A Wedding Bill
Date: Sunday, April 8, 2007
Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Size: 50 guests
Theme: English tea party
VENUE
Goethe-Institut (212-439-8692)
You’ll have a sound system, tables, and an environment that requires few decorative extras. There’s also a winding staircase, and the main room has a view of a flower garden below….$2,000
INVITATIONS
Artez’n (718-596-2649)
Get invitations, save-the-dates, and thank-yous from the graphic designer and owner of this arts-and-crafts shop that sells the wares of local artists….$365.77
MUSIC
String quartet–cum–jazz ensemble from Juilliard (212-799-5000, ext. 313)
The office of career development will hook you up with ensembles of experienced local performers—trios, quartets, and full bands—all trained at the school ($225 for the first hour; $125 for each hour after that)….$600
FOOD AND BEVERAGES
Tea & Sympathy’s English tea party through MJ & Company (212-929-5848) and drinks from Fresh Direct (freshdirect.com)
Tea & Sympathy and MJ & Company work in tandem to provide finger sandwiches, quiche, sausage rolls, scones, plates, flatware, stemware, and waitstaff—and a wedding cake alternative: cupcakes….$2,694.72
BOOZE
Warehouse Wines & Spirits (212-982-7770)
Order Trader Joe’s French Market red and white wine, Nicolas Feuillatte champagne for toasting, Michel Frères French sparkling wine for guzzling, and ingredients for the night’s signature cocktail….$343.63
FLOWERS AND DÉCOR
Chelsea Wholesale Flower Market (212-620-7500)
Place sunflowers and blue delphiniums in Japanese vases and Chinese teapots on the tables, along with fishbowls alternately filled with lemons and water-and-tea-lights (vases from the Future Perfect, teapots from Pearl River Mart, bowls from Fish Expo)….$830
PHOTOGRAPHY
Students at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts’ Photography and Imaging Department
Hire Bobby Sukrachand and Ben Jarosch: They’ve shot events (gala dinners, gallery openings, and weddings in New York, Boston, and Chicago) for three years. One shoots black-and-white, the other color, for up to eight hours or fifteen rolls of film (including color digital images)….$852.50
TOTAL….$7,686.62