Our Wedding

I did not dream as a little boy that I would find love and spend my life happily ever after. Meeting Kevin changed all of that. He is the one that made me believe in love. He is my best friend and my greatest fan. When you find a deep love and commitment in your heart and each other, it is only natural to think of spending your life together, so when Kevin, on bended knee and platinum band in hand, asked me to spend the rest of my life with him, he made my dreams come true and of course I said yes.

Cinco de Mayo 2007, was the most special day in my life. I set out to create the most intimate of days, filled with inspired beauty, great wine, our family and closest friends. It was so kind of my dear Friends Peter and Sally Hunsdorfer to host our ceremony at their antique home in Marion, Massachusetts. What a perfect setting in front of the fire, an antique table filled with flowers and antique buddahs, and the lush white flowers that I love so much all through the house in Sally's collection of gorgeous ditties. Kevin and I said our vows to one another in front of 20 invited guests in a service performed by my friend Lois Ennis. Her words spoke of love and caring beyond what I had previously thought. She was the perfect choice to bring us together and I am so thankful that she was there with us at one of the most intimate moments of our lives.

 

After the ceremony we traveled by bus to The Bay Club in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts where we were met by the gloriously romantic sounds of handsome mariachi players. We met other invited guests and enjoyed a luncheon laced with the best sangria that you have ever tasted and enjoyed shots of gazpacho laced with tequila. It was magical to say the least.

As a special surprise to Kevin and our guests, a troupe of young female dancers that I have long been a patron of, delighted our guests with a choreographed number on the lawn of the club. Kevin is a fan of Dolly Parton and I can remember first finding his scrapbook of childhood clippings of the buxom goddess. I knew then that this was the guy for me. To let our guests in on this special memory I sang a duet of "Islands in the Stream" with a long time family friend. We were having the time of our lives.

On our first date I brought Kevin a mound of tulips, so four years later it was so appropriate to fill our wedding with glorious stems of regal red and whimsical French parrot tulips. I love candy, so it was no surprise that we bid our guests good bye with a table filled with gilded sweets and yummy gummies, my favorite. And the cake.....the cake, have you ever seen something so gorgeous, quilted and gilded by the famed hands of my very good friend Lisa Raphael of Delicious Desserts.
We had the most amazing day that did not end for another twenty four hours when we landed in Las Vegas for our honeymoon and to celebrate my birthday and the wedding of another amazing friend of the family. God I just can't get enough of weddings..

A very special thanks to one of my best friends, Lauren Killian ofPerson and Killian Photography. Her photography , as you can see is simply amazing. As good as it gets. It was a honor to have you shoot our wedding and it is a privilege to be your friend.