21 Jun 2009

Eco rocks Hollywood’s green couples

by angelica | as seen in: VENUES, WEDDING STORIES | 0

Thank you to the amazing team of Docuvitae who captured the Old Hollyood Boho flair of this beautiful power couple in a way that sparks still fly: gorgeous Rebecca and handsome Harry got married at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood with a reception following next day at Mountain Mermaid in Topanga. In the meantime the charismatic duo has already vamped up TV shows (90210) and toured the US with a new theater production.

AWE teamed up with gourmet caterer Don Kreindler, Curtis’ eco concious crew from Classic Party Rentals and Shirvan Design’s organic flower creations. We called the center pieces: tradition de-constructed. We finally found the Burlapp linens we wanted to create a contrast to the decadent decor and art deco features of the venue at BBJ’s. Only to learn that Burlapp linens unfortunately are produced for just one event and afterwards tossed into a landfill. Maybe not. We found a very similar but washable solution. Everybody loved Shirvan’s trendsetting Boho flower design, which also crowned Rebecca’s muses (aka brides maids)

Rebecca’s cousins composed a quirky song to accompany the theater play Harry wrote for the reception in lieu of vows or any other traditional ceremony.
The play was about a poor lost fisher man, whose boat sinks in the middle of a storm. He lands in Poseidon’s kingdom and falls madly in love with the resistant king’s daughter. The commedia dell arte’s happy end is of course the neverending love of princess and the man, who is not lost no more.
The Mermaid mansion with its amazing ball room and beautiful gardens, pool and koi pond, is a haven for creative, arty couples with a sense for the unusual and fascinating, yet edgy history of this house, which, in its wilder days, had seen gambling, illegal alcohol and easy ladies.

The glam of the 30ties and 40ties was all around us.