Stephanie & John were my first wedding of 2010! They got married on January 2, at the Molly Pitcher Inn, in Red Bank, New Jersey. Their whole wedding was set up so it felt like a holiday celebration that two people just happened to get married in the middle of. Many of the guests, including the bride, wore red, which is a color that is considered good luck in the bride’s Chinese culture.
Stephanie & John’s romance is one that spanned continents… when they met, she was in New York on business, but was living in London. Over the next few years, as their relationship deepened and continued, they would meet up in Europe or the States to vacation and travel together!
We had guests from all over joining us.. including the bride’s parents, who Skyped in from Hong Kong! I think Stephanie told me that it was three in the morning there! It was so nice to be able to have the bride’s parents, via webcam, as well as many other important family members. In lieu of a bridal party, the couple had important people stand up with them: John’s son and daughter, and Stephanie’s brother and sister-in-law. It was a very casual ceremony – no processional, we just took our places at the front when cocktail hour had ended, and gathered the guests around us. The ceremony ended with the maitr’d presenting the couple with champagne for a toast!
It was a lovely way to start the year. Thanks, Stephanie and John, for letting me be a part of it!
