A New York City couple decided to get married at the 79th St Boat Basin in October. We met together a number of times and I was lucky enough to be cooked dinner by the groom who runs a catering company. It was divine. The day of the wedding was sunny but cold and the ceremony was outdoors overlooking the Hudson. Since many of the parent’s friends were from Florida they were very cold so I was urged to start the ceremony promptly. The only problem was that the area around the chuppah was public space that the public used to get to Riverside Park. They would run or bike and many people passed by in various types of gym clothes with bikes. We had to prevail upon a security person to make sure that they could oblige us for 25 minutes and walk around the other direction so that our ceremony was not disturbed by interested onlookers. Everyone obliged and was wonderful. The groom was busy supervising the catering as well as attending to his bride so he was the master of multi tasking. The most amazing chuppah was provided by a grandmother. This was in the family for 150 years and was originally from Canada. How magical to stand under it even if it was cold. We all went inside after the glass was broken where there were many heat lamps and wonderful food