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Hanna Greenlee and Robert Martin Photos by Trevor Holden Cormorant Cove 9.21.2013 She: 27, works for Phillips Real Estate and the Beachead, from City Island, New York He: 30, landscaper for Hall’s Mowing Service, from Richfield Springs, New York I have been coming to the island my whole life visiting my grandparents, the late Dorothy and Ralph Greenlee, working summers since I was 14 and living here year round for three years. Rob came out to the island to work for a summer nine years ago and never left. Most people know him as Magic Rob — he’s a magician. We met on New Year’s Eve 2010 at Yellow Kittens. He proposed in our apartment less than 12 months later. We never even talked about where we’d get married, I’ve envisioned getting married on my dock since I knew what a wedding was. Where was where our heart was, Block Island. So it was just a matter of when and September slows down for us and it’s our favorite time of year out here. Block Island Weddings
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What was most successful about your wedding? I owe a lot of thanks to many friends and family members for making my wedding successful. We had Howie Rice deliver wedding guests to and from our wedding and reception with his school bus. There was absolutely no way we could have succeeded in getting 200 people down to a secluded beach on a dirt road. (#1) A friend of ours drove my bridal party, my parents, and me in his boat from the Coast Guard Station to my dock. The coolest way to arrive at your own wedding! (#2) Our ceremony was very laid back, on a beach in Cormorant Cove. All our guests stood around my family’s dock while Rob and I were married. The weather and the tide cooperated beautifully. (#3, #4, #8) My brother Cameron played all the music for our ceremony with help from one of my bridesmaids and my other brother Travis. (#5) The Beachead catered an incredible spread at our reception and made miracles happen when the cupcakes and cake for our wedding arrived a complete mess.
We were concerned about having our dog at our wedding, because of such a large crowd. But Zephyr was so happy and had such a fun time jumping in the water in his bowtie and running up on the dock while we said our vows. I’m so glad we included him. (#6, #7, #8) If your best friends were getting married out here next year, what advice would you give them? Find somewhere special and meaningful to you and plan to have the wedding/ceremony there. As complicated as it might seem, it makes the experience so much more special. Our ceremony was on a beach I’ve spent a good portion of my life on. And our reception was on the property my husband first called home on the island — we had Sean Kivlehan at the Sullivan House put up a tent there and it couldn’t have been more perfect. What would you do differently? Nothing. Sure small things created road blocks along the way, but if I changed anything it wouldn’t make it the most perfect day of my entire life. I lived every second of that day and it was incredible. 5