The B&O Station Banquet Hall

Bridal Shower

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Our Lady of Mt Carmel (Wedding Reception)

Reception

Our Wedding

https://open.spotify.com/track/6vNBcj4mZh5eFx40SkdCiC - This track tells it all; for the most part but I apologize if you have to login to hear it I apologize. Produced by DG. for Isabella Marie Simon on our 1st anniversary, Valentine's Day. 2025 it's technically Feb. 13th (2024) since I accidentally made the reservation for the Friday before, and so many places in Columbus were booked-up (Sycamore, Plas, Basi, Rossi, Speck, Marcella's, The Pearl, Barcelona, allove our favorite haunts and hideaways, The Duck and The Dimepiece AKA Ginger Rabbit Jazz Club, in Short-North Victorian Village, Goodale Park), we got to celebrate both nights and have dual-dinners, a duet: and we still do so, monthly as we still make time to celebrate our anniversary, every 4 weeks, 12-24 times a year...I like to say that Isabella and I were Romeo &amp; Juliet in a past life, when people ask us how we met I get insecure, or is it self-conscious? Afterall it sounds a whole helluva lot more romantic than, we were friends on the original (social media) online dating platform: Facebook? She worked with my cousin Jimmy in a restaurant across from Mr. Anthony's, after she moved home from college (Ohio State, 2014), but was not quite "single and ready to mingle" for about 8/9 years later, almost a decade; but who is counting? Sidenote: if she mentions or anyone care to know our age difference, it is 7.5 years, not quite eight. I was born in June of 1984 making me an elder-millennial and Bella was born in January, 1992 I was in 2nd grade, preparing for my First Communion at St. Anthony(s), of Padua. in Brier Hill with the Oblate Sisters (nuns).I was an innocent little boy, a child who was chosen to crown Mary, that May. By the time Isabella was 10, plaing soccer for the Maronite Youth Club Team and cushing on Adam Levine (good-taste) I was living in Brazil before graduating and moving to Cleveland (State). When she was in college, I sent her a t-shirt promoting Peace in the Middle-East and Midwest a brand I called "Dove Life," made in Saint Louis, with style (stl-style.com). Back then, I was under the impression that she was a Conflict Resolution major, not exactly criminal law (prosecution). Nevertheless...I knew her father, from the Upstairs Mediterranean restaurant through my Godfathers' half-Lebanese family, and his work all around town but especially in places like The Golden Dawn because Ray Simon is a Northside icon and Youngstown celebrity artist. I also knew him in the mid-late 2000s when he and I both worked downtown, me for the City Planning Dept. (2010), and Ray's studio being in the old Pharmore center, Federal Place. While our humble beginnings on Helena, Flora, Carlotta, Columbus, Lisbon, Warren and now Madera might not be the most storybook start we hope our ending with triumph over our inception.

We were Romeo & Juliet, in a past life."

Hamlet meets a Mermaid named: Everybody Loves Isabella, Raymond's Daughter...

A Golden Dawn Engagement

"Little" Ant is easily one of THE best men I know. An 80s baby, from Saint Joe's in Campbell later becoming a Poland transplant who played basketball at Westminster, lived and worked in Pittsburgh, now back in The Valley working remotely. He was always my favorite cousin (before Jimmy V. Yaz. Issac Carrino and Jojo Vitullo), and my Aunt Carmel his grandmother would be so proud. Anthony is 1/2 Mexican and Spanish on his Mother's side, Tina Marie and Big Dom Medina's side. Two things Anthony loves more than his mom's cooking, his sister, Marielena; Michael Jordan, golf, exquisite tequila and cold beer, is The Boston Celtics and New York Yankees. Clearly a Gemini (Cancer-cusp). On his grandfather's side, not Perino "Torrone" Gatti - but Big Anthony's dad - Uncle Tony and his tribe hailed from New Castle, PA.

Little Anthony DeFelice

Wedding Party

Attire: Funky Formal 

Q + A

Notice, You are not required to stay Thurs. Nov. 5 for our rehursal dinner, which will be at Rachel's in Austintown, Westchester. Sunday the 8th is checkout by 11AM-Noon*

DoubleTree by Hilton Youngstown Downtown

A great option for Westcoast travelers, if you rent a car there, take I-80 from 77-S/480-E to Youngstown then follow 680-S or 711 to your final Steel Valley destination.

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

Newly remodeled and convenient, especially for Eastcoast or travellers coming from FLA and the SE. Located in Moon Twp. PA Take 376/76-E towards Youngstown, OH then get off on 680-N near Columbiana and North Lima (7-Market Street), follow it all the way to Federal Plaza (downtown Youngstown). There are several other hotel options outside of downtown-Hilton, there is one on Belmont in Liberty, specifically, The Hampton that has a pool. The Avalon Grand Resort in Howland-Warren is world-class. There are also several other options in the Austintown area (west) near the rehursal Thursday, and some more options in the South (224: Boardman-Canfield Rd). Specifically one in Westford and the Kensington Golf Course.*

Pittsburgh International Airport

Quick-convenient and very decent. A budget option to take 77N-76E back to Youngstown through Kent and Ravenna, Alliance (Mount Union). Budget-friendly, no frills...

Isabella & Dominic

Isabella & Dominic

A Golden Dawn Engagement