3/8/10
Spring wedding - find the south side of a tree
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Brooklyn Botanical Garden
There may be meatballs in your wedding
Here is the Fulton Ferry Landing on Bride Picture Day - can you count all the brides? I think they're one wedding, and the rest (of the 7) are photo shoots. This is a view from Brooklyn Bridge.
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brooklyn,
Fulton Ferry Landing,
locations
2/1/10
YOU CANNOT BRING CHAIRS ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Please read the POST. This is a pedestrian walkway. You cannot block it. You cannot bring things. It is noisy. It has bicyclists. You have to walk 1/4 mile to get to the middle to stand in a group. It is not a VENUE - it's a funky alternative to standing in a small group on Fulton Landing or the Promenade. NO MORE THAN 8 people.
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Brooklyn Bridge,
location
NO WEDDINGS ALLOWED in BELVEDERE CASTLE
Please read the post. This is a Nature Center. With Rangers. NO weddings inside, or on the balcony. Proposals only - and maybe some discreet pix on a non-busy day. You can get married (with a small group) on the terrace OUTSIDE, overlooking the Turtle Pond.
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Belvedere Castle,
central park,
locations
1/16/10
Wedding, Dinner: Get married and go out to eat on Restaurant Week
and some of your favorite restaurants will be extending their NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2010 menu through February 28. For restaurants and deals click HERE.
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restaurants
1/4/10
First wedding of 2010 - Amazing Beth
"Guess who did the 1st 2010 wedding? As the Ball in Times Square was dropping I pronounced Rick and Melissa, Husband and Wife! The crowd cheered! Actually, Folks around were so tickled to be participating, so to speak, they circled round the Bride and Groom while they were dancing to John Lennon's Imagine. It was great fun!
Happy New Year to all, and especially to all the couples we met and married in 2009. Mary, Beth, and Eileen, the 'wedding grannies' of New York.
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locations,
Times Square
12/30/09
Last Call at Tavern on the Green
from Gawker.com
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tavern on the green
12/27/09
Christmas Eve Wedding 2010 - CIty Clerk Closed
ALERT! Because Christmas Day falls on a Saturday in 2010, the City Clerk's Office is taking Christmas Eve for the Statutory Holiday Christmas Day. That means you will have to get a Christmas Marriage License by 3:45 on Dec 23 at the latest. You will not be able to get a judicial waiver on Christmas Eve either, as the Court will be closed. Plan accordingly!
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Christmas,
marriage license
12/23/09
Top of the Rock, New Years Eve
The TOTR will be closing at 10pm on NY Eve - so if you're planning a little quick elopement, book your officiant earlier in the day. As always, avoid sunset (big crowds)and be prepared for the touristas!
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Top of the Rock
12/15/09
Manhattan Marriage Bureau is at 141 Worth Street
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City Clerk,
City Hall,
marriage license
Art and Marriage - Top of the Rock and Moma
The Museum of Modern Art, MOMA, is on W 53rd, 3 blocks from Rockefeller Center. If you're vising (or getting married) at the Top of the Rock, you can get a combined ticket for admission to MOMA for $30. The deal is HERE.
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MOMA,
Top of the Rock,
Tourist Hints
12/11/09
Wedding on Ice?
Here's a pix of Carol Heiss at Wollman rink in 1955.
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ice skating
10/30/09
Honeymoon Apartment - and wedding ceremony
My friend Dixie is letting her apartment again for the Christmas Holidays (or other times, as it's available).
She can provide a comfortable downtown apartment in an excellent location (with a balcony and view of the statue of liberty), AND arrange a wedding ceremony at your location of choice, or in the apartment itself. I've stayed there - great views at night! Drop me a line at info@weddingsofnewyork.com and I'll pass on the contact information if you wish more information.
10/19/09
Staten Island Ferry weddings - no permit needed.
Wedding Granny Eileen sends this email from the Staten Island Ferry crew: "We do not provide permits to get married on The Staten Island Ferry, however, people are allowed to get married, if they bring their own officiant & if they can board the vessel and perform the ceremony within the 25 min trip, without being disruptive and obey any directives from the crew". Of course you still have to SIGN THE LICENSE ON LAND.
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locations,
staten island ferry
10/18/09
Free Stuff to do in New York
ArtsyNewYork. This is a very quick Blogette on free museums and lectures and concerts and artsy touristy stuff to do in New York City. I wrote it for a friend of my daughter's who is visiting NYC. It's quick, it's incomplete, and I'll try to make it better. But enjoy!
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Tourist Hints
10/7/09
Central Park Gondola Weddings
Yes, we do them - in fact, just as we were the first do to a HighLine wedding, evidently we performed the first Gondola wedding. Our senior wedding granny, Beth, performed a lovely wedding (with children!) in the Central Park Gondola at 9am last Saturday, getting a nice early start before the tourists.
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central park,
gondola,
locations
10/3/09
Washington Square Park East closed for reno
Just a heads-up for Phase 2. See the Washington Square Park Blog for details. Note: the arch is restored and open.
9/29/09
Marriage Bureau closed Nov 3, Nov 11, Nov 26
Election day AND Veterans Day AND Thanksgiving. Plan accordingly!
9/26/09
Low-cost indoor wedding locations - Condo Party Rooms
We have done several nice weddings, from 30-100 people, in party rooms at condos. We had a particularly nice event on Roosevelt Island on the top floor of a building which is primarily Columbia Student housing - a great view. Catering by - Fresh Direct, supplemented with pot luck and a home-made wedding cake. Simple and fun.
Start asking your friends for party room privileges at their apartment buildings.
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locations
9/19/09
the Ritz Battery Park has an outdoor balcony
On the 14th Floor. It can be yours for a private wedding - with a little negotiation with the concierge, of course. Here's a lovely (astonishingly tall) couple, with a great view of the harbor. Photos by Kim Coccagnia.
Prosit!
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Battery Park,
locations,
Ritz
9/18/09
Wedding lunch for a Central Park wedding
...Is sometimes cheaper than wedding dinner, of course! We married a lovely couple last month who scheduled their Central Park wedding to fit their reservations at JeanGeorges, at the Trump Tower at 1pm. As experienced diners, they knew that the tasting menu was reasonable, and the prices were great for lunch. I've never eaten there, alas, but they were kind enough to share the menu - here's the bride's email:
"...as promised this is what we ate at Jean Georges...
* Yellow fin Tuna Ribbons, Avocado, Spicy radish & ginger marmalade
* Sea Scallops, caramelized cauliflower with a caper raisin emulsion
* Peekytoe Crab, asparagus, mustard and melon juice
* Foie Gras Brulee with slowly roasted strawberries
* Maine lobster and potato gnocchi smoked butter and pickled chillies
* Gently smoked squab, summer peas and mint
* Jean Georges Chocolate Cake with Vanilla bean Ice Cream
* Cocoa noodles, peppermint broth and white chocolate sorbet
"I think the menu pretty much speaks for itself... it was simply magnificent! They also gave us each a free glass on champagne and all of the deserts beautifully presented with congratulations free of charge!"
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restaurants
9/12/09
Lovely Wedding at the Top of the Rock
Here's Eileen, one of the "wedding grannies" with a lovely couple at the Top of the Rock. They're outside behind the safety glass. If it's windy or damp, you can stay inside in the covered observation room and run out for pictures afterwards. PLEASE NOTE: TOTR is best for SMALL weddings and elopements - not large groups. It's often crowded, and everyone has to pay the admission fee ($20 - discount coupons on the plaza outside).
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locations,
Top of the Rock,
Wedding Grannies
9/10/09
Brooklyn Bridge Weddings: 4 years of renovations coming
If you want to be married ON the Brooklyn Bridge (or under it, in Fulton Ferry Landing or DUMBO, be aware that up to 4 years of renovations may be starting THIS DECEMBER. Though they say "the pedestrian walkway will remain open during construction" - if it's like the Manhattan bridge reno, it's likely to be wrapped, endlessly...
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Brooklyn Bridge
Elderly guests and Central Park
We have had a few requests for accommodating elderly or disabled guests in the Park. If you pick your spot where it is accessible to a paved access road/path, you can transport your guests via Pedicab (they can go places the horse carriages cannot, obviously). Make sure to work out a pickup time after the ceremony. Cop Cot is close to the street, but up a giant hill - hard to walk, and too high to ride up. Choose a fairly level place, close to one of the park roads and paved access paths. Cherry Hill is a good example, from which you can walk to Bow Bridge or Wagner Cove or of course Bethesda. The rustic shelter in the Dene is walkable from 5th, The Mall is good, lots of nice statues and planters. Bring along a lawn chair if there are no benches nearby.
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central park,
Disabled guests,
pedicabs
8/31/09
Central Park - rainy day locations
Here is a couple on a SUNNY day under the archway at the Minton Terrace, which leads to the Bethesda Fountain. The terrace has been restored, and it provides welcome shelter from sun and rain, and a dramatic frame. It's rather crowded on a summer weekend, of course - but worth remembering. The lovely photograph is by Michael Skoglund
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central park,
locations,
rain





