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Reader LPC asked today if I had ever posted pictures of our Chinese banquet, held one month after our wedding in the summer of 2007, and, well, I didn’t! Sorry everyone! Since it was a party thrown FOR us, not BY us, Mr. Bluebell and I didn’t have any say in the details of the banquet, or vendors/decor, etc., so we basically just showed up. It was awesome! But for some reason, I just never got around to posting any pictures. So here they are, over a year and a half later!
The banquet was held at Gala Manor, in Flushing (part of Queens, NYC). Everything went quite smoothly, the food was tasty, and we had a lot of fun! I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.
A pretty traditional dragon & phoenix and double happiness set-up:
A cake just a wee bit different from what we would have chosen for ourselves…
With Mr. Bluebell’s great aunt who sang during our ceremony
I started off the night in my wedding dress that I wore for our actual wedding
We go back to Gala Manor for dim sum or dinner every so often, and it’s so fun when we see some of the same servers who were there for our banquet!
As dinner was being served, I slipped away to change into my cheongsam.
Then we went around and toasted every single table.
Mr. Bluebell’s parents were nice to us and surreptitiously filled our glasses with iced tea instead of cognac, so we didn’t, um, die.
My parents came too!
Then I changed into my third dress.
Mr. Bluebell’s parents gave me some gold jewelry from Hong Kong that his mom is showing off to another relative here.
It is in the traditional wedding design of a dragon and a phoenix.
Thanks LPC for inspiring me to actually post these!!
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You look beautiful Bluebell! I love all the costume changes 
And what a fun opportunity to get to wear your wedding dress again!!
Thanks for sharing! Though some of the customs and tastes displayed might not be your own (I know how you feel–AND I’M ASIAN!), you seemed to handle it all with a lot of grace. (And you look really pretty! And also, also, the last sentence in your hover cloud cracked me up.)
I love all of your dresses, Bluebell!! Is your blue dress Nicole Miller? Gorg!
That necklace is so gorgeous! I’m glad you told us what your MIL was doing, it looks like she’s about to pull your dress down!! LOL
The blue dress is so fabulous! And the wedding cake is hilarious. It’s the stuff of my nightmares. (Or actually the one in my nightmares has fountains and swans and “stairs.”) LOL.
Ah, love them! Not only did you look great in your wedding dress, but you look fantastic in blue AND red!
Oh man, this post is making me so hungry.
Except the cake. I’m not sure I could eat it… I wouldn’t want to disturb it’s retro glory. 
Oooh, you are completely stunning in that blue dress!!!
I am jealous of all of your dresses, they are all so beautiful
You look gorgeous and both of you look so happy, I’m glad you enjoyed your party! I love the cake and all its retro glory!
wow, you look so graceful and beautiful l in all three dresses!
wow such a great party! and how awesome you didnt have to do a thing!
How neat that you guys revisit the site and see the same servers again.
beautiful! I had a white dress, Pink Vietnamese Ao Dai, and a darker pink ‘cake cutting dress’. When we go back to our restaurant, they always call us bride and groom.
dimsum is so yummy. i love your wedding dress. it’s really beautiful. was it a nice change to not be in the driver’s seat as far as planning?
you look so bored…
You look stunning, i particularly love your gold necklace against the blue dress!
haha! now your description of ‘blue and yellow circles’ on burgundy make sense 
you look STUNNING. and the necklace? gorgeous!
Thanks everyone!!!
And yes, the blue dress is Nicole Miller. That crinkly material is also the most comfortable thing ever - felt like pajamas!
@MightySapphire: Hahahaha now that you said that, that’s the only way I can see the picture. That’s awesome.
@MagPie518: Haha you have obviously never seen me try to do my own hair! I have zero skill. I just went to my normal hair dresser for a hair cut and asked her to make it extra pretty and this is what she came up with. Mr. Bluebell and my parents had been bullying me to grow my hair out and then were mad I wore it up for the wedding, so I agreed to wear it down but didn’t care much what she did with it other than that!
I’m also loving the blue dress on you!!! I’m glad you posted this!
that blue dress # and gold necklace look radiant on u!
this is such a wonderful blast from the past. you were planning when i first started reading wb, it’s so nice to see a post from you!
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Mrs. Bluebell, New York
Age and Occupation in 07: 26, Finance Manager
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Playing with the cat and/or Consulting
Engagement Date: December 25, 2005
Wedding Date: June 2007
Venue: Bride's family summer home in the Adirondacks
About Me: Trying to find the perfect balance between family tradition (marrying at the house everyone else in my family gets married at), making our's modern, interesting and different from everyone else in my family's, and incorporating some Chinese tradition for my Chinese fiance. I really have no idea what it's going to end up looking like!
Also, I picked Miss Bluebell for my name because I have blue eyes and I'm a loser like that.
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