Hair: Sam C. (feinsteindanceacademy@yahoo.com) Love her! She did a trial and I didn’t like it (she did what I asked, I just didn’t think it looked good on me when I actually saw that I don’t look like Jessica Alba/emmy rossum/uma thurman). Then she fixed it up and I ended up loving my wedding hair. She drove to us in Narragansett (twice), she really takes her time, and did such a great job on my hair and my bridesmaids. They all looked so beautiful and she was so sweet to my flower girl when she did her hair. She really has a nice way about her.
Makeup- Krystal Lucas (krystallucas@aol.com). Man, did she make us pretty! She is an artist. When I first had my trial done, I felt like I was gonna look caked in makeup because it seemed like she was putting on a lot. Then I saw myself in the mirror, and I was transformed, but very natural looking. She does great work, travels to you and gives you some blotting tissues and each bridesmaid a touch-up of lipstick. She also did my mother-in-law and put just a bit of makeup on my flower girl, who looked adorable. I was very happy with Krystal.
Catering: Amalfi (amalficatering@yahoo.com). We had some trouble with amalfi because Alyson quit (so sad) a few months before the wedding. So this caused us some stress. However, Jim really made up for it. He met with me several times in the weeks leading up to the wedding both at his office and the venue and really worked to make the wedding beautiful as well as within our budget and size limitations of the venue. Our guests absolutely raved about the hors d’oeuvres and we had these amazing mussels in our main course that I couldn’t get enough of. I also loved the pink vodka sauce pasta, which I only got to accommodate vegetarians, but I think it was my favourite dish! The servers were very friendly and overall I think that Amalfi did a fantastic job.
Room block: The village inn. I’ve heard some bad reviews about this place, but I thought it was great. Our guests were so happy, the rooms were recently redecorated and beautiful, and the location can’t be beat. Annie was also nice enough to let us have the upstairs deck for breakfast the morning after the wedding, and let us bring in our own food from dunkin donuts for our goodbye brunch. No complaints here!
Hotels: The Ocean Rose (http://www.oceanroseinn.com/) and the Spring house (http://www.springhousehotel.com/). We stayed at the ocean rose on our wedding night, and it was really beautiful. We had a room in the victorian house with an ocean view. I didn’t want to leave the next morning! I have heard that the motel-like part of the hotel is not so nice, but our room was gorgeous. On our honeymoon, we stay at the spring house on block island. Very beautiful as well. Again, great room with an ocean view (didn’t come cheap). It’s not the most luxurious hotel… no bath in our room, air conditioning, or fridge. The breeze off the ocean kept the room cool, but it bugged me a bit that there was no fridge, but it wasn’t a huge deal. We ate almost every night at the spring house restaurant and the food, view, and service were all great. They have an angel hair pasta with clams that is probably the best pasta dish I’ve ever eaten.