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An Urban Wedding in New York City, NY

Alicia approached Erik during a Columbia rugby tournament and asked him about the rules of tackling. Erik replied with a simple, “I don’t know,” and w

Alicia approached Erik during a Columbia rugby tournament and asked him about the rules of tackling. Erik replied with a simple, “I don’t know,” and walked away. Alicia assumed he wasn’t interested and moved on. Time passed and the best party of the school year rolled around; some drink spillage finally got the two talking and they began to date. Two years later, the couple took a Summer road trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Alicia’s hometown, when Alicia asked Erik if he was ever going to propose. He said it would be before Christmas. The Bride Alicia Thomas, 34, a data strategy director The Groom Erik Ulin, 34, the director at a finance consulting firm The Date September 12 A few days later on the trip, the two drove up to the top of a gorgeous mountain vista, and Erik said he wanted to get out of the car and take a picture. Instead he dropped to one knee and asked Alicia for her hand in marriage. The two worked with a planner to transform an all-white loft into the perfect urban wedding venue.

Printed menu cards displayed the guests names, serving as seat indicators. Alicia and Erik chose to separate couples and seat everyone at random, forcing people out of their comfort zones and allowing for new friendships to be made.
Cupcakes were one of the tasty highlights from the “after-hours lounge.”
After dinner and dancing, the couple hosted an “after-hours lounge” with a dessert buffet, coffee tasting, and a candy bar, offering an array of sweets in the blue and orange theme colors.
Keeping with the New York City theme, Erganic Design created chic escort cards adorned with chocolates that looked like vintage subway tokens.
Alicia carried two types of roses in amber and yellow, mango mini calla lilies and orange button mums. The stems were wrapped with a shimmering navy ribbon and copper pins.
Alicia and Erik chose varying shades of blue and orange as their wedding colors. They gathered boxes and tall round vases, filled each one with flowers and LED lights, and set them atop square mirrors as centerpieces.