New York Real Wedding Photos - Ladies Pavilion

Wedding photos of Heather and Mark Bateman at their Ladies Pavilion wedding, Central Park, New York married 26th of July 2011.

Hi there Lisa.
Hope you're well and good - apologies for the delay in us getting back in-touch; we're both still suffering with a combination of jet lag and sheer tiredness due to our road trip across America which was amazing!
We received the CD of photographs the following day after our arrival back in the UK, they look absolutely stunning - it was hard to choose but we've managed to compile a wedding album which has been ordered and should be with us shortly. Can't wait to show all our friends and family at the wedding party next Friday evening.
We've personally emailed Wendy to thank her and Josh for their excellent work and putting both Mark and myself at ease on the day; they both worked with extreme professionalism and understood exactly what we wanted from our photographs. They both come highly recommended and although we didn't know we were getting Josh for the first hour, it was without a doubt a very pleasant surprise.
Lauren the make-up artist, who came recommended from a previous client of yours, arrived on the Sunday for the trial together with Dimitrios, the hair stylist - they both did a superb job on both the trial as well as the wedding day. Again we personally emailed Lauren to thank them both for their professionalism and making me feel at ease. They were superb!
The flowers were stunning and just how I had described them to you. Although they arrived a little late at the hotel, one quick phone call to Catarina soon put this right, with the flowers arriving very shortly after.
Catarina was very friendly and answered all questions and queries - she made us feel very confident that everything was going to go smoothly, and it did.
Susanna, the Minister was lovely, Mark commented how at ease she made him. She assured him there was nothing to worry about and really put his nerves at ease! Again we've sent her a personal email thanking her and she's going to forward us a copy of the ceremony words which were beautiful. Everyone commented how different and lovely the service was.
It was also a nice surprise to find the marriage licence waiting for us on our return back to the UK.
The venue itself, Ladies Pavilion, was hidden away in a beautiful setting. Although as you would expect we had a few on-lookers, Catarina did a great job of ensuring they didn't disturb the ceremony!
The weather was superb, right in the middle of a heat wave with the Monday seeing lots and lots of rain which helped cool Tuesday down a little; but it was still 30 plus degrees!
As you know we sourced our own musicians - and what a find they were! Mark and I couldn't decide if we wanted a guitarist or cellist, so we went for both and in-doing so found an amazing duo. They were fantastic, two really nice guys and they even rearranged two songs of our own choice for the ceremony. Absolutely beautiful!
With regards to the cake, we tried so hard to get hold of Magnolia Bakery and once we finally managed to do so their follow-up emails soon disappeared which was a shame. We gave up to be honest and sourced another supplier through Google. A big risk, but once again what a find! She was superb, very accommodating and all email queries answered in super quick time. She delivered and set the cake-up at the reception venue and it was ready waiting for us, complete with cake boxes for the guests and personalised labels. The cake itself was beautiful and unfortunately there was too much left over and as such we left it at our hotel reception for the staff to enjoy!
The Bateaux Cruise was the venue for the evening reception. It was stunning, all the guests thoroughly enjoyed it, with some lovely photographs of the Manhattan skyline having being captured. Although initially when booking the Bateaux back in the UK, our emails weren't being responded to, which was quite frustrating as we really wanted this venue for our reception. After an email to yourself asking for any contact leads you very quickly sorted this out for us and communication between us and the Bateaux Event Manager ensured the booking took place, so a big thank you once again!
We stayed at the Affinia Manhattan, it's situated directly opposite Madison Square Gardens and Penn Street Station - it's a fantastic hotel and would highly recommend it. A bottle of champagne was waiting for us in our room on our return from the reception at the Bateaux, a really nice touch.
So overall, we had a fantastic and enjoyable day and thank you so much for your help in making it possible, please send our thanks to Catarina as we don't have her email address.
Please don't hesitate to contact me should you require details of the suppliers we sourced, in-fact this was something we had noted during our planning of the wedding, the desire to have access to a known / approved suppliers list. Maybe this is something worth considering for the future?
All the best and thanks again Lisa to you and your team.
Kind regards, Heather and Mark.
Heather and Mark Bateman
Married at Ladies Pavilion on the 26th of July 2011.