Wedding - Getting Ready

Let the wedding recap begin!  I am going to split this up into multiple posts to keep everyone sane.  We have had our wedding photos for a while now and I am so excited to share them.  So let's start with everyone getting ready.  There is a large house on one side of the Sagamore, the Villa Nirvana, that my family stayed in (Kevin's family stayed in another big house on the other side of the Sagamore).  Kevin spent the night before the wedding in a suite (which we spent our wedding night in as well) and got ready with his groomsmen there while I spent the night and got ready with my bridesmaids in the Villa. 

I was so relaxed the morning of the wedding.  My dad was the first person I saw when I came downstairs.  It was so special to have him be the first person I saw since he would be "giving me away" in only a few hours.

The whole morning was spent lounging around the house, watching everyone get their hair and makeup done, and trying to remember to eat something.  I felt like myself, just happy and content, no crazy nerves at all. 

I think I finally got some butterflies when I put my wedding dress on.  Ahhhh my wedding dress... my heavenly Alita Graham dress with the perfect amount of "princess pouf."  It just floated around me.  I felt so beautiful.

My BHLDN shoes.

My incredible purple necklace.

 Here are some photos of my hubby getting ready.  He looks so handsome!  I was told that they just hung out in the suite watching football and drinking beers... typical.

Next up... The First Look.

Chef's Table at Le Cirque

A month ago Kevin and I have the best dinner we will probably ever have... seriously.  We got to sit at the Chef's Table at Le Cirque (thank you so much Albert!!!).  Sitting in the kitchen and watching all the action was quite an experience.  There was some yelling and some cursing... we found it all quite entertaining.  I quickly realized that I would have left in tears within 5 seconds of working there.  It is intense to say the least but it has to be to keep a fancy shmancy kitchen like that running smoothly. 
 

The Executive Sous Chef Andy Choi chose all the dishes we tasted.  We had 8 dinner tastings... a kumumoto oyster with champagne caviar, sliced raw tuna over a sesame cracker and guacamole, white truffle rissotto with shaved black truffle on top, halibut poached in coconut milk over pumpkin granola, duck breast with foie gras mousse, pork belly, veal and crispy sweetbreads.   The tuna and the rissotto were my favorites.

By the end of dinner I was soooo full, but as usual I had plenty of room in my "dessert stomach."  We had 5 dessert tastings... basil panacotta with carrot sorbet is not pictured but I got a picture of everything else.  I can't remember what everything was but I do remember that everything was absolutely delicious.

We are so lucky to have been able to eat at such an amazing restaurant! 

Christmas Wishlist

Does anyone else have trouble coming up with ideas of what you want for Christmas or a Birthday?  I always struggle... granted on any day of the year I can rattle off 10 things I want but when someone seriously asks I usually can't come up with more than just a couple things.  Well this year I actually have a good idea of what I want... maybe it's because I have been trying to save money and therefore haven't bought anything for myself recently.  Here are some things that are at the top of my wishlist...

A large L.L. Bean boat and tote bag, zip-top in purple (perfect carry-on for our honeymoon)

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Black riding boots... well any boots really.  I recently realized that even though I own a TON of shoes I literally only own 2 pairs of winter shoes... shame on me.

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A new bathing suit or two... for our honeymoon.

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A puffy jacket... I can't believe I have gotten away without one for the past few years... the windy NYC winter can be brutal.

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 A sequin skirt and a killer party dress.

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I could add some more things to this list but I will stop here for now... maybe I'll do a round 2 at some point.

GWAR

A couple weeks ago Kevin, Erika and I went to a GWAR concert at Irving Plaza.  We went purely for the entertainment factor... not the music... I just want to make that clear (I am not a heavy metal fan).

Who is GWAR you ask???  Well GWAR is a heavy metal band that got together in 1984... they dress up in elaborate sci-fi costumes and sing obscene lyrics... they often put on pretty graphic performances.

 I could not understand a single word that was said during the whole show... it just sounded like a bunch of screaming to me.  I guess it's probably good that I didn't understand any of the lyrics since they are supposed to be pretty inappropriate.  Wholesome right?

Well it was entertaining and a little scary, but being sprayed with fake blood was pretty cool.

Bottom line, the night was a blast and definitely a fun experience to have under my belt... I mean how many times do I get to pretend to be badass and get sprayed with fake blood???  But, once is enough for me.

Here is Kevin's shirt post concert... this was his undershirt.

halloween party 2011

This year Marissa and I decided to host a small Halloween party at Kevin and my apartment.

I made an pizza with 1/2 tomato sauce and 1/2 fig jam (on seperate halves - not mixed together, yuck) and topped it with mozzarella cheese, gorgonzola cheese, sauteed onion and rosemary... DELICIOUS.  I also made devil's food cupcakes with homemade cream cheese frosting... also DELICIOUS.  Alex (Marissa's bf) made his famous buffalo chicken dip, it is always a hit.  Kevin also made some jello shots... a little college throwback.

Everyone who came had such a great costume.  Marissa was a Roman Woman and I was a Hippie.

Kevin was Beastmaster.

Alex was riding his ostrich Ollie.

(Alex) Grossman was a Snow Angel and Max was a Comic Book Nerd.

Nolan was a hunter and Heather was a deer.

The party was sooo much fun!  Complete with a Moves Like Jagger dance party and some gun shooting.

On Halloween Kevin and I anxiously waited for trick-or-treaters to come by our apartment... we only had 4 families stop by... better than no families though except then we are stuck with a big bowl of candy (which I sent to work with Kevin - having candy around the apt is very dangerous for me).