Yes, This is Still Happening!

Hi, again ;-) If you haven't already heard through our family/friends' grapevine, we unfortunately had to change our wedding venue from Giando's due to the continued indoor dining restrictions. Hence, we are now celebrating at Snug Harbor Cultural Center (www.celebrate-snug.com) in Staten Island, same date and time as previously scheduled, with everything taking place at this one location. We sincerely apologize for this huge change so close to the wedding date, but after our last meeting at Giando's, it became abundantly clear that they weren't going to be able to host us September 4th, and we aren't interested in postponing our special day. Thank you so much for sticking with us through these uncertain times, and for still wanting to party with us! The space at Snug Harbor is lovely, spacious, and provides the safety and security of gathering together outdoors. Please be advised that upon arrival at the event, there will be staff performing temperature and symptoms screening, and wearing face masks is required, except when eating and drinking, of course (so make sure to do plenty of both!). We will have disposable masks and individual bottles of hand sanitizer available for each guest. Our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour will take place in the Tuscan Garden, and our reception will be held in their tented pavilion. Please dress in light, comfortable clothing and shoes, considering we will be celebrating and moving around a botanical garden space. We're all doing out best to navigate the restrictions placed upon us because of the pandemic, and we have nothing but love and gratitude to you for coming along with us for this crazy ride. We promise to do our best to make this wedding a blast for everyone!

There’s no epic way to start off telling ‘our story,’ because it didn’t start off with some cinematic moment or hilarious blind date. The truth is simply that we grew up about 3 blocks away from each other, orbited each other’s lives in some way ever since we were kids, and about 5 years ago, fate saw to it to bring us together in a way that forged a deep friendship and an epic love. Cheesy? Of course. But, true? Without a shadow of a doubt. When I asked Nick to give me his summary of ‘our story’ (you know, so I wouldn’t get stuck writing this all on my own) he eloquently said, “...talk about two people on different paths...and when least expected, both paths merged to make a bigger, better, more beautiful, singular path that we now travel together.” Damn, he’s good. Up until late 2015, we were on two very different paths, in different relationships, living our lives the way we thought we wanted and planned. Then, fate tossed wrenches into our plans, with some drama, intrigue, and heartaches—the same ways it has or will for a majority of us—and we were left trying to figure out which direction to go. At this time, Nick and my brother were roommates in an apartment around the block from me, and as I started spending more and more time there, I began reconnecting with him, catching up on where he was in his life, looking to him for support, comfort, strength, and humor. More and more, I realized how much I wanted to be around him, and be with him. Nearly five years since our paths merged, and Nick has seen us both through some amazingly happy moments, painfully low points, and lots in between. We share an awesome cat, a new home, and this beautiful path together. On Thanksgiving Eve 2019, he completely surprised me when he proposed, but it felt so right and I couldn’t be happier. Fate intervened so that we could come together, and I would embrace all of the good and bad that has happened to me time and time again, just to journey along this path beside him.