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Lauren Snyder and Keith Burns’s Brooklyn Backyard Wedding

September 12, 2016

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We got married at city hall on a Friday morning surrounded by our immediate families. It was a perfect, crisp early fall day and after the ceremony, we headed to the Odeon for lunch.
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The experience of getting married at city hall was so much fun and it felt very New York. We rode the subway there with Keith’s brother and sister-in-law.

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We chose simple, classic Cartier bands for our rings—mine in rose gold to match my Repossi engagement ring, and his in yellow gold.
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The whole ceremony went so fast! Here we are basking in the craziness of it all with our family behind us.
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That classic city hall picture. I wanted to feel like myself that morning, so I wore a cashmere sweater, trousers, and white sneakers, all by Céline. Keith wore trousers and a sweater from his closet and his favorite Common Projects sneakers.

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We were all obsessed with this woman and her dog, who was appropriately dressed for city hall in a suit.
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For the ceremony, we chose to have a small, intimate dinner at our home with 23 guests. We worked with a few of our favorite talents to make it all come together. Taylor Patterson, from Fox Fodder Farm, is a friend who I’ve worked with and gotten to know through various projects at my store. I had full trust in her, and she did such an incredible job with the flowers.
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Clair Catillaz of Clam Lab and Natalie Weinberger made vessels for the occasion. This is one Clair designed. I work with them both very closely through my shop and they are both such great talents. Their ceramics complemented our flowers beautifully.

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More of Taylor’s beautiful work accompanied the bar we had set up on our kitchen counter.
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Happy Menocal created our invitations and menus and she was such a dream to work with! She drew an image of our dog on the RSVP cards and that meant so much to Keith and me. I also really loved the little drawings of the food on the menu.
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Natalie’s beautiful vessels with Taylor’s arrangements were placed along our dinner table.

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We had our backyard tented and served dinner outside.
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Natalie designed this piece with Taylor’s flowers specifically in mind.
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Roman’s in Fort Greene is our favorite restaurant, and having them cook our wedding dinner was very special. We were so happy to have our closest friends and family enjoy a meal from Dave, our favorite chef. These are the oysters that were served during cocktail hour.

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Our beloved dog, Otis, was there during the entire evening. Here he is on the deck with Taylor’s incredible flowers in the background.
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One of my dearest friends, Victoria, recently launched a gorgeous line of hair accessories called Preview, and I was lucky enough to wear a piece from the collectsion that evening.
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One final look before greeting our guests.

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Keith and I on the steps of our home. We had been renovating for well over a year and things still weren’t 100 percent complete (as you can see with the permits still in the window!). But we were happy to have everyone there. Keith wore a navy blue suit from Dior Homme and my dress was by Céline.
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During cocktail hour inside the house, guests enjoyed East Coast oysters, roasted Cerignola olives, and bagna cuda.
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Three of our closest friends, Mark, Sam, and Annie, during cocktail hour.

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We hosted our guests for cocktail hour inside on the parlor level of our home before heading outside for the seated dinner.
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The bartender made such delicious drinks. We had two specialty cocktails: a bitter drink of rye, CioCiaro, and house-made fig and orange bitters, as well as a sour drink of tequila with lime and house-made celery bitters.
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Dave and his team at Roman’s cooked everything out back on the grill. It was so low-key and the food was delicious.

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Keith and I chose a three-course family-style meal with menu items that included a fava puree with braised chicory, a roasted squash with Treviso and saba, a rib eye steak with carrots and horseradish, and monkfish with fennel and white beans.
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Here I am laughing hysterically at either something my father or one of my friends said.
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Everyone enjoying the dinner, our second course of tortellini en brodo was a big hit.

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Our home at the end of a very beautiful and special night for us. After dinner, we broke down the tables outside and our dear friend Jeremy deejayed out back until the late hours.