October 19, 2008

Amy and Matt's Wedding

Amy Albano has been in my life for a long time! We went to high school together. We were roommates in college. And when I moved to NYC a year after graduation, it was Amy who put me up in her Gowanus apartment. We moved out of Gowanus together and undertook the huge task of building a two-story, four-bedroom house inside an empty loft in Greenpoint. Needless to say, she is great. Nothing made me happier than to attend her and Matt's wedding. Congrats, you guys!

Sunday, October 19th

You are invited.

The ceremony was held at Seton Shrine, a really cool church built in 1809 that's all the way down at the southern tip of Manhattan in the financial district.

Check out how it's dwarfed by the surrounding buildings.

me, meredith — Mer and I (in our terrible $3 sunglasses from St. Marks) getting ready to go in.

The crowd awaiting the appearance of the bride.

Amy's older sister, Jackie.

amy a — TA-DA! Here's Amy getting ready to be walked down the aisle by her father, Joe.

amy a, matt j — A shot of the ceremony from all the way in the back.

amy a — Ten minutes later: Amy Albano is now Amy Jachyra! Congrats, you guys!

The reception was right across the street at a place in Battery Park right on the water. Walking through the park we spotted a turkey.

amy a, matt j — Mr. and Mrs. Matt Jachyra!

amy a, matt j — Married kissing!

amy a, kara — Amy chatting with Mr. Saks.

billy s, me — Billy and me.

matt j, meredith — Matt and Meredith.

amy a, matt j — Check out...

...that sunset.

With the Statue of Liberty and everything!

billy s, kara — Billy and Kara posed for my camera...

billy s, kara — ...before posing for their own in front of the sunset. Hahaha.

Perfect.

billy s, kara, me, meredith — Me (and my crazy chin), Meredith, Kara and Billy.

jess d — After the cocktail hour was finished, we headed inside into the main ballroom. Here's where they announced the wedding party. I only know the names of the bridal party side. Jess D!

kate p — Kate!

jen hoche — Jen!

And Amy's sister, Jackie!

amy a, matt j — And introducing Mr. & Matt Jachyra! Yay!

me, meredith — Haha.

amy a, matt j — Congrats, you guys!

amy a, matt j — Joe delivering the Father of the Bride speech!

amy a, matt j — Laughs all around.

kate p — There was a photo booth downstairs. Mr. & Mrs. Saks and Kate lining up to get in.

avi, jess d — Jess (making her trademark expression. The BEST!) and Avi.

billy s, kara — Kara and Billy. Haha.

billy s, kara, meredith — Meredith and the Saks.

me, meredith — Practicing our photo booth faces.

billy s, kara, meredith — I went to go get drinks while Mer waited for our photo booth pictures to develop. By the time I'd returned, they were ready!

Here's our photo booth strip. Amy and Matt had a big blank book in the reception hall and glue so that people could paste their photos into the book and write the bride and groom a message. Such and awesome idea.

amy a, meghan w — Amy making the rounds and looking pretty.

billy s, kara — Our lovely table.

amy a — Amy rushing to the dance floor in order to witness...

...the Little girl dance floor RIOT that broke out of nowhere!

Riot!

amy a — Nothing is cuter than a bunch of little kids just feeling it on the dance floor.

jess d, meredith — Awwww. Look at Meredith and Jess getting their hearts melted...

...by these two. (How adorable is that giant pink bow that's almost under her arms?)

amy a, matt j — Cake cutting time!

amy a, jen hoche — Amy called Jen up to stand next to the beautiful cake she made. I love Amy's expression and how she's pointing at the cake and at Jen like "She made this! I know!"

jen hoche, me — Yay, Jen!

Everybody gathering round to witness...

amy a, matt j — ...the tandem cake cutting. Nicely done, you two.

Jen, your cake was amazing. I had cake AND a giant blueberry cheesecake thingy. Whoa.

jen hoche, kara — Kara and Jen on the dance floor.

amy a, jen hoche — These next couple photos I took from Jen's photos because they are so good! Jen and Amy! High school besties.

amy a, jess d, me — The next sequence of photos does a fairly awesome job of summarizing what happens pretty much every time I attend a wedding. Oh yes, there will be dancing.

me, meredith — Faces like this.

kara, me — Dance floor sing-a-longs?

Culminating with me convincing the band to let me sing a couple of songs.

jess d — This photo makes me laugh out loud every time I see it. Soooo good. (Bonus points to Jessica for finger-pointing like a professional wrestler from the 80s. Yes!)

This is the book we pasted our photobooth pictures into! Congratulations, Amy & Matt! Thanks for having us!