Weddingbee Blog

One of the unique things about NYC is that you can get a first look photo with a shirtless man:

Quite early on, we realized that if we chose not to do a first look, we would only be able to do pictures during the cocktail hour - and uh, we wanted to eat! I was very disappointed at first; however, our love for food won out over my desire to surprise the Mister and his desire to be surprised. What can I say, we have our priorities.

With that, I made my way out to greet Mr. Hamster:

Being all sneaky Pete about it:

“Excuse me, I’m looking for my groom. Have you seen him?”

There you are!

“Nice dress - is it new?”

All kidding aside, I was really curious to see how Mr. Hamster would react to seeing my dress for the first time. I’m not going to lie, while dress shopping, his anticipated reaction really influenced my choice. While I picked a dress that I loved, I also picked it because I knew he would love it. There were other contenders that I know would yield Mr. Hamster’s “huh?” face - they didn’t make the cut.

After a few moments together, we were ready to head into Central Park for some bridal party pictures!

All photos by Erica Lyn

Coming up next: what do you get when you take pictures in 90 degree weather with a satin gown?

What have we done so far?

• Poured tea
• Bumbled our way through a rehearsal.
• Rewarded ourselves surviving the rehearsal with some food.
• I teased you.
• The ladies got beauteous.
• We put on our party clothes.

Will you be having a first look?