The Wedding
rjk
book wedding it was! The wedding was at the Hill-Stead Museum in
Farmington, CT. This is a registered National Historic Landmark noted for
its 1901 mansion set on a 152 scenic acres by Avon Mountain. Her wedding was
at 4PM and the temperature was 96
The wedding itself was outside in front of the "house" designed by pioneer
female architect Theodate Pope (1867-1946). Pope lived in the house until
her death in 1946 at which point it became a museum. The event was on the
steps in front of the Colonial Revival mansion's columns. The guests sat in
chairs placed in rows on the grass (in the sun)...... and as the ceremony
began we were blessed with some gentle breezes. Tracy & Dr. Bruce's hands
were so swollen by the afternoon they could hardly put the rings on.... and
Tracy was with her shoes off at the at the reception.....
The bride wore a silk Sonia Rykiel ankle length sleeveless (a slight ruffle
at shoulder edge and scoop neck) dress that skimmed her trim body. She had
on Black patent heels from Nordstrom's brand. The breeze caught her hair
and dress and made a lovely fluid movement as the ceremony progressed. The
bride wore understated makeup - with a Body & Soul lipliner, Bobbi Brown
redwood lipstick and Versace 2004 gloss, YSL foundation and new "pink" YSL
blush, Lancome vert shadow duo, YSL eye liner and mascara & Hard Candy
glitter pencil over liner.
The image of the wedding itself belongs in a magazine - I took 5 rolls of
film. One shot which I hope was worth the trek was far far away looking
through trees at friends and family seated and Tracy & Bruce standing before
the minister (female in flowing white robe with purple and hot pink applique
down the front) in front of this fantastic mansion. The ceremony was
accompanied by guitar music and was very personal and moving. The groom in
Jewish tradition stamped on a wine glass (in satin pouch) and the minister
noted that on this joyful day, the broken glass was to remind us that there
was still sorrow in the world which would exist until all the pieces of
glass were again whole.
After the wedding private tours of the estate collection that include
original furnishings and Alfred Atmore Pope's magnificent collection of
Impressionist paintings. There was no less than 4 Monets, 4 Degas, Manet,
Whistler, 3 Cassatts all in original domestic setting. Truly
breathtaking..... even when hot and exhausted. One Monet is before his
Impressionist period- Two Boats at Harbour and 3 are in the same room - a
trilogy of light and points of peach and aqua. Speechless. Two of the
Degas are pastels including one of a nude bathing which has been classified
as his best pastel work. The reception included Bride & Groom Trolls
imported via the Internet from Troll Immigration and Naturalization Service
and a carrot wedding cake accented with green leaves and a Nurse and Doctor
Troll on the top. The trolls were made fashionably correct by the caterer
who noticed the "females" had no undies and she handmade silken panties for
them. That typifies the level of detail. And for guests Tracy had
sunflower candles from Yankee Candle that said Tracy and Bruce and
packettes of CSP. Truly an alt.fashion wedding to every detail and a
touching event for me who met Tracy here at alt.fashion. rjudith
lisa slavik
will you be able to post photos of the wedding for us to see?
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lisa in dallas
http://www.beautycafe.com
rjk <rju...@javanet.com> wrote in message
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Kris in Philly
long and happy marriage filled with love and laughter!
>>:> As some of you know, yesterday was Tracy's wedding - and a glorious story
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Kris in Philly
MShock1
think about posting a picture or two for us. Thank you for taking the time to
post this. And congratulations to the bride and groom!
~Marilyn~
"If you chase the butterfly, it ain't gonna land on your finger."--marilyn
http://members.aol.com/moonchime/moods.html
ahmward
pleasure to read about tracy's choices of gown etc. as she prepared
for her marriage...this event as you describe it shows the benefit of
a lot of what we discuss on af...congratulations and a joyous life for
tracy and bruce
audrey
Misty Peterson
>rjudith, your description of Tracy's wedding is absolutely wonderful.
Please
>think about posting a picture or two for us. Thank you for taking the time
to
>post this. And congratulations to the bride and groom!
>~Marilyn~
What Marilyn said! Thank you for the narrative of what sounds like a truly
storybook wedding, and I wish Tracy and her new husband lots of happiness.
:) Please put some pics on a website if she doesn't mind!
Misty
EMiriamD
alt.fashion day with in NYC a couple of weeks ago, along with rjudith and Vicki
in DC. I have no doubt that Tracy made a gorgeous bride. Thanks for the great
description, rj!
EMiriamD
"I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions."
Lillian Hellman to House Un-American Activities Committee (1952)
Carla J. Montori
one of my favorite museums ever. The notion of living in that
splendid, comfortable, and gracious home...sigh. A wedding on the
portico would be perfection.
Tlflinn
wedding. It was truly a great day but it was so hot. And Carla you are right
the Hill-Stead is beautiful. It was well worth having my wedding there.
Rjudith was the photographer and I can't wait to see the pictures. Bruce took
them to be developed today. A special thanks to Rjudith who has been a very
special friend to me. We met through this newsgroup about two years ago. She
has been a loyal and generous friend. It is always fun to be with her and she
is always full of good advice. Thank you Judy it has been wonderful having you
as my friend.
Tracy
ps who else would love to take pictures of me showing off the trolls
underwear:)
Tracy Flinn
life without cats would be a catastrophe........
ahmward
Back to af so soon! What a joyous event so beautifully described. I
wish you and Bruce a lifetime of joy and happiness
audrey
rob....@worldnet.att.net
rjk
> Back to af so soon!
What modest Tracy hasn't said is that for now life continues with the
honeymoon being a grand tour of Europe in September. The newly weds start in
England go along the Rhine to Italy and other places and end in Paris (which
delights the bride so that she will not have to ship back or carry along her
great cosmetic and fragrance finds). rjudith
EXC JO ANN
bride. My best wishes to you.
Jo Ann @ Exclusively Jo Ann
http://www.exclusivelyjoann.com/
Lutachris
because it was so hot! Glad you got some breezes to ruffle your dress...hope
you have some very pleasant weather for the honeymoon...