Patricia and Richard

It's a cut above the typical humdrum wedding - from the ceremony to the reception. Ginny, my former boss and her husband Ken, went all out for the wedding of their only child Patricia.

The church is Saint Cecilia's in Brooklyn, built in 1871 with a late baroque style and whose copper bell tower could be seen from the nearby BQE. The music was performed by a four-piece string ensemble with the bride's cousin playing the church organ. Opened with Pachelbel's Canon and closed with Handel's Hornpipe in D, it just was perfect for a crisp November afternoon ceremony.

What a perfect pairing – Abigail Kirsch event caterer and Stage 6 at Steiner Studios – the largest and most sophisticated production studio outside of Hollywood. Some of the scenes from Spiderman and episodes from Sex and the City were cut in this studio. Situated along the East River it offers a perfect view of the Manhattan skyline. Stunning… I'm lost for words..

The place is gorgeous; the walls of the stairwell appropriately named "Hollywood Stairs" were plastered with old prints from movie magazines and cinema ads.

Take a few steps from the restroom and you'll get lost into one of the film studios and maybe accidentally discovered by a talent scout!

Abigail Kirsch's food is incredibly out of this world! I have never had wedding party food so good, seriously. I don't think these kids missed any of the details. It was a big bash, Ginny was so happy and Ken teary-eyed!

Following the Slavic wedding custom the bride and groom were given bread, wine and salt, and serenaded with music for dancing.

There was a photobooth where, in addition to the guest book, the guests were encouraged to have their pictures taken in six different poses. It was fun, a strip of three pictures were included in the scrapbook and the remainder given to the guests as memento. Each guest was also asked to sign the scrapbook. That's the trend I was told. What'll they think of next?

Chong and I felt like we gate-crashed a celebrity wedding party! At cocktail hour, the "coin potato pepper caviar" ( that's how it sounded to me) was mind-blowing and the bite-size burgers that looked like doll house play food, were a conversation piece at our table, the crazies Carole and Kevin, Sany, the Dancing Queen and hubby Robert, but we all had fun. There were all sorts of weird- sounding names for the cocktail food, but they were all fantastic. And we all thought that was it, we've had enough appetizers, no room for the main - Wrong! Table 12 dug into each plate as they were served. What a group, 'can't take you anywhere!

Thanks for inviting us Patricia and Richard. It was a lovely wedding. Our wishes for a lifetime of happiness.