For the answer, we decided to interrogate the cool couples whose weddings we would actually want to steal — right down to the tiger-shaped cake toppers. I told them we were going to be about 30 people — our closest friends and family. I still am. We liked the idea of something informal, hectic, and delicious after getting out of the courthouse.
And the different parts of our heritage — Laotian, Jewish, Midwestern, Indian — all somehow come together in the love of pastrami and brisket. Jay: When we got in there, they had set up two long tables in the back of the restaurant, and they brought out unending bowls of pickles and plates of meats and all of the breads.
All of the pastrami and corned beef that was available to us. And then cheesecake, cheesecake, cheesecake. Candice: I remember going into the bathroom and washing my hands next to somebody who was just having lunch, and there I am, in a veil and an Issey Miyake suit.
Jay: We had planned a more formal dinner party for the following evening, where I was going to wear black tie. Friday evening, we were overwhelmed and exhausted and very happy.
Candice: We ordered room service at our hotel, the Standard High Line , and just talked about how crazy it was. In June , he proposed on our stoop in Fort Greene. It was about an hour before he had to get on a flight for Italy, where he was going to be for the whole summer. Being in New York for the wedding, it was a homecoming. The malfatti! Jay: They have this one pasta called malfatti —.
