BERGEN BRIDES
Melissa & Domenick
MAY 20, 2017
Photography courtesy of The Bleu Studio
thebleustudio.com
M
elissa’s girlfriends convinced her to join
Match.com, and “I’m so glad they did,”
she says. It’s there that she met
Domenick. “As manager of my family’s
restaurant, Franco’s Metro Restaurant & Bar in Fort Lee,
I hardly had time for conventional dating,” Melissa
says. Meanwhile, Domenick, in a nearly identical situa-
tion on Long Island, running his family’s construction
business, Lona & Sons, had also decided to join the site.
“Given our schedules, each of us clearly felt this would
be our best route toward finding love,” Melissa says.
“And according to the dating site, we were 98 percent
compatible.” The couple had their first date at Haven in
Edgewater, and immediately recognized that “we both
felt as though we had known each other our entire
lives,” Melissa recalls. “That night, I knew I was going
to marry him.” For his proposal, Domenick created a
romantic setting — with balloons and flowers — on
the rooftop of Il Bacco Restaurant in Queens. “It’s the
symbolic halfway point between New Jersey and Long
Island,” says Melissa. With “Marry me?” spelled out in
silver balloons, Domenick proposed on bended knee.
Together, the couple joined their families who,
unbeknownst to Melissa, were waiting downstairs
to celebrate the happy occasion.
HOMETOWNS
BRIDE Englewood Cliffs
GROOM Commack, NY
CURRENTLY RESIDE IN Old Tappan
CEREMONY Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Tenafly
OFFICIANT Father Daniel O’Neil
RECEPTION Rockleigh Country Club, Rockleigh
MUSIC The Voices, Brooklyn, NY
FLORIST Yumila Weddings and Events Floral Design,
Rochelle Park
CAKE A Little Cake, Park Ridge
PHOTOGRAPHER AND VIDEOGRAPHER The Bleu Studio,
Wayne
DRESS Stephen Yearick, Bijou Bridal & Special Occasion, Paramus
BRIDESMAID DRESSES BHLDN, anthropologie.com
FLOWER GIRL DRESSES David’s Bridal, Totowa
GROOM’S TUXEDO Foresto Men’s Shop & Tuxedo,
Mineola, NY
INVITATIONS AND WEDDING DAY STATIONERY
Dalmazio Imports, Brooklyn, NY
FAVORS serving dish from the Lorren Home Trends Collection,
Sophie’s Garden, Dalmazio Imports, Brooklyn, NY
TRANSPORTATION Town Limousine Service, Lyndhurst
HAIR Joe Murray and Farrah Molina, RSalon, Edgewater
MAKEUP Joanna Dziobek, Pout Glamour Studio, Rutherford
WEDDING RINGS D’Ore Jewlery, Commack, NY
(201) BRIDE | SUMMER/FALL 2018
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