It’s a backyard wedding!

ADDRESS:

Per Google: 1103 East Emerald Lakes Drive, Long Pond, PA 18334. (If you use Apple Maps you might try 113 East Emerald Lakes Drive. (It’s complicated.))

SCHEDULE:

Has not substantially changed, and goes as follows:

Show up any time between 2 and 6pm, pending your appetite for Hanging Out. We will have an all-you-can-eat buffet situation open for business in that timespan, as well as drinks, games, boats, and who knows what else.
6:30pm we tie the knot! This is the ceremony, this is the magic.
7-10pm we will have The Donovan Moore Wedding Band going full tilt, dances to dance, songs to sing along to, desserts to eat. In between sets we will do a kind of quaker-style open mic, during which whosoever is moved to share a story about/send a message to the newlyweds will have their opportunity to do so. There ought to be dessert, too.

DRIVERS/PARKERS:

Ok so there are actually TWO options for parking, please read carefully:

The Butterfly Sanctuary is going to be our main squeeze. This is a huge parking lot about a mile from the house with almost unlimited potential. Here goes a pin I just dropped if you are a google maps user. (If you prefer old school directions, here goes: coming down Long Pond Rd, turn onto Emerald Blvd (big Emerald Lakes sign, can’t miss) and then make a quick right onto Gap View Rd. The Butterfly Sanctuary parking lot will be on your right.) Once you park, we have a shuttle situation in play; to use it, you should text Eric at 856-389-2693 when you need a ride. Eric is a true Friend for Life for helping us out in this regard, and he’s been strictly instructed to ACCEPT ALL TIPS. If you use his services, please feel free to show him some love via venmo or cash. Eric will be available from 2 to 10-ish.
Parking Option 2 is reserved for those of you driving all the way home on the same day you drive all the way up: come right to the house and use one of two little parking lots in very close proximity–one on Long Pond, the other on E Emerald Lakes Dr just past the house. They do come with some conditions. Those conditions are that you can’t leave your car there after sunset (8:30pm on Saturday) and space is pretty limited.

UBER-ERS:

If you are planning on taking a Lyft/Uber to the house, I love that for you. There may, however, be some trouble getting back to your accommodations late-night. We are an exclusive location after all. In anticipation of this, I just got off the phone with Ricardo, of Cruz Control Transportation, and he is reserving two (2) SUVs from his luxury fleet to service whomsoever from the party may need them. You may contact him directly at 570-904-4851 at any point between 10 and 11pm. He promises not to charge astronomical fees, but be advised he pushes a (wedding dress white) Cadallac Escalade. Class.

WALKERS

If you booked a place within walking distance, you are already winning but maybe pack an umbrella because

WEATHER:

Yeah it may rain here or there (booooooo) so we will have to shine ALL the brighter/hotter. Please consult the local forecasts and your wardrobes. As of the time of this writing, we are looking at scattered showers. Can’t hold us down.

ATTIRE:

Dress as though you were going to hang out in a backyard for many hours on a 60-something degree day when it might rain, but still look hot. We are serious that this is a casual situation–unless you happen to be walking your daughter down the aisle, no suits plz, and no fancy dresses (if anyone is dressed better than us we may take offense). We are going vibes over appearances–be comfortable! What’s on the inside is what counts.

PHOTOS:

While we will have a photographer for the ceremony, we are counting on YOUSE to use your incredibly advanced camera phones throughout the day and night. Tag us on social/use the hashtag #poconoweddingflow to make sure the whole world can see.

VENUE:

We should say it’s a house not a venue. The Poconos house has been in the DeVito family since 1980. Patrick’s beloved grandmother, Marie DeVito, called it home up until her passing in 2021. When we first began our hypothetical, fantasy talks about marriage in the early years of our relationship, we both agreed that the only Big Wedding we would want would be a homegrown one, put on with the help of our families in a space we deeply loved. Over the past few months, we stole up here every weekend we could to put a little more work/love into the house and its environs, and in this time our love for it only deepened. We couldn’t imagine doing this any other way, in any other space, with any other beautiful people but you.

❤

RKG & PJDM