Frank Petruzielo and Robin Smith

11 July 2010

• We will be married on 11 July 2010 at Paoli Presbyterian Church in Paoli, PA by emeritus pastor Rev. Dr. Richard R. Streeter.

• Cocktails and a dinner reception will be held at Brantwyn Estate, Dupont Country Club, in Wilmington, DE.

  Here are some pictures we took at Brantwyn when we visited in May 2009. We also found more pictures online.

• Here is some info about our wedding party.

• We have also been assembling photos of wedding ideas and wedding shots. We would love your feedback, so feel free to leave a comment!

Pre-Wedding Celebrations

• As matron of honor, Robin's sister Hillary threw a bridal shower for Robin on Sunday 9 August 2009. Pictures are coming soon!

• Frank's parents will throw Robin and Frank a wedding shower in Ithaca, NY in early April 2010.

• We were engaged on 27 December 2008 aboard a Caribbean cruise with both Frank and Robin's families. Here are some pictures.
• You can download pdf files of our engagement announcements in the Cherokee Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Ithaca Journal.

• You can view two of our engagement announcements online in the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Ithaca Journal.

• We have posted some engagement photos that were taken in April by Frank's classmate Jennifer Rieser.
• We have been dating since 23 September 2007 when Frank first joined Robin for a Mendelssohn string quartet concert at Cornell.

  Here are some pictures from our one year anniversary.

More wedding details:

• Please see this link for hotel suggestions.

• Robin will have her hair and makeup done at Avante Salon in West Chester, PA and would be happy to arrange a package for others to come along as well!

Local attractions:

• If you are coming in town several days before the wedding, there are many local attractions close by. We will post more suggestions here, so stay tuned!

  • Longwood Gardens is absolutely lovely. It is a former DuPont property with many acres of gardens plus greenhouses and fountains. Robin's favorites are the Italian gardens, large goldfish pond, and four-foot water lilies.

  • Winterthur is a DuPont home that Robin's grandmother has visited.

  • Here is a site with links to more info on local attractions.

Registry:

• We have a housewares, games, and books registry at Amazon.com.

• Amazon.com gift cards or cash will enable us to obtain unique items (for example, excursions on our honeymoon) that we cannot register for at this time. We will let you know what your contribution enables us to obtain!

• We are very fortunate to live in a beautiful home thanks to Frank's mother and father. In addition, we will be graduating from Cornell and moving away from Ithaca in 1-2 years after our marriage. For these reasons, we do not have an extensive traditional housewares registry.

Contact: rsmith - then the symbol that means at - physics - dot - cornell - dot - edu.

Website updated 12 August 2009.