Wedding Date on Nov 7, 2015

From The Bride: Joe and I met through some mutual friends. My friend and I were going to a NY Rangers game and met up with the guy she was seeing who was with his firehouse friends at a bar before the game. I didn't go into this knowing I was meeting anyone, but I'm so glad that it happened. We hit it off from the minute we got introduced and I felt so comfortable around him, which for me had never happened with any guy before. As we started to get to know each other, it seemed like we were meant to meet. Some of my family has been going to his family's garage for years before I met Joe. Joe worked at a firehouse down the block from my parents house for a few months and probably passed my house hundreds of times before we knew each other existed. My cousin met Joe during her work holiday party 2 or 3 years before I met Joe, which she only realized right before our wedding. It might sound corny, but it seemed like the stars were aligning for us to meet. It was fate! Nanina's was the second venue we visited and we got such a warm and inviting feeling as soon as we walked in there. It was our dream venue - we got that gut feeling as soon as we walked in the door. The food options, the staff, the decor and the overall ambience of the venue stuck out in our minds. We left Nanina's after talking with their manager to go visit another NJ venue, but we already knew our hearts were set on Nanina's. We left that venue and drove straight back to Nanina's and gave them our deposit. I'm not sure what makes our wedding special compared to all the other ones out there, but all I know is that it was an amazing day. So many people came up to us during the wedding and after the wedding telling us how it was one of the best weddings they've ever been to. People were raving about the music, the photo booth, the food and even the fact that we had baskets of flip flops for the women who wanted to change out of their heels. It was the most special night for us and it ended up being everything we imagined and then some. We stressed and planned every little detail for almost 2 years and to see it all come together and be able to finally enjoy it was a great feeling.