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The Wedding of the Year or TWOTY, is a once a year event created and organized by LIWeddings.com, an online wedding community and resource site.  A lucky newlywed couple is chosen from the online community to renew their vows and relive the best part of their wedding day without all the planning and worrying.

Danielle and Joey were the couple in the spotlight along with their “bridal party”, three other newlywed couples from LIWeddings.

The venue, Chateau La Mer and all the other vendors, planners, florists, bridal shops, make up artists, hair stylists, the musicians and DJs, videographers, jewelry makers, photo booth company and officiant all donated their time, talents, products and services for the big event.

Here are some highlights from the event:

Danielle’s ceremony dress was an Ines Di Santo gown from Bridal Reflections.

Danielle and her bridal party all wore custom made jewelry by Thomas Knoell Designs.

All the bouquets and boutonniere were created by Lori from LA Blossom.

Little sewing help from Laura with the dress.  Laura is a planner /organizer and owner of LA Productions.

The gorgeous bride and handsome groom:

The full bridal party.

Danielle and Joey in the photo booth.

Jenn and Thomas:

Andrea and Garrett:

Lorraine and Joe:

Danielle switched into a Romona Keveza dress for the reception.

Ron, the MC and founder of LIWeddings/NYCityWeddings giving away lots of prizes.

One lucky bride who received a beautiful diamond necklace.

The band Lliquid kept the dance floor busy.

The LIW first family.

The newly newlyweds had a limo waiting at the end of the day to take them to their honeymoon suite.

It was a great event and I am honored to be part of it.

Thank you Kim, Ron, Liz and LIW team and couples!

So what does America Ferrera, Michael Bloomberg, Rhonda Byrne and Barack Obama have in common?

Not a whole lot, except, they were all on Time magazine’s 100 most influential people’s list this year. Not familiar with the Time 100? Here is a link to the list of scientists, entertainers, leaders and thinkers who shape our world today.

Along the honorees, many other famous people attended the annual gala given by Time magazine at the Time Warner building/Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

I was there to cover parts of the red carpet and the cocktail hour. Here are a few moments that I really enjoyed capturing.

Lights, cocktails and action! Everyone was ready for the Time event of the year.

Matt Lauer giving mini interviews.

Cartier had a gorgeous display of jewelry formerly worn by famous people.

Michael J. Fox arriving to the cocktail hour.

Camilla Belle doing the red carpet pose.

The gorgeous all red rose bouquets. I didn’t count them, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was one hundred roses….

Rhonda Byrne, author of The Secret. Love the matching mom-daughter necklaces!

The lovely and super talented Suzanna Vega.

Amr Khaled, one of the honorees.

The beautiful and amazing America Ferrera.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and George Lucas smile for the camera.

Arianna Huffington and Jared Kushner chatting with Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore.

The gorgeous Ziyi Zhang, who was a 2005 Time 100 honoree.