Wedding on a New York street

No, I didn’t actually go to New York recently for a wedding. But, technically, this was a wedding on a New York Street. In fact, the name of the street is New York Street — on a TV studio lot.

Let me just make it clear that I did not decorate this wedding. The seat covers did not come from me or anyone I work with, nor did the flowers, table linens or any of that stuff. I could probably get you a very similar look, but this particular wedding — I had nothing to do with. But these are my pictures.

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Wedding Venue: CBS Radford Lot in Studio City

If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, or even read the About page, you already know I’m neither a full-time wedding decorator or wedding blogger. My day job (so to speak, since I work the night shift) is online news production for CBS 2 / KCAL 9. So I happen to work at the Studio City Broadcast Center, which is located on CBS’ Radford Lot, where it so happened a reception was happening one recent Saturday.

Of course, being as nosy as I am, I had to peek in, see how it was done, and of course, take pictures. It happened to be a somewhat slow news day, so I was able to use my breaks to indulge my nosiness….er, I mean, curiosity. FYI, I just want to make it clear these are not my decorations or flowers. I’ll give you the florist’s information at the end of this post.

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Wedding venue no more? Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City

When you drive down Ventura Boulevard, the sight of the Sportsmen’s Lodge is a bit jarring. Amid all the slick stores and restaurants that now flank Ventura Boulevard, seeing what looks like a log cabin in a jungle (for all of the flora on the property is pretty wild) after passing the swanky Sherman Oaks Galleria, then the slick strip malls with Coffee Bean is like saying, “which one doesn’t fit?

Photo by Flickr’s ftfesz71

I’ve done maybe a handful of weddings — 5 or 6, in all the time I worked with my mom — at the Sportsmen’s Lodge. I liked two things about the place — the spiraling staircase in the banquet center (and I cannot, for the life of me, find a picture of the staircase; I’d probably have to dig into my mom’s printed pictures for one) and the swan ponds. Other than that, it was not my favorite venue — it’s in a busy area, the parking lots are kind of hard to get to, the facilities were old, the ballrooms were dark and low-ceilinged. But it had its charm, and we worked with it.

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What does your color say about you?

My husband is a designer at our local newspaper here and quite honestly is where I’ve learned any and all graphics and design expertise, especially when it comes to programs like Photoshop and InDesign, which is how I created the above logo. Yesterday, he was telling me about Colorscope, a color palette like a horoscope. He told me that description for the color he liked the best really corresponded to his personality.

When it comes to weddings, I don’t think too many brides really think about the meaning or personality attached to the colors they choose — either its simply a favorite color or they know they look best in that color, or both. But still, I think its an interesting exercise. For example, above, I used a darker pink organza that I might describe as dusty rose. Probably the closest corresponding color on the colorscope would be Strawberry, which carries the following personality:

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