"Evan and I met on an online dating site. I am a political fundraiser and he is a food and beverage manager for Starwood Hotels, and we both have busy schedules. We spoke on the phone nightly leading up to our date. We had learned so much about each other that we fell in love before we met. Seeing each other in person just sealed the deal.

"Evan proposed around the time of our two-year anniversary. We were on our way to dinner, when he suggested walking through Central Park. When we reached the Boat Basin, Evan handed me a quarter and told me to close my eyes and make a wish. When I opened them, he was down on one knee asking me to marry him.

"We wanted a good old-fashioned New York City wedding. We both work with events as part of our careers and when it came to choosing the perfect place The Roosevelt Hotel was the only venue we had in mind. I had worked with them for several events and knew we could rely on them to make our wedding day perfect. The Roosevelt Hotel is beautiful and unassuming in its elegance. It also had enough rooms to accompany our out-of-town guests.

"Working with Richard Godfrey, the director of catering, we felt confident that he would give us a wonderful wedding day. Richard and the head chef at The Roosevelt helped us customize the dinner dishes. For example, we replaced the potato to be served with the meat with palm frittes and also served filet mignon in place of strip steak.

"Richard helped us create a “Midsummer's Nights” theme for our reception. Both our ceremony and reception were held in the Terrace Ballroom. Using the same space allowed us to be more creative and elaborate in our floral décor. Our florist constructed an archway of gorgeous purple wisteria at the head of the aisle and our chuppah was built entirely of intertwined flowers with hanging candles. Later, they used our elaborate chuppah as the framework for our cake. The presentation took our breath away.