It is almost one year to the day of my daughter's Orthodox Jewish wedding. My daughter planned most everything herself as her dad and I were not familiar with "Orthodox" weddings. My daughter's head was spinning and I could see her anxiety ready to push her over the edge. This was not the way it was supposed to be, and as her mom I couldn't stand by any longer and let my daughter's once-in-a-lifetime Day become anything but the best for her. I told her that I insisted that the DAY OF responsibilities MUST be put into the hands of a professional wedding planner. This was about three weeks before the wedding. We were referred to Connie by the catering department of the wedding venue we had chosen. We got in touch with Connie right away and from that point on, I could see my daughter becoming more of a Kallah (bride) than a crazed woman trying to tie all the ends together for her own wedding day. Although our agreement with Connie was for the "day of" only, she made herself available to us for any questions we had relating to the last three weeks' planning and preparations. We contacted her for advice, as well as just to hear her calm, reassuring voice that the Big Day would come off problem-free for us. With only three weeks to go, Connie was on top of everything that could affect the Wedding Day. She was under NO obligation to be our "go-to gal" prior to the wedding, but she encouraged us to keep her in the loop during those three weeks, and not make any decisions on our own without consulting with her first. She even touched base with our vendors (florist, photographer, etc.) within that time frame to make sure that when the wedding day arrived, everything went smoothly with no surprises. Come wedding day, she had the Kallah and our immediately family, as well as the Chatan (groom) and his immediate family, on a minute-by-minute timeline so that nothing was left for us to remember, except to refer to the timeline throughout the day! Of course there are "day of" emergencies and changes that arise, but we never knew about them on the wedding day; Connie handled it all herself without involving us. When we heard about the various hitches that had occurred that day, we were in disbelief. How could one person handle it all with such style and grace, and yet not let the family know it was going on? Connie, this "review" should have been written a year ago; however, now that it is one year later and I still cherish you and everything you did for us, perhaps it is even MORE meaningful. You will continue to have our gratitude as each year goes by. On a scale of 1-100, your gentleness and caring and professionalism score a 200! read more