Sunday, December 9, 2007

donn-grosfeld/grosfeld-donn part 1

this marks the beginning of interweb detritus's first commissioned wedding coverage, which is going to put eva longoria and tony parker to shame. this is an awesome responsibility, and if nothing else, c4ts and i take our responsibilities very seriously.

anyway, the journey toward the union of anat tsipora grosfeld and anthony alexander donn begins on the upper east side, where anat's bridal shower was held (too bad, boyz. ladies only). the invite looked like this (sorry, don't know how to rotate):

there were a few missteps along the way. i dunno, i'd never been to a wedding shower before, so i politely asked the hostess in my RSVP whether i had to bring gifts that complied with the theme. apparently my question was too obvious because nobody responded. i was on my own.

i got off the crosstown bus in advance of the party's start time. i vaguely recalled reading that it's rude to show up early to a party and since i figured this would be a proper event (despite the fact i wore jeans--oops. i think the fact i remembered to bring a camera redeemed me somewhat), i decided to wander a little.

well, thank god i frolicked. look at this store i saw on lexington avenue.

unfortch, catherine keener wasn't there, and both sadly and kind of predictably, it had gone out of business:
onto more interesting things. the party was held at a very lovely penthouse:

FDR couldn't have had a cozier fireplace (real, working).

some of the many illuminati - bride's mom and groom's mom, from left to right:

bellport girls:

what more can you ask for - pink champagne, gifts, and cheesesticks. man, i wish i had some cheesesticks right about now.
delicious fondant cake (i think that's what it's called. anyway, it was mmm good):

anat received a breakfast in bed tray.

apparently there is some tradition where you gather all of the ribbons from the bride's gifts and make either a hat or a bouquet that will be worn/used at the wedding rehearsal. yeah, i don't get it either. white people. sasha, who made the wedding invites (about which we will blog as well at a later point), made a rather impressive headpiece, especially considering the constraints.

anat with anna banana, who is in the wedding:

anat and her mom! cute:

vows, shmows. i think we've one-upped the new york times on this one. yeah, take that, gray lady.

6 comments:

Rachel said...

oh, but you HAVE one-upped the NYTimes. alas, I was kinda hoping for coverage more in the perez hilton/tabloid vein, but this is nice too!
Now can we come up with a Bennifer or Posh/Becks type tag for the happy couple? How about Analex?

Mrs. Franklin said...

that sounds like an allergy medication for lawyers

E said...

i will save the saucy post for our upcoming bachelorette party to www.hunkmania.com.

think about it.

cold4thestreets said...

Hmmm, if it's medication, I'd've assumed it's something else altogether, but maybe I'm just way too literal.

Anyway, bravo on the post. I liked the detail with the cross-town bus. How exotic!

Rachel said...

OH MY GOSH! C4TS is right, I am so so sorry you guys! I didn't mean to make you, as a couple, sound like a cream for, uhm, you know. At the same time, alanat sounds like a rehab program for getting over... Anat?

Anonymous said...

i love this post because it makes me feel like a celebrity. But it (just) occurred to me that the wedding-opolis industry is majorly connected with our obsession with celebrities and their lives. weddings, in fact, are just the average person's red carpet event, where they get to wear flattering clothes, be mobbed by fans (aka friends and family) and photographed by the paparazzi. and when people come to your wedding and criticize your flower arrangements, it's like when they criticize britney for driving with her kid on her lap. it's all beginning to make so much sense.