Vendor Review Our 9-14-01 Wedding * Very Long
Everything went better then I could have dreamed, except it all went by so fast. I'll try to go in order and I will get around to posting in the vendor review section.
Rehearsal Dinner – Papa Joe’s on Commack Rd. Very Good, everyone loved the food. The service was great. Our antipasto and salad were served and then we had a buffet with four choices for the entrée. The cake was delicious and they made it look like a football field, which my Husband loved. We were in the smaller private room, which fit 35 just fine.
Gowns - My Bridesmaids gowns and mine were purchased at Bridal Reflections, overall they were fine, everything came in on time, the did an excellent job on alterations on my gown, they could have done a better alteration job on 2 out of 3 of the bridesmaid gowns.
My Moms gown was purchased at Bridal Suite of Bay Shore, it came in as ordered on time, she needed extensive alterations which they did an excellent job of at a reasonable price.
Tux’s – VIP, we choose them because of their multiple locations and because they are a recommended vendor of Watermill. The guys looked fabulous, all the tuxes and accessories were in like new condition and fit well. The only mishap was that our best man got size 11 shoes when he ordered a 9 and of course he didn’t try them on until he was getting ready. After a few calls and a stop at the VIP in N. Babylon on the way to the church they were able to get him the correct size.
Hair/Makeup – Jackie and Margaret of I Makeup You came to the house and did a wonderful job on all of us. We were all very pleased with the results and received lots of compliments. Our makeup and hair lasted all night.
Photography/Video – Imagine Studios, of course we don’t have the proofs or video yet so I can only comment on their overall professionalism and observations of others all of which were very favorable. Lia and Paula arrived and looked around the house for places to shoot. She used the staircase and areas of the foyer, porch and living room in ways that I would never have thought of. My sister kept commenting “great shot” and shooting along with her. What a pleasure to work with, they got all the kids and adults to cooperate and kept track of my “must have list”. At the church and reception they were totally unobtrusive, yet every time I saw something that I wanted on film I would turn around Lia and or Nelson would be there already capturing it. I will let you know how everything turns out.
Flowers – Flower After Flower on Merrick Rd. in Massapequa. GEORGEOUS FLOWERS. Everything, even my toss bouquet was way way above my expectations. We got complements on everything. I had a cascade bouquet of roses, orchids, lissantis and ivy – breathtaking. The bridesmaids and flower girls had roses and cala lily’s – gorgeous. The centerpieces had too many flowers to name but mostly roses. She used a high swirled stand that had votive candles and ivy. The effective was magical. People were thrilled to take them home. I will try to post pictures when I get some.
Reception - Watermill – What can I say – PERFECTION from the moment we walked in the door until we left. We have received raves galore from our guests about the service, food, cocktail display, décor everything. People are calling to say it was the best wedding they ever attended. They even opened the cocktail hour 15 minutes early. They handled little problems like one couple deciding they wanted to sit someplace else (don’t ask) and thus displacing two other people, with ease and professionalism. The bridal assistant Sally made sure my husband and I had food wherever we were even bringing drinks out to us on the dance floor when we looked like we needed them. The Maitre’D did a great job keeping things moving along on time. Ladies if you have chosen Watermill you will not be disappointed.
Music – Timepiece, again RAVES. Everyone loved them from the Teens to the Seniors they had something for everyone and kept the dance floor jumping all night long. My parents loved their Sinatra. They played everything we requested and stayed away from the do not play list. They played live throughout the entire night; there were always at least two musicians on stage. During dinner the jazz set was perfect. So many of our guests commented on the talent of this band.
Limos- Royalty This is the only vendor that I am disappointed with. The moon roof in the 14 passenger limo leaked, which wouldn’t have mattered except it was raining. We were comped a Mercedes to take us home which was nice but it had a clogged fuel injector, which made for a very bumpy ride. Otherwise they showed up on time and the drivers were as expected as far as service goes.
Honeymoon – We decided to postpone Monaco & Italy, and drove down to Disney. Disney was great and there were no lines, so we were able to easily do everything we wanted to in 4 days. We also saw CirqueDeSole which was awesome and had a wonderful dinner at Wolfgang Pucks.
The one piece of advice I want to pass on is if there are things you know you want to do that do, do them at the earliest opportunity. It goes by so fast. There were a few things we missed because we got caught up doing something else (either dancing or talking to guests). I never danced with my Godson (he’s 15 and kept putting me off) or saw our ice sculpture or tasted the Peach Melba nothing too crushing but I would have liked to do them.
If anyone has any questions just ask.
