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When we met Mike and Nicole for the first time, our first impression was… in Patrick’s words… they seem like their pretty cool people. I mean, Mike did propose to Nicole in Portovenere, Italy at sunset at the top of the Church of San Pietro overlooking the Ligurian Sea the after a full day of hiking and exploring the Cinque Terre. How amazing is that!? Nicole knew what she wanted, from florals, to design, and color palette. And ultimately she wanted Mike. They met through work, and figured out how to make it work when they no longer worked for the same company. After being together long enough to realize they loved time spent together and weren’t getting tired of each other, they knew they had to get married and be together!

Did you know we have a secondary team led by our amazing assistant and photographer, Sarah! Yah, she’s legit and we totally trust her with our brides and grooms!! Here’s our love note to them!! 

Dear Chelsea and Phil, 

What a pair!! You guys literally can’t take a bad photo. This beautiful new venue is a diamond in the rough. What used to be a venue that went under called The Winery at Elk Manor is now called Bohemia River Overlook, a newly purchased and owned wedding venue by Rouge Catering!! We LOVE ROUGE!! This is one if the first weddings they’ve had since opening so we are so excited to have been here!! This venue has three options for weddings! We got to take Chelsea and Phil to all three locations for newlywed portraits since no other weddings were happening on the property!! 

We’ve never had a bride love her rainy day wedding as much as Tiffany did. And when we say rain, we Lena like down pour. At our final meeting with Tiffany, like most our brides, she said “I totally want rain picture.” Some don’t know what that actually entails until it actually happens. Rain in unavoidable but beautiful rain pictures are for the brave and free.

Let’s just say, William and Tiffany dominated their rain pictures. Like I mean danced in the rain at the end of the night, rung out her dress mid photos, and loved that her bouquet had rain drops all over it.

This wedding was so sweet and unique. William is Jewish and Tiffany is Chinese. Together they created a beautiful wedding woven with Chinese culture including a tea ceremony with their elders and gold flaked red gift envelopes, to a Chuppah and Ketubah signing honoring Jewish law. These guys even had an outfit change to honor both.

It downpoured under the tent during ceremony while friends read readings and the challah bread was broken. It kept raining while folks danced under the rain covered white tent. Sweet toasts were shared and tears resulted as parents and wedding party shared memories and secret admiration of the bride and groom.