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Mrs. Martini, New Jersey Age and Occupation: 30, Telecom by day, Superhero by night Fiance's Age and Occupation: 32, Investments & Finance by day, Hip hop dancer by night Engagement Date: May 24, 2008 Wedding Date: March, 2009 Blogging Since: August 18, 2008 Venue: The Venetian About Me: Things that make me happy: Haribo Happy Cola gummies, TV shows on DVD, buying books although I never read them, 80’s rock ballads, ramen, and of course Mr. Martini! He is the calm, logical and number crunching finance guy. I can’t even multiply double digit numbers in my head and I am so indecisive that trying to choose between light green or slightly lighter green paper stresses me out (Wedding planning is going to be soooo much fun). We both find great joy in nabbing great seats at the movie theater for a blockbuster movie on opening weekend, and we are both absolutely crazy about snowboarding. And he loves to cook, I love to eat!
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Wedding at Aldrich Mansion

November 13th, 2008 @ 5:15 pm by Mrs. Martini

I meant to write about this sooner, but it was tough sorting through 895 (yes, you read that right—895) pictures. We attended the wedding of our friends George and Suegi, and Mr. Martini was a groomsman.  The wedding took place at Aldrich Mansion in Rhode Island. I’m not even sure how to pronounce it right (you’re talking to someone who used to pronounce photographer as “foe-toe-grapher”), but all I know about the place was that the movie Meet Joe Black was filmed there. From that day on, during the months leading up to the wedding date, we referred to it as the “Meet Joe Black Mansion”, or MJBM, if you’re feeling sexy.

Since Mr. M was a groomsman, I got to tag along for the photo shoot that took place at the mansion before the ceremony. So, I got a chance to see the mansion before it got too dark and was able to really take in the view. Let me just tell you—it was truly breathtaking! So breathtaking, that I totally forgot to take pictures of the grounds…

But here’s a picture that I found on the trusty internet, which was also the picture used for their STD:

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After I wandered around the grounds (for a little too long) daydreaming about the day I win the lottery and own a house just like this one, I came to my senses and started making use of my backstage pass by snapping pictures of some of the details of the wedding.

Of course, I didn’t realize until picture 237 that the tables weren’t even completely set up yet, and I made a mental note to take more pictures of everything during the reception. That’s of course before I remembered that I was in charge of manning the Polaroid guest book table during the cocktail hour, and by the time we were eating dinner I was too busy trying to catch up to everyone on the alcohol consumption and forgot I even owned a camera. But all is not lost, because I do want to share a few pictures with you!

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A couple of shots of the view behind the mansion

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The men

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Aww I love this picture, it’s their first moment. There’s always something about that very first moment you see each other on the day of your wedding. When I was a MOH for my best friend’s wedding, I burst into tears when I witnessed her first meeting with her soon-to-be husband. I think that sometimes it’s more moving than saying “I do”.

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Here I’m taking pictures of the foe-toe-grapher taking pictures of the wedding party. As you can imagine I was feeling totally artistic while taking this picture through the window frame.

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Centerpieces. Don’t mind the tables—they weren’t set up yet. But I liked the idea of the centerpieces.

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The table numbers

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Bride and Groom seats

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Candy-filled tin escort “cards”

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Here are the bridesmaids practicing their special song for the ceremony. They sang “Only Hope” by Mandy Moore.

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I wanted to include these shots that Mr. Martini took during the cocktail hour, because they are some of the few pictures that include details of the mansion. It had a library! I love libraries and my dream is to dedicate a room for my very own personal library, complete with a fireplace and a huge couch that I can sink into with a book. Yes, I peed a little when I saw it.

The wedding was tons of fun. Congrats again George and Sue. You guys are truly perfect for each other!

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6 Responses to “Wedding at Aldrich Mansion”

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kelly

Oh, Aldrich Mansion is gorgeous. Native Rhode Islander here, and man, that is one sweet place. This wedding looks great!

 
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Miss Dumpling (message)  650 posts, Busy bee

Got a video of the singing? I love that song! I think Pengy used it (the Christian band version…Simple Plan?) at some point in her wedding, too.

 
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“Only Hope” is actually by Switchfoot, which is a Christian band.

 
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Miss Taffy (message)  2,598 posts, Sugar bee

That mansion is huuuge! What a fun wedding!

 
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At least you aren’t one of those people who say “fra-ta-grapher”…….

 
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Newport Nuptials

The Aldrich mansion is beautiful. Thanks for sharing the post! My wedding is in RI in 2 years, its such a beautiful place! We were deciding between RI and NJ.

 


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