Surprise Wedding Delights Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Mino Fazio
Her name was Lori Duvall. Well, it was until this past December. With invitations to an Upper St. Clair home party sent out to 50 of the couple’s families and closest friends under the disguise of a “holiday” gathering, Lori Duvall became Mrs. Mino Fazio on Saturday, December 1, 2007, when she married him at a surprise wedding ceremony in the their home. During the wedding’s planning stages, Lori asked Mino if they should hire a catering company for the wedding, and (if you know Mino... in his Italian vernacular) he said, “Lori, whose food would be better than mine?” Mino, a well-known chef in the area (formerly of LaStrada and Ciao Baby Restaurant) was honored as one of Pittsburgh’s Most Beautiful People this past year. Was he right! It was a lovely party and the guests dined on antipasto, smoked salmon, shrimp cocktail, lobster ravioli, tortellini alfredo, oreccheitte bolognese, roasted prime rib, Chilean sea bass, bakala, and chicken piccata (all personally prepared by Chef Mino). Blaise Laratonda, District Justice of Mt. Lebanon, performed the ceremony and recited a lovely blessing in Italian, translating the blessing to English for the guests, which included USC residents Dr. Jesse and Carole Mantel. At the end of the ceremony, Mino surprised Lori, too! Although she already had a lovely engagement ring that he chose for her in the Bahamas, Mino slipped a fabulous Asscher-cut diamond ring on her finger and said, “Four carats for four beautiful years together!” Tom Allen, owner of A Taste of Chocolate and the couple’s dear friend, showered the guests with complimentary delights from his store. Bethel Bakery supplied the chocolate ganache-covered wedding cake (white cake with chocolate mousse filling) and Don Bufalo of Bufalo Flowers provided the beautiful floral arrangements. The couple, with their two-year-old daughter, Ava, and Mino’s two daughters, Teressa, age 11, and Daniella, age nine, who both reside in New York, hopes to enjoy a “belated” family honeymoon in Positano, Italy, near where four of Mino’s sisters and their families live. n
Comforting “I didn’t want to worry about the unexpected.” Mr. Jim Jones, resident of Friendship Village of South Hills
“Being a life-care community and having on-site health care and 24-hour security are especially important as I become older. I like not having to worry about the unexpected so I can enjoy activities like billiards and golf. I like that Friendship Village has a great staff to take care of things, and that I’m the one making decisions about my future. I’ve seen how the health care has helped many people. It’s nice to know it’s there if I need it. I’m glad I made the choice I did.” Call Friendship Village of South Hills, the area’s premier retirement community, at (724) 941-3100 today to find out how comforting it is to be prepared.
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