Engagement Party: Gradisca NYC

A couple of weeks ago one of our clients ( The Groom & my BIL) decided to plan a surprise engagement party for the Bride. How fun right !
The party went off without a hitch and she was completely surprised !

Venue: Gradisca NYC
Floral: Beverly Johnson for Capries Events
Invitations: Good ol Evite !
Engagement Photos: Peter Kruger

Congratulations to Kelly and Ian !
We can't wait until your wedding next October 2010!

( Some pictures from their engagement shoot with Peter Kruger)

Check out some pics below, the food was amazing
( I mean they roll their own pasta !)
And everyone seemed to have a really great time.

Paperless Post

Today’s Style section of the NY Times featured an article on a new way to invite friends and family to your wedding or social function.

Email !

Ok, not really new with the increased use of Facebook for invite management and of course Evite. But paperless post lets you custom design your invitation and not only send via email but also track your RSVP’s and allow you to buy or sell tickets to an event.

Here is a quote from the article,

“the way the hyper real envelope with the invitee’s name appears on the computer, how it reverses to the sender’s on the back, and then the pièce de résistance invitation pops out, so detailed you can see the paper’s grain. How intuitive it was to click on the RSVP and fill out the reply card. Zac Posen had used it for a benefit, as had some Diane Von Furstenberg folks, and the Young Friends of the Elie Wiesel Foundation were about to try it.”

Check it out and tell me what you think!

Are paper invitations still your favorite method of receiving invitations? Or would you appreciate the convenience of online rsvp? And its 100% GREEN!

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Engagement Party Restaurant , Covo

A few weekends ago, my husband and i decided to try one of the new restaurants under the west side highway in Harlem. Covo Lounge is one of three new spots to open on 12th avenue and 137th street. Where you say? Totally hidden from any kind of pedestrian traffic it is literally on a dead end street a little ways down from the Harlem outpost of Fairway.

Covo sits between Body Restaurant and Lounge (sultry Miami Beach decor) and Talay ( Thai - Latin fusion) on a stretch of road that is perfectly timed for Columbia's expansion.

The food was good ( not great) standard American-Italian fare and mid priced.
What really made this place for me was the ambiance. Rustic decor with an open kitchen in the back made it a pleasurable experience. the crowd was more mature than one would awesome in that area but the service was quick, the staff super friendly and the wine list had everything I liked.