We arrived in Rochester Sunday the 24th after having moved half of our apartment that morning in New York City.  It was a long day.  Luckily, Rochester greeted us with clear blue skies and this:

courtesy of Lily Twomey

The table was filled with goodies, from gluten-free snacks to soda bottles with out photos on them to a beautiful bottle of champagne and scotch.  All these was courtesy of Alex’s amazing family and the incredible staff at the hotel that they own.   And, it was all a surprise.  I had nothing to do with any of it.  It wasn’t just us that got these goodies, every guest upon arrival received the m&ms, the soda, the napkins, local beers (courtesy of my Mom!) and a plate of cheese and meat.

The staff was amazing all week- they were willing to help in any way they could.  On the morning of the wedding when it was pouring rain, Alex asked the front desk for “8 yellow umbrellas” and they looked at him and said, “we can make that happen.”  The best they could do was black, but that was more than fine!

courtesy of James Twomey

On Saturday, the day after the wedding, when we were running around trying to figure out what to do with everything, the (amazing) Chef offered to personally look over over wedding cake for the year while we were away and keep it safe for when we returned.  Suffice it to say that we felt very special and our guests were treated with the same amazing attitudes and service.

*all photos mine, unless otherwise stated