybe 2 or 3 recommendations. With LIW I had hundreds of recommendations, and this made me feel so confident when choosing all my vendors. In addition to all the wonderful advice, I have also made great friends through this website, which is truly invaluable. Thank you, Ron and Liz, for creating such a wonderful wedding resource.

The Proposal
I guess it would all start with the proposal. We had been talking about getting married for awhile, and I knew it was coming, but had no idea when or how he would do it. He lived and worked in Queens, and I was living out on LI. He would normally come out by train on Friday nights, but this time – December 10, 2004, he asked me if I could come pick him up at his work – he told be there was someone he wanted me to meet. Being the huge No Doubt fan I am, I got all excited and asked him if it was Gwen Stefani – he said no. OK, back track a little – he used to work as a recording engineer in a huge movie/TV studio, so a lot of famous people came in and out of there. One of his major clients was Sesame Street (which plays a huge role in this story as you will see in a few minutes). Anyway, I get there – almost 2 hours late because I was stuck in traffic. He meets me at the elevator, and again tells me there is someone he wants me to meet. For some reason I get thought in my head that it would be Oprah. I don’t know why I thought this, but I did. He leads me to a room and tells me the person is waiting inside – so I step into this room with an amazing view of the NYC skyline – and on a couch is an Elmo doll dressed up in a tux and holding a rose. He tells me to sit down and press Elmo’s hand. When I press the hand, the doll says “Hi Lauren, this is Elmo. Travis has something to ask you. Travis, get on your knee.” At this point I look at Travis and he is on his knee with a ring asking me to marry him!! I said yes (of course) and the Elmo doll starts singing and saying “yay!” He actually got the guy who does Elmo’s voice to record the whole thing, and then Kevin (aka Elmo) put in a call to Mattel to ask them to make this doll. So it is a one of a kind Elmo doll, made especially for me!


PRE-WEDDING STUFF

Engagement Party Invitations – I can’t remember who made them – sorry!
They were really cute. Everything came on time and the quality was great. I loved them.


Engagment Party – Milano Grille, Smithtown: A
The Milano Grille no longer exists, it is now Anna Maria’s. The party was great. We had buffet style food which was really good, and had a private room for our party. I am not really going to say too much here since they are no longer in business and no one would be able to use them now anyway.

Engagement Party DJ – The Party Empire www.thepartyempire.com A+
The Party Empire is owned by my brother, so the DJ was free (always a good thing!). He did a great job playing music and keeping the party going. This is not an ad for his business, but if you want his info, please feel free to FM me. (He also does party services like set up/cleanup, waitstaff, and bartending)

Engagement Party Decorations ?
I don’t know where my mom got them from but they were simple balloons and cute blow up champagne bottles. They did the job. Honestly, I didn’t think it was necessary to spend money on “real” (meaning flowers) for the engagement party.

Save the date Magnets – www.savethedatemagnet.com A
They did a great job on our magnets. I picked out one of their styles and told them the wording I wanted, I also added a line of text that was not on their sample. They sent me an email proof and then I approved them. They arrived really fast – I think about a week later. They were perfect. The magnets are not the best quality ever – they stay on the fridge fine, but won’t hold anything else up. But the price was pretty good, and they got our message across. We sent them out about a year before the wedding, since our date was on Memorial Date weekend. In retrospect, I don’t think it even mattered because we had a bunch of people who received save the dates and then when invitation time rolled around they responded no and said they had other plans. Sorry, but you had other plans more than a YEAR in advance, I don’t think so. So what the moral of the story is – if people want to come to your wedding they will – whether they get an STD or not. If they don’t feel like coming – they aren’t going to – whether they get an STD or not. Most people who matter to you anyway will already know your wedding date because you or your parents or someone else told them.



OK, on to the good stuff – the wedding vendors. I will try to keep this to the point and not go on and on, I know that can get boring.


Mother Nature A ++++++++++++
Not really sure how you can give the weather a rating, but since many people seem to do this, I will too. The day was absolutely perfect – sunny and warm, not humid. I couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day.

THE WEDDING VENDORS
Invitations – Not from a Box www.notfromabox.com
For some reason, invitations were the hardest thing for us to choose. We started looking in September and didn’t finally make a decision until January. I had seen pocketfold invitations in the very beginning and really liked them, but then totally forgot they existed. We started going from store to store looking for invitations, but never found anything we were thrilled with. Finally after months of frustration, I decided to look online and found the pocketfolds again. I priced out a bunch of companies and decided that Not From a Box had the best deal. They did the printing, and put the invitation together – we just had to “stuff” them with the RSVP and Reception cards. We also had them do the computer calligraphy for the envelopes. The paper quality is excellent, and the invitations came out beautiful. Their customer service was outstanding – they sent me a proof and I made modifications until I was happy with the result, and Heather, my designer was always helpful and accommodating. I never actually “spoke” with them, all communication was done through email, and we had not problems whatsoever. We received many, many compliments on the invitations.





Tuxedos – Tuxedo Park: B-
My mom saw an ad in a wedding magazine very early in planning of a pin-striped tux that she thought was “sharp.” When she showed it to Travis, he loved it too, and wanted THAT one. I looked around for it, and saw that Tuxedo Park had it. So we went there in January to avoid prom crowds and those sorts of things. We had to make an appointment, and took my mom and dad with us. When we got there, they told us they normally only dress the groom, but were very accommodating and let my dad try on stuff too. Their prices were a little more than we expected, but I knew they had such stellar reviews and their service that day was great, so we decided to go with them. Since almost all the groomsmen were OOT, Tuxedo Park said the guys could send them the measurement through their website. We thought this was great. Well, Travis tells his guys this and this is what they do. Sometime in April we get a call that no one has called in their measurement yet. Travis tells them that they were put in through the website, and they say they don’t have them, to give them a few days to locate them. We call back a week later, no measurements. So we ask the guys to find where they put their measurements and call them in instead. They do this. A few weeks before the wedding, they are still missing one of the guy’s measurements. He has to call them in yet AGAIN.
My brother was the only local groomsmen. We live in Commack, so I tell him to go to the Huntington location. Later that day I get a call from him and he tells me that the store no longer exists. It is empty- there is no one there. It turns out they closed that location and never contacted any of their clients. The last time I checked, Huntington is still on their website. It was also on any letters they sent us.

The day the guys picked up their tuxes went well. They had sandwiches and drinks for them. The ringbearer was supposed to have tie to match the groomsmen – but they forgot to do any tie for him, and they had no more celadon, so instead they gave him a white tie to match Travis. That was fine, but we had called numerous times to make sure they knew about the celadon tie.
The end result : all the guys looked great, but there was a lot of aggravation along the way.





FLOWERGIRL DRESS- The Briar Patch
www.shopbriarpatch.com A

We had to find an inexpensive dress because Travis’s sister was talking about getting her daughter’s (the FG) dress at a thrift store. I really didn’t like this idea, so I searched high and low for affordable dresses. I looked at a million websites and finally found The Briar Patch. They had so many cute dresses, I actually had a hard time choosing one. The one I picked was $42. His sister ordered the dress off the website and had no problems. She looked adorable!!



BRIDESMAIDS DRESSES – Adrienne’s
I am actually going to give Adrienne’s two grades.
For service they get an A
When we went looking for the dresses, the girl there was very helpful. I definitely recommend going there as soon as they open on a weekend because they get really busy and the Maid’s cottage is pretty small. We chose a Bill Levkoff dress in celadon with a pink sash for the BM, my MOH had a different dress – also Bill Levkoff in pink.
The dresses came in on time and in the right colors, we had no problems there.

HOWEVER

For alterations they get a D
In the end, two of my BMs and my JrBM had alterations here. My MOH and other BM went elsewhere for alterations.
I went with one of them for her first fitting. Our appointment was at 6pm. I left work early so I could go with her. When we walked in at 5:55, these two teenage girls (ugh, prom) walked in right before us and said they had a 5:00 appointment – they were almost an hour late – BUT THEY TOOK THEM FIRST!!! We had to wait over 45 minutes before the seamstress helped us!!! When she finally did she was very grumpy and not nice at all. The dress was falling of my friend, so they took it in. When she went for the second fitting, it was too tight, she felt like she couldn’t breathe. So for the THIRD fitting, she expects everything to be perfect, right? NO, this time she can’t even zip up the dress!! Instead of letting it out, she took it in more! At least she realized her mistake and fixed it right then, but my BM had to wait around until she fixed it!

My other BM who got her alterations done there had another awful experience. Between when she got her measurements done and her first fitting, she started taking BC which made her boobs bigger, so the dress did not zip up. The seamstress started going on and on about it in front of everyone in the store – telling her there was no way they could have made such a mistake with the measurements, blah blah blah- basically telling her she was fat!! So anyway, after embarrassing her, they ordered extra material so they could put in another panel. She goes back for her second fitting and the now the dress is HUGE on her. Finally on the third fitting, they got it right.

Fortunately, my Jr. BM had no issues with alterations!!

The other issue with the alterations there was that we wanted the dress to be tea – length and longer in the back – like the designer had in the pictures of the dress and the seamstresses there argued about doing it. It was like they didn’t want to do extra work!

The only reason I didn’t give them an F was because my Jr. BM had no problems, and the end result was good.



Mother of the Bride Dress – Adrienne’s : A
Again they were good with the service. My mom went back there many times – she is very indecisive. Every time they were very helpful. She did not get the alterations done there.
It was a Rina diMontella Dress.



MY DRESS – Jasmine Couture -Paradise Bridal: A
I thought I wanted a simple dress with straps. When I went to Paradise, Paulina, my attendant showed me these BUT also showed me some different options. She was so patient and helpful. I saw a few dresses that I liked, and came back a few days later with my mom and MOH. She pulled all the dresses I had liked from the last time and again so patient and wonderful. It didn’t take me to long to find “the one” – I loved the way it looked and never looked back on my choice. I ordered the dress in May and it came in the beginning of March. No problems, the size was right and the dress was in perfect condition. I had a few issues with them on the phone when I started wondering where the dress was, but nothing major.

I did not have my alterations done there, but I can’t give out the name of the woman who did them. She was recommended by friends of my parents and unfortunately is not taking on any more business. It’s a shame, because she did a wonderful job. The dress fit like a dream – I never felt like it was falling down, and the bustle did not budge an inch.





My Slip – Angels Bridals (ebay seller) B
The slip came packed in this tiny little box, I have no idea how they got it in there. It was perfect for the dress, and good quality. It shipped really fast. The reason I am giving them a B is because the slip kept falling down the whole time I was wearing it and I was tripping all over it. I think this is because it was a hook closure- the first time we checked the hook had opened. The second time we had to put it on its tightest setting. I don’t really know if this is the fault of the seller, but it was really annoying. Finally my bridal attendant pinned up the bottom of the slip, and I had no problems after that.

My shoes – Craft Shoes: A
No problems here. I went into Craft shoes one day, and looked at their selection. I asked to try on a pair that I liked, and those were fine. I bought them. I was not picky at all about shoes. I didn’t need to try on a million pairs. They were pretty and fairly comfortable. They started to hurt when the reception started- but I got through the pics and ceremony fine.





My flip flops – Shoe Mania (in the city): A
So happy I decided to get these!! I found them for $10. They were totally comfortable and I loved them. I would have worn flip flops the whole time, but my mom didn’t like this idea. I compromised and wore them for the reception.

My earrings – Fortunoff: A-
My parents bought be these as my birthday present back in January. They were pretty, their customer service wasn’t great.

My bracelet – Swarovski Outlet : A
Pretty bracelet at a discount, what more could I ask for?


My veil and tiara – One of my best friends and bridesmaid
I can’t really score this. They were my “something borrowed.” She bought them for her wedding in 2003, I think she bought them at Macy’s. Both were beautiful!






Garter- ebay seller?
I don’t remember the name of the seller, so I won’t give a review. We weren’t going to do the garter removal, so I didn’t really pay much attention to this. It was a little scratchy and tight, and I actually had it on the whole time. I didn’t realize how much it was hurting me (I had no stockings on) until the after party, so we did an “unofficial” garter removal. He was happy to see the Cardinals garter.






FLOWERS- Pedestals A+++++++++++
I had absolutely no idea what I wanted with flowers. Pedestals was a Westbury Manor vendor and I had seen many good reviews on LIW so we went to meet with them. This was one of the last vendors we booked, so we were totally done with meeting with vendors. We had a budget in mind when we went there. We met with Robert and he had a “vision” which sounded good to us and it was within the budget we had set for flowers, so we booked right then and there. No regrets about not looking elsewhere. Our flowers were amazing – I absolutely loved my bouquet, the BM bouquets were gorgeous and the centerpieces were perfect.









PHOTOGRAPHER – Duet A+++++++++++++
Duet is amazing. We met with six photographers including Duet. When we first met with them, we were a little wary of the “language barrier” and were seriously considering another photographer, but they were really more than we wanted to spend. After much discussion we knew we loved Duet’s work, and decided that we weren’t hiring the photographer to have a conversation with us, but to take our pictures. We absolutely made the right decision.

We took our engagement pictures on a day in October where the winds were about 50-60 mph (not kidding at all). Our photographer was Alberto. I was so afraid that the pictures wouldn’t come out good because 1) I normally don’t like the way I look in pictures and 2) the wind would make the pictures come out awful. Well, the pictures were fabulous! We loved so many of them!! After that I wasn’t worried about our wedding photography.

Some of our e-pics:











For the wedding, we had Sam and Gio. Sam came to my house in the morning and Gio went to the hotel where the guys were getting ready. They made us feel so comfortable and the language wasn’t a problem at all. Basically all they said was “look at my camera.” They were very good at getting the shots together and everything went very smoothly. Our proofs were ready exactly a month after the wedding. We also signed up for online proofing. WE LOVE LOVE LOVE our proofs!! They are so amazing, I have no idea how we are going to pick the ones for the album. Going through the proofs made us smile, laugh, and cry – they captured so many wonderful moments. For anyone who is on the fence about Duet, I DEFINITELY recommend them!



































If you would like to see more proofs, you can
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VIDEOGRAPHER- Timeless Treasures A++++++++++

Even though Timeless Treasures is a really popular vendor on LIW now, I had actually never heard of him when I booked. He came recommended from a friend. We had seen a bunch of videographers, and knew what style we liked, but they were all out of our budget. When my friend lent me the sample video from Timeless Treasures, we knew we wanted to book with them. We met with Ray and he was so nice – we booked on the spot.
Ray was at my house before the photographer the day of the wedding and was totally unobtrusive. For most of the day I didn’t even know he was there.

OUR VIDEO IS AMAZING!! Ray really is an artist, he knows what he is doing. The video captured our day perfectly - his filming intertwined with the video is truly incredible. It took my breath away - I loved every second of it. Everyone who has seen it had nothing but gushing compliments.

I highly, highly recommed Timeless Treasures. Not only is Ray an incredible videographer and video editor, but a super nice guy!
MAKEUP – Jillian Eisenberg – Gorgeous Faces A ++++++++++++
I actually went to high school with Jillian. A few years ago, my friend was getting married and was getting her make-up done at Cactus. Her makeup artist was Jillian.
I loved the way it came out and said when I get married, I want her to do my makeup. Well, the time came and she no longer worked at Cactus! I was so disappointed – but then I guess it was fate, because when I started searching for make-up on LIW I found her name!

I was so happy with the way my makeup turned out. She did all my BMs and my mom as well. Everyone loved the way they looked. I wanted a natural look and she achieved exactly what I wanted. I also used the fake lashes even though she originally said I didn’t need them, but all the girls were using them, so I did too! The makeup stayed perfect all day!









HAIR – Sarah and Brigid Rock A+++++++++++++++++
Sarah works with Jillian, and her sister Brigid helps out when there are a lot of people getting their hair done. Since me, my MOH, my 3 BM, Jr. BM and mom were all getting their hair done, both sisters came. Sarah did my trial a year ago and I loved it, but decided to change the style a few weeks before the wedding .I didn’t want to pay for another trial, so I decided to trust her. I showed her a picture of what I had in mind, and the result was amazing. DH loved it and I got so many compliments. To this day people are telling me how my hair stayed perfect the entire day! Brigid did an incredible job as well – one of my BM’s has really short hair and she thought there would be nothing she could do with her hair and Brigid gave her a totally adorable up-do!




















OFFICIANT – Reverend Debra Viola - A++++++++++++++

We are interfaith and neither one of us are religious. We knew we wanted a ceremony that was about us. We wanted to be able to celebrate our love for each other. After meeting with a number of officiants, we found Rev. Deb. She sat with us for over an hour, asking us all kinds of questions – how we met, why we wanted to get married- we knew instantly that we wanted her to marry us.
Rev. Deb wrote a beautiful ceremony- she incorporated some things from each of our religions and made it about us and our love for each other. We also wrote our own vows, which Rev. Deb put on cards for us so we wouldn’t have to worry about anything.
People keep telling me how moving and beautiful our ceremony was.





LIMO – Sir Oliver – A
I only got one limo for pick/up drop off service. They picked up me and the girls at my house and then dropped us of at Westbury Manor. I do not remember the name of our driver, but he was very nice. He showed up on time – a little early even and treated me like a princess. He was very careful of my dress getting in and out of the limo. The car was very clean and in good condition.

DJ – Bravura – A++++
My DH is very into music – he went to school to be an audio engineer and went to school for it. So he was very particular about the music we would have at the wedding. He really wanted to have a band, but we realized that was not in our budget, so we started to look at DJ’s. Bravura was actually the last DJ we met with, and after Tony gave us his presentation, DH said “get out your checkbook” We booked a DJ, MC, percussionist and male singer/keyboard player for the reception and Island Mystic- the “steel drum” band for the cocktail hour.
Island Mystic was incredible. They were set up under a tent during the CH. People kept telling us and we have heard time and time again that they felt like they were at a resort, on vacation during the cocktail hour! As soon as we walked out of the ceremony into the cocktail hour area and I heard them playing, I said to DH – this was TOTALLY worth the money!!



During the reception, Bravura totally read the crowd. I did not really give them a list of must play songs – I just wanted them to their job- and what a job they did!! The percussionist and singer/keyboard player played along with the music and the singer did music during the “down times” He was awesome- people actually stood up and applauded him after one of his sets.

We felt we really had a good compromise of live music and a DJ with Bravura. If you want the same mix- I highly recommend them!












And now for the reception hall………………..

WESTBURY MANOR – A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

From the moment we walked into Westbury Manor, we knew it was the place we wanted to have the wedding. Its actually funny because we weren’t even going to look there. We had appointments to go to all different catering halls one day and I asked my mom to come with us. On a whim she called Westbury Manor and asked if we could come and see the place. While we were driving there, we got totally lost. My mom called them again and they stayed on the phone with her, giving her directions until we pulled into the driveway – I was already impressed with their service and hadn’t even seen the place yet!

When we got there, Mel gave us a tour and we were all in love. After leaving we knew it was the place! The next day we went back with my Dad to sign the contract. We had to wait a little for Mel and so they gave a platter of food and drinks while we waited. Then Jerry Scotto (the owner) himself came over to us and apologized for the wait, and he told us HE was going to help us!! So we signed our contract with the owner of the place – again SOO impressed!!

A few months after signing our contract, we decided to change the date. This time I met with Susan Bria, another one of the banquet managers. Again, a delight to deal with. Changing the date was extremely easy.

Any time we went to Westbury Manor, the staff was always extremely friendly and helpful. I never had any problems dealing with them – about anything. I was confident that my wedding day would go off without a hitch.

When the day arrived and the limo pulled up, I saw DH waiting in the gardens with the groomsmen and his family. I was so excited to see him! When we got out of the limo, I met Lupita, my bridal attendant. She was wonderful!! Constantly attentive- holding my train, fixing my slip when it kept falling down. She even helped me go to the bathroom!!

Steve was our maitre’d and he also did a wonderful job. Everything ran very smoothly, and I know he was the one in charge of all of that.

We took pictures before the ceremony, and Westbury Manor had a table set up for the wedding party with some food and drinks.

As a side note – for those of you debating whether or not to take pictures before the ceremony, I definitely recommend doing it. DH said that he was really nervous but then as soon as he saw me, he calmed down. We had a lot of fun taking pictures – everyone was totally relaxed, and no one in the bridal party had to miss any of the cocktail hour.







We had a rehearsal about an hour before the ceremony. I didn’t attend the ceremony – I was taking my “alone” pics. I was told it all went well, and Steve, our maitre’d stood in for me.

While our guests were waiting for the ceremony to begin (there was another ceremony before us) they were treated to food and drinks in the conservatory. I was told that the guests loved this – it gave everyone a chance to say hello to each other and then it was much easier to get everyone quiet when it was time for the ceremony.

We had the ceremony at Westbury manor as well as the reception. The Westbury Manor set up all the flowers for the ceremony, they were beautiful. It was a perfect place for a wedding ceremony. While we were waiting in bridal suite to go to the ceremony, my mom spilled an entire glass of champagne all over her dress! Lupita did a wonderful job cleaning it up – no one even knew it happened.














When we walked out of the ceremony, Lupita was there waiting for us with drinks!! She had asked us what kinds of drinks we liked before the ceremony- but I wasn’t expecting them hand delivered to us right after our “I do’s” Our guests kept commenting on how awesome it was that they did that!!

We had such a beautiful day, and the cocktail hour was held outside. Everything was set up beautifully. They even had servers walking around serving Martinis, which was really cool- I didn’t even know they were going to do that!














Our reception was in the Manor Room. I loved the Manor Room from the first time I saw it – the windows, the dance floor, everything. The tables were set up beautifully. All of our guests told us the food was delicious and were especially raving about the dessert – called “The Heart of Sorrento” which is ice cream covered in white chocolate with a raspberry sauce. We added on two things to the regular package – wine on the tables – I nice touch, but I am not sure a lot of guests knew they were supposed to drink it, because they made it look very decorative. We also added the Viennese trays, which were a big hit.

I could go on and on about Westbury Manor. They went above and beyond any expectations I had.











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Honeymoon – Costa Rica: A+++++++++++++++++++++++


I could write a whole other review about our Honeymoon. It was the most amazing vacation either of us has ever been on. We went to four different regions and stayed at four different hotels. First we went to El Tabacon, which is in the Arenal volcano area. Part of the resort is hot springs heated by the volcano- incredible!!
Then we went to Monteverde in the Mountains and stayed at El Establo – what incredible review.
The third region we went to was Manuel Antonio on the Pacific Coast. Beautfiul!
The fourth and last place was the capital – San Jose and we stayed in the Costa Rica Marriott.
If you would like more info about the honeymoon, feel free to FM me.
We used a travel agent to book the honeymoon- The Travel Siblings – an absolute pleasure to deal with, I would highly recommend them- is a brother and sister team.
They found Memorable Costa Rica – a company that specializes in Costa Rica vacations.

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!!

wonderful review!! love, love your bouquet!!!! congrats!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

GORGEOUS pics!!!!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

Beautiful review!~ I am glad I read it - I am on the fence with Duet because of the 'language barrier' and they are a bit more that we would like to spend...but their photos are gorgeous...I liked Sam's book the most, your pics are fabulous! Congratulations on your marriage...many years of happiness!!!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

Lauren I have been waiting for this!!!! Congrats!!! You looked gorgeous and I am so happy you LOVED WM!!!!! It makes me so excited to get married there!!!!!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

YAY Lauren!!!!!! You finally got the review up!!!!!! Again, congrats on everything!!!!!! It was an honor to share in your and Travis' wedding day!!!!!!! You were a beautiful bride and it shows in every single photo!!!!! Congrats again!!!!!!!!!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

everything looked beautiful!!! congrats!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

We went to tobacon and manuel antonio in costa rica and also loved it! It's our favorite vacation so far. Great review.

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

Awesome review!! Lauren, you look so beautiful!! Your advice to all the brides-to-be was right on point!!!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

great review!!! congrats!!! it all looked beautiful!!!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

your review was awesome!!! your hubby is so cute in the way he proposed!!!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

wonderful review!! Loved your proofs, they're beautiful!!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

everything looks so beautiful, especially your bouquet and flowers. congratulations! your honeymoon looks like fun!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

everything looks soo nice.. those pics are soo bright and colorfull CONGRATS.. thanks for the review

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

great review. my sis and bil had their reception at WM and we loved it!!

congrats!!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

Lauren, everything looked gorgeous, especially you!!

Congrats!!!!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

Great review, Lauren! It looks like it was your dream come true!!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

Lauren - everything was amazing! From your review to you and I am so glad I was there to witness it firsthand. I'm so happy you had the most amazing weather and Westbury Manor could not have been more perfect. Bravura was amazing and ask Chuck how many times during cocktail I kept referring to them! Your girls looked gorgeous and so did YOU! Congratulations again and may you and Travis live a long and happy life together!!!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

Wow, I am even more excited for my wedding @ WM after reading your review! We are having the ceremony there as well as taking pics beforehand. Thank for sharing your beautiful pics!

Re: MAY 28, 2006 FINALLY! MY wonderful wedding review- Westbury Manor, Duet, Timeless Treasures, Bravura. Pedestals, and MORE!!!!!! With TONS and TONS of pictures!

Great review, Lauren! You reallly made such a beautiful bride, and your flowers were stunning. Loved your Bok.

I also saw my DH before the ceremony, and it was the best decision of the day. I was a different person once we were in each other's company, and the day became much more relaxed.

Anyway, big congrats to you one more time on being such a beautiful bride on what looks like was a spectacular day!