Mary & John chose their venue – a private golf course – before making any other design decisions and this helped direct their wedding style. The couple tell us, "The ballroom and grounds where we had the ceremony and reception have a simple elegance that we loved and we tried to carry that through our choice in design and our own looks. We wanted our flowers and decor to be clean and classic." New York wedding photographer TANYA ISAEVA captured their wedding in a classic style which perfectly matched the aesthetic.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS LOCATION? The golf club where we had our ceremony and reception was near and dear to John's family. His grandparents had been members for decades so when it came time to select a wedding location it was an easy choice. We loved that there was a beautiful location for both an outdoor and indoor ceremony.
HOW DID YOU MEET? We met in our freshmen dorm in 2013 on our first day at Marist College as we traded stories and found our places in a new social circle. We were fast friends and spent three years forging a bond that would serve as the foundation to our relationship when we began dating our senior year. Though we met when we were young, we have grown up and grown together through all of life’s hurdles. When we graduated from Marist College in 2013, we began our life and careers in New York City. We were engaged in July of 2022.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROPOSAL: We live on the Upper East Side in New York City so Central Park is our backyard. It is common for us to spend our Saturday with a coffee and a book on a bench near the model sailboat pond in the park. On a warm Saturday in July of 2022 we did just that but as we got up to leave, John asked me to marry him. In true New York fashion a tourist from Sweden took our picture and a stranger who was hosting a micro-wedding nearby ran over to give us a bouquet. When the commotion died down, we sat in the park for a few quiet moments and reflected together on the life we had built and the pride we felt in continuing to do that together. As we left the park John told me that we would be checking into the historic Carlyle hotel for a classic New York evening. We had dinner at Daniel and spent the rest of the evening at Bemelmans Bar celebrating our next chapter.
