Ryan was terrific to work with. He had a lot of great ideas and is very reasonability priced compared to so many different companies we looked into. However, The View has so many windows that the lighting did not illuminate the room like I thought it would. It was not Ryan’s fault – I think if the reception was in a ballroom with no windows it would have looked fantastic.

I had a few trials with other makeup artist mentioned on this board. It was an easy decision to go with Christine. I had an idea of what I wanted but Christine really put into reality. I really don’t wear much makeup but I wanted a more glamorous look. The whole night my husband kept on telling me how beautiful I looked. Christine is so amazing and is really great at her job. She showed up about 10 minutes early even with the crazy weather. My mother and bridal party looked so good. My mother who wears no makeup looked the best I ever seen. Some of my bridal party wanted glamorous looks while others wanted something more natural and she was able to achieve both. My super picky (almost annoying) bridesmaid LOVED her makeup, which is all she talked about all night.
She put fake lashes on everyone for no extra charge and in general was very reasonability priced. She was also very calming to have around the morning of.

I just wanted to look and see what was out there. I had a few appointments at many bridal dress shops. Bridal by Roma had a sample sale and I tried on three dresses and fell in love with the second dress. I got the dress at a terrific price and it looked amazing. I had three fittings and by the end of the third fitting the dress fit like a glove. I received the most compliments on my dress and how well it fit me.
My only issue was they canceled my second dress fitting, and I had to change around my plans during a very busy week so I could reschedule.
My bridesmaids also brought there dresses for them – Jim helm. I loved the dresses. However, they did not press or alter one of my bridesmaid dress properly. However, I don’t know what happened all the other dresses were altered perfectly.

The View on The Hudson: A+
I fell in love with the location, the views, and the food.
The View on The Hudson (Howard): B
Howard made planning my wedding very difficult. He was at times rude. Every meeting I was nervous because I didn’t know what mood he was going to be in. However, when I called (a billion times) he was very responsive and answered every question and put me at ease.
Negatives:
1. The whole time through planning Howard told my husband and me that he could pipe in music during the cocktail hour. At our last meeting, a few days before the wedding I mentioned it again. He told us that all they had was a cd player and the last time they tried to use it really didn’t work well. So, I had to scramble and luckily my dj was able to do it at the last minute.
2. During the rehearsal the day before our wedding, my family and bridal party arrived to run through everything. There was no heat – it was 46 degrees!! He made it extremely uncomfortable for the rehearsal.
3. After the cocktail hour my guests filed into the reception and my bridal party and my husband and I were announced. After that there was no music being played. My family was taking pictures on the dance floor. After twenty or so minutes of no music I questioned my dj. She told me Howard didn’t want people dancing when hot food was being passed around (Our first course was ravioli –very good). But there wasn’t any food being passed around it took the staff an additional 10 minutes to start to serve the food. It was an awkward time – all my guests were just sitting there doing nothing.
4. The wait staff was amazing! Some of my guests even tipped the staff because they were so impressed. On the other hand some of my family and friends was served food and got up to dance, use the bathroom, etc and when they sat back down their food was gone.