Thursday, October 1st
6:30pm: Dinner at Golden Hof
Momo, Adam, Ed, Kristen, Maki, Roy, Erik and Becca
From the Manhattan Club: 15 minute walk, or 10 minutes via the downtown N or M train (directions.)
From the Home2 Suites LIC: 25 minutes via the Manhattan M from 39av - Dutch Kills to 49st (directions.)
Friday, October 2nd
Suggested activity beforehand: The Met Cloisters is a beautiful museum with a medieval collection in the park where our ceremony will be. It is about a ten-minute (and very beautiful) walk from the museum to the entrance of Fort Tryon Park. For lunch, The Bonnefont is a french restaurant near the entrance with an outdoor patio.
Enjoy your day, and please let us know if you want recommendations for anything.
2:30pm: Ceremony at Fort Tryon Park
Momo, Adam, Ed, Kristen, Maki, Roy, Erik, Becca.
Featuring officiant Andy Ladd, and usher Charlotte Ladd.
Please be at the entrance of Fort Tryon Park by 2:30pm. This is the gate at Margaret Corbin Plaza.
This park is almost at the northern tip of Manhattan, so please build in ample time for transit. Please note that Fort Tryon is very hilly, and there are many stairs. Please plan your footwear accordingly.
From the Manhattan Club: 30 minutes via the A train from 59st - Columbus Circle to 190st (directions.)
From the Home2 Suites LIC: 50 minutes via the E train from Queens Plaza, transfer to the A train at 42st Port Authority Bus Terminal to the uptown A train to 190st (directions.)
From the station:
The video below shows how to get from the 190st subway station to the entrance of the park.
Charlotte will meet you at the entrance to bring you to the ceremony location. If you cannot find her, the video below shows how to get from the entrance to the ceremony location.
We have backup locations in case of rain, or in case of any of the many things that could be happening in a nyc public park. In case we need those I will follow-up with a video showing how to get to those locations.
After the ceremony, we will have family photos for about 45 minutes.
4:00pm: Departure and Cars to Dinner at Place des FĂŞtes
We will reserve two cars for 4pm to bring us to Fort Greene, Brooklyn. It will be a 45 minute to 1 hour 30 minute drive depending on traffic.
If we arrive early, we will go to Golden Ratio, the bar owned by the same people as Place des FĂŞtes.
5:30–8:30pm: Dinner Celebration!
Prix-fixe dinner, drinks Ă la carte. There may be a couple of dishes outside of dietary restrictions. Additional food available Ă la carte if necessary.
Return to the Manhattan Club: 30 to 45 minutes via car, or 45 minutes via the C train (directions.)
Return to Home2 Suites LIC: 35 to 40 minutes via the Queens-bound G train, transfer to the E train at Court Square to Queens Plaza. (directions.)
Saturday, October 3rd
Maki and Roy are leaving in the morning.
Suggested activity beforehand: Visit the rest of MoMA.
3:00pm: Visit to the MoMA Exhibition Full Disclosure
This exhibition is in the ground floor, publicly accessible (and free) gallery. We can meet in the lobby at 3pm.
We will leave around 4:15pm for our next destination.
5:00pm: Drinks in Gantry Park at Frank Ottomanelli’s
This is a very beautiful water-front park in Hunter’s Point, Queens. Ottomanelli’s has a bar and sub-par burgers. We will plan on ordering food from elsewhere, and if someone stops us or a sit-down dinner is preferred, we can go to one of the many fantastic restaurants in Hunter’s Point after a drink or two.