Joan Nemirow
(Mother of the Bride)

When Carly started thinking of having a destination wedding in the Dominican Republic, I must admit I was extremely concerned about how we would be able to pull this wedding together. Carly was living in Chicago, I was living in Connecticut and the wedding location was going to be in the Dominican Republic. To complicate matters more, rather than using the usual hotel venue, we wanted to use a development of private homes (Sea-Horse-Ranch in Sosua) and their private restaurant. None of us knew if Sea Horse Ranch could accommodate the needs of a wedding as well as the hosting of all of our guests. The logistics of getting all of the necessary wedding paraphernalia on an island location and on time seemed like an overwhelming task.

One year before the wedding, Carly and I made a trip to the Dominican Republic to see if this plan was even possible. We scheduled meetings during our visit with many suppliers that Sea Horse Ranch recommended and luckily we also scheduled a meeting with you to discuss using your services. From our first meeting, both Carly and I knew that you were up to the task. You listened carefully to our requests and wishes and then proceeded to ask the right questions as to how to help and how to organize our plan. You were totally unfazed by sometimes bizarre requests and made everything seem possible. You were always helpful suggesting extremely talented professionals to use for the various services but were equally gracious to use services we had gotten from our sources at Sea Horse Ranch or on our own. All of your recommendations for music etc. were excellent, were fairly priced, punctual and were a pleasure to have as part of the wedding. You were able to give honest opinions without insulting anyone as well as letting us know when we really didn’t need to spend the money or time on something. Your advice was always correct! Amazing. I particularly found it very reassuring, when you suggested that I look on line at a Los Angeles, California party planner’s website for ideas. Coincidently, it was the very planner that we had used for one of our other daughter’s weddings 6 months earlier. Clearly, we had a connection.

My only regret is that I didn’t hand off more of the planning to you one year ago. You are extremely talented. I trust your design sense and your organizational skills. You made the actual wedding day very easy for me. I was a completely relaxed Mother of the Bride because I knew that I had someone I could trust orchestrating everything for me.

Thank you so very much for making Carly’s and Seth’s wedding perfect in every way.