New York Magazine

"I'm never more confident or comfortable than when I’m wearing black tights, so why not on my wedding night, too?"

"It was a week after Valentine’s Day, so there were huge discounts on pink flowers. We had all different kinds, like sweet pea and spray roses."

"We made a wedding-themed crossword for the back of our programs, but it was impossible! It was like the equivalent of the Saturday Times."

"The hotel had long rectangular tables that were all teak, so we didn’t need linens. We bought black paper place mats and designed little pop- ups that created a silhouette of a fireplace to mimic the ones they have at the hotel."

"I waited until the last week to build the chuppah—that drove Emily nuts. Then her parents opened the garage door and destroyed it, so I had to rebuild it, like, two days before. That whole week was trouble."