{"id":89783,"date":"2025-01-17T01:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T01:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/this-couple-had-their-wedding-at-cafe-spaghetti\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T01:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T01:04:49","slug":"this-couple-had-their-wedding-at-cafe-spaghetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/this-couple-had-their-wedding-at-cafe-spaghetti\/","title":{"rendered":"This Couple Had Their Wedding at Cafe Spaghetti"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\u201cIn 2018, I matched with a guy named Karl on a dating app who joked that we had the same name,\u201d says Carly. It caught her attention and, after meeting up IRL, the two quickly fell in love. A year later, they got a dog; during the first year of the pandemic, he proposed with his grandmother\u2019s engagement ring. Carly and Karl ended up getting married over lunch with friends and family at Cafe Spaghetti<\/a>. Here, Carly tells us about their unforgettable day\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was so nice to have the wedding in our Brooklyn neighborhood \u2014\u00a0in the backyard of Cafe Spaghetti<\/a>. Before heading down to see everyone, the staff made an Aperol Spritz for me and an Old Fashioned for Karl. We had a sip together before walking in. We were nervous!\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe said our vows in front of friends and family. I was getting choked up and absentmindedly said \u2018shit!\u2019 My little nephew piped up and said, \u2018Hey, there\u2019s kids here!\u2019 Everybody started laughing, and it broke the ice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur wedding wasn\u2019t super traditional, but there were two things we wanted to do: the breaking of the glass<\/a> and the lighting of a unity candle. When we finally kissed, everyone clapped and cheered.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy nephews were so<\/em> excited to wear suits. They talked about them for months leading up to the wedding. My younger nephew, in front, has a birthday the same month we got married. He asked his parents for a motorcycle, but my brother and sister-in-law were like, \u2018Nope.\u2019 So, he was thrilled to show up and see this Vespa parked in the restaurant\u2019s backyard!\u201d <\/p>\n

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\u201cWedding food can be bland, but because we did ours at a restaurant, it was so<\/em> good. The eggplant was outstanding, but it\u2019s hard to choose a favorite thing because it was all so delicious.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt your own wedding, you can get caught up saying hi to everyone, and then suddenly you realize you haven\u2019t eaten anything. So, Karl and I made a pact with one another to sit down and enjoy the food.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\u201cI went to Cha Cha Linda<\/a> for a vintage dress. I wanted to shine and didn\u2019t care about wearing white. This sequined 1970s disco dress was perfect. Since my mom doesn\u2019t live in New York, she wasn\u2019t able to come dress shopping with me, and she felt a twinge of sadness about that. So, when she next came to visit, we went back to Cha Cha Linda to find her<\/em> an outfit, which she\u2019s wearing here. I was like, \u2018Someone has to wear white!\u2019 She looked fabulous.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cGuest books can be expensive, so for their wedding, my brother and sister-in-law picked out a coffee table book they liked and had people sign each page with a Sharpie. They chose a book on architecture; we went with one on New York graffiti<\/a>. Guests had fun picking which page they wanted to sign.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe served homemade desserts by the owner Sal\u2019s father, including tiramisu, cannolis and gelato. There was so much food that the staff packed to-go boxes and left them by the exit, so our guests could take home leftovers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thank you so much, Carly<\/a> and Karl! What a beautiful day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S. Four NYC City Hall weddings<\/a>, romantic proposal stories<\/a>, and which wedding dress would you choose<\/a>?<\/p>\n

(Photos by Thalia Abreu<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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