Berteliu Wedding Weekend

Two weekends ago we went to NYC for my brother's wedding.  We got in late Thursday night and started our weekend bright and early on Friday.  Eric rented a car and we drove around Manhattan - LES up to Harlem and back down - to show my Grandma the city.  Her family grew up in the city so she had a bunch of addresses we drove by for her to see. 

I headed to my hair appointment at Dry Bar in Tribeca.  I've never had a blow out before and really enjoyed my first one!  However it felt like it was impossible to hail cabs for some reason so I was constantly running around town.  We all met at city hall at 1:00 in the afternoon.  It was my immediate family, grandma, Orchid's parents, her friend Travis and his boyfriend Daniel, Eric's two college roommates Drew and David, and my cousin Chris and his wife Yvonne.  Orchid's friend was taking pictures of the event as well.  

Once we got inside city hall, we had to take a number  we were surprised at how long it took!  We were C755 and they were only on C735 when we got there.  It took about two hours of waiting in the building for the number to be called.  The first time they called your number, I think you had some paperwork. Then you had to wait again for them to call your number for your ceremony.

C755 was finally called! 

We all went in a quaint room and had the ceremony, which lasted about 3-4 minutes.  It was very intimate with only 15 or so of us in the room.

We took a few pictures around the building and then parted ways for a few hours.  We met up again a few hours later for dinner at Edi & The Wolf, an Austrian restaurant.   It was a beautiful venue and had delicious food! Although I'm never going to dislike anything Austrian!

Matt order spaetzle and I had schnitzel. Yum!

The next night was their big party.  They rented out the rooftop of a bar/restaurant and had about 70 guests. Before we went to Hotel Chantel, the immediate family went over to Eric and Orchid's apartment to eat some pizza and hang out beforehand.

Hotel Chantel was beautiful inside!  If only it was warmer the roof could have been retracted, but it was still very pretty to look at.  Just behind the bar was a beautiful view of the Williamsburg Bridge.

The next morning we all went to brunch and then flew home.  We were delayed 3 hours and didn't get home until 1am!  It probably took 4 days to recover, but it was such a fun weekend!