I ❤️ New York

One of my oldest and dearest friends was married on Saturday at a beautiful site in Beacon Falls, NY called The Roundhouse. We decided to take advantage of the location and turned the weekend into a proper Hudson Valley getaway. Here's what we did:

Friday
Morning: Storm King Art Center. It was cold, but well worth it.
Afternoon: All-natural comfort food at Woody's in Cornwall, NY
Evening: Movie date followed by a lovely Italian meal at Il Barilotto in Fishkill, NY, where our hotel was

Saturday
Morning: Walkway Over the Hudson, an incredible pedestrian bridge spanning the Hudson River
Afternoon: Brunch at Cafe le Perche in Hudson, NY and perusing the wonderful shops that line the main street (Warren Street) including one of our favorite design havens: Lili and Loo
Evening: Wedding!

Sunday
Morning: Coffee along the banks of the Hudson in Cold Spring, NY
Afternoon: Delicious late lunch at The Tavern at Croton Landing in Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Evening: Impromptu visit with my parents in Mamaroneck, NY as they were beginning their Thanksgiving preparations

Sculpture at the Storm King Art Center

View from the Walkway Over the Hudson

Main Street in Cold Spring, NY

Cold Spring, NY

Cold Spring, NY

Detail of my farm fresh Caesar Salad at The Tavern at Croton Landing

Thanksgiving Preparations

I Do!

We have just returned home from our wedding in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain followed by our amazing honeymoon in Tunisia. More posts to come but wanted to share a few pictures that came in from family and friends. Also, check out our wedding announcement, printed in Martha's Vineyard's Vineyard Gazette.

A note about my bridal gown (text as it appeared in our printed programs):

The bride's gown is made exclusively of antique materials, including even the thread with which it was hand-sewn by Mimi Prober of Mimi New York. The skirt and train were fashioned primarily from vintage Spanish silk lace, but the most important part is the bodice: created using the Mexican lace from the gown worn by the bride's mother when she married her father in 1977.

Sam (left) with his father and brother at the welcome reception

My brother escorting my mother down the aisle

Our wonderful wedding photographer, Pierre Richardson, sent us this sneak peek of the professional shots. 

My Best Friend's Wedding

A cliché of a post title but there aren't that many other ways to say it. I'm biased, I know, but despite this I feel very confident in saying that my best friend was the most exquisite bride in the world. As expected, every detail was perfect, and the occasion was without question an affair to remember. I do, however, wish I had more and better pictures.

Bridesmaids

Taken moments before the "first look"

Found some friends at cocktail hour

And look who flew in from Arizona!

Napa Nuptuals

Took a weekend off from my MOH duties (my best friend's wedding is next week!) and went to Napa to celebrate the marriage of one of Sam's closest friends from college. I slacked off big time in picture-taking, so you'll have to take my word for it that the wedding was stunning. Of course, we also took advantage of Napa's major attraction (wine, of course).

Bonus: we realized it was our -1 year anniversary…exactly 365 days to go!

Awful quality but this back-row, fuzzy shot is the only one I have of the beautiful bride and groom

A Breath of Fresh Air

We are smack in the middle of wedding season. This weekend, we escaped the NYC humidity this to attend a wedding at Hawkesdene in Andrews, North Carolina, and what a wedding it was!

A sibling hike

Newleyweds!

I know it's blurry but it was too cute not to post. Mom and dad cutting a rug!