Stonewall Estates wedding

New York State has a neat trick in the fall: time travel. Go north or south up I-87, or head up into the mountains, and you can go back and forth weeks on fall foliage. So there are few more beautiful places to get married in early October than in a gorgeous pastoral Catskills venue like the Stonewall Estates, and everything came together perfectly for Nigam and Bryant’s wedding, with crisp blue skies and blazing orange leaves complementing all of the gorgeous colors of the Hindu elements of the wedding. The amazing team at Tanari Events Not only seamlessly combined South Asian and Western elements, but seemingly disparate overtones — the decor was both highly elegant and extremely comfortable, something that could accommodate both board games in the woods with your family and Nigam and Bryant’s dashing couture tuxedos.

Since the Haldi and mendhi were the day before and every one of the guests was traveling to the area, that atmosphere made for a feeling of a family reunion or a country retreat, a weekend where you can find your comfort and fun whether you just want to sit around a fire or go wild on the dance floor. Nigam and Bryant are so warm and kind that you feel like your day is a bit better just being in the same room as them, so we loved seeing how much joy they had with their friends and family.

Chatham Bars Inn Wedding

One of the many, many things we love about our job is that people tend to get married in the sorts of places you might want to go anyway, especially people with excellent taste like Pei and Ben. Early October in Cape Cod? Sure, we can do that.

It was a picture-perfect fall day … at first. But, you see, it was a wedding day, and part of the manic fun of weddings is that they bring a coterie of chaos. And so, right when we would be outside, on the water, far from shelter … came the rain. But Pei and Ben were troopers, and really, really wanted to spend some time on the water -- so much so that they didn't mind even when the rising tide trapped them on the dock, forcing them to be carried to shore by very strong and extremely helpful Inn staff.

That is just a small piece that shows a lot about them -- the fun they can have alone together, their drive, but also a sort of ability to roll with the punches required when walking on a wet beach in a wedding dress.

Thanks so much to Lindsay Arenson at Simple Details Events for making this such a beautiful day, and to Lindsay Hite for backing us up with her great work!