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Whether it\u2019s a friendship, career, or, in those very rare occasions, a soul mate, love pulses through the veins of New York, keeping its restless, magical allure alive.And everyone is searching for that special something.Like many singles in this technology-driven world, Kathy Gardner and Brit Bangel\u2019s love story begins with a click of a mouse. Coming across Brit\u2019s profile on an online dating website in the summer of 2009, Kathy sent the first flirtatious email. Not receiving a response, she reached out again to the girl whom she couldn\u2019t get out of her mind. \u201cI was dating someone the first time Kathy messaged me, so I never responded,\u201d recalls Brit. \u201cBut this girl did not give up!\u201d After finally responding, one phone call was all it took before Brit was hooked. \u201cI remember thinking, \u2018Have I really found a bigger button pusher than I am?\u2019\u201d laughs Brit. \u201cIt all happened under a wink of an eye. I was in love and didn\u2019t care if everyone around me knew it.\u201dA year later, after spending a warm August day strolling through their beloved city and making stops along memorable locations (first date, first kiss, first Pride event), Brit asked her one and only to be her wife on their Upper East Side terrace over a romantic dinner. \u201cExpecting \u2018yes!\u2019 to come out of her mouth, she instead ran away to look at the ring under some light,\u201d laughs Brit. \u201cI asked in the distance \u2018Is that a yes?\u201d and she ran to me screaming with joy, \u2018Of course!\u2019\u201d{loadposition Lightbox}The next 10 months were a whirlwind of wedding planning. Because of their past, present and future together, the pair decided upon a New York City theme. \u201cWe met here, fell in love here, and will live our lives together here, \u201c says Kathy. But deciding on an affordable wedding location that suited them equally proved to be a challenge.  \u201cBrit wanted a beach wedding and I wanted city,\u201d says Kathy. A serendipitous compromise was made with Sunset Terrace at Chelsea Piers, located on the west side of Manhattan, along the waters of the Hudson River. \u201cWe got the best of both worlds. It still had the water and outside feel with a New York touch.\u201dThe 3,400-square-foot space can hold up to 120 guests for wedding celebrations and sits on the second floor of the Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers. The loft-like interiors offers couples a beautiful canvas to customize, creating a look that\u2019s their very own. The retractable glass-enclosed doors to the terrace offer guests sweeping views of the Hudson River, Statue of Liberty, and New Jersey that is unparalleled, especially at sunset, when the dipping sun glints off of the passing yachts and turns the waters into brilliant, breathtaking golds and blues.Bringing Kathy\u2019s vision to life, the team at Sunset Terrace helped the couple create the New York wedding of their dreams. Tables were labeled after the city\u2019s neighborhoods, using customized black-and-white photos, and the food was designed after the couple\u2019s favorite restaurants. Black-and-white 9-foot feather arrangements, combined with lamps and hot pink orchids, provided an elegant girly-rocker vibe \u2013 the epitome of the duo\u2019s personality. View Sunset Terrace at Chelsea Piers Local Resource Marketplace vendor listing for more info here.\u201cEverything I had in my mind came true. I had some unique ideas that I\u2019m not sure they\u2019d seen before. But Sherwin Johnson, co-director of events at Chelsea Piers, and his team never said no, and everything that I wanted happened, no matter what they had to do,\u201d explains Kathy.When the big day finally arrived, just a mere week after the Marriage Equality bill passed in New York, Kathy, dressed in a custom couture gown by Winnie from the gay-friendly Designer Loft, gave Brit a glimpse of her wedding-day splendor. \u201cThe moment I saw how beautiful she looked in her dress, the smile on her face and that second where we knew this would be the most wonderful day of our life, and the first day of a lifetime together, was simply magical,\u201d says Brit.Even sans an official wedding planner, the day went off without a hitch. \u201c[Sunset Terrace] made it a very non-stressful day,\u201d exclaims Kathy. \u201cSherwin kept me calm throughout all of my wedding planning. It would not have been the beautiful, modern, elegant New York wedding we pictured without the Sunset Terrace team.\u201d  Photography by Prestige Weddings"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"New York is For Lovers","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/new-york-is-for-lovers\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]