JULY 7 – Maurizio Pipitone, a New York City Local 3 electrician, was certain he wanted to marry Santina Emilio on the “luckiest day of the century,” 7-7-07. Hoping to reap the day’s good tidings, the bride, an investment bank analyst in Manhattan, says, “You hear all these wedding horror stories, so we were waiting for mishaps, but nothing happened!” After a seamless ceremony at Our Lady of Grace Church in Brooklyn, the bridal party went on a whirlwind photo shoot of N.Y.C. landmarks, including Times Square and The Plaza Hotel, ending at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach just in time for cocktail hour.
ESSENTIALS
First dance: Eros Ramazzotti and Anastacia’s “I Belong to You,” performed by the Caleps, the band that played at Emilio’s parents’ wedding 28 years ago
Venetian hour highlights: made-to-order doughnuts, cotton candy, snow cones and New York-style pretzels
Met: At Century 21 in 2003, where Emilio was working and Pipitone was a patron