WellWed in the Hamptons

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Location: 

Westhampton Beach, New York

Videography: E.V.S. Media

The Professionals:

E.V.S. Media

The Professionals:

Atlantica

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Lisa Albaneze used to joke with her mom that if she married Robert Misa, she’d be Lisa Misa. Introduced by a
mutual friend, Lisa was serious about Rob almost from the first time they met. At the time, Rob wasn’t looking for a steady girlfriend, but Lisa was persistent because she felt that they had a real connection. They became friends and then, at a Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert, there came a magic moment, says Lisa, when “we both just knew we had found the person we were supposed to spend the rest of our life with.”

Still, Lisa was shocked when Rob proposed during a morning walk on the beach. She had no idea that Rob’s mother and brother had been up at the crack of dawn setting the stage for the proposal. Lisa—not knowing what was in store—wasn’t nearly so helpful, grumbling at Rob’s suggestion that they take a romantic stroll. “I just wanted to get a tan!” she laughs. And when Rob started rooting through what she thought were a stranger’s belongings on the beach, she yelled at him.

And then, she saw it. “Right there in front of me there were tons of shells making the outline of an enormous heart,” Lisa says, “and inside the heart, it said, ‘Lisa, will you marry me?’” When Rob got down on one knee, he got his answer, and he and Lisa cried with happiness.

Obviously the beach is a special place for Rob and Lisa, so when the time came to plan their wedding, there was no question that the ocean would figure into the location. Lisa briefly considered the idea of a tropical wedding,
but in the end, Long Island won their hearts. Not only had Rob grown up there and brought Lisa there to visit throughout their relationship, but it was also the perfect summer vacation destination—it would be easy to relive a little of their wedding romance each year. Atlantica, in Westhampton Beach, was the first place they visited, and Lisa and Rob knew immediately that they’d found their spot.

Lisa wanted a celebration that was laid-back but elegant. They decided that their wedding would be a whole week of parties, with the couple and their guests renting neighboring houses and spending the week before the wedding soaking up the sun, cooking out, and hanging out with good friends and family.

For the wedding itself, Lisa wanted the spectacular ocean views to be the focus, and so she decided on a simple, mostly white palette highlighted with hints of blue and crystal accents.

The setting also figured into their wedding in another way: Instead of the traditional candle-lighting ceremony, Lisa
and Rob’s mothers poured separate vials of sand (blue for Lisa and white for Rob) into a single vessel, a representation of their union.

The ceremony itself was everything Lisa had hoped for. Lisa loved walking down the aisle toward Rob with her dad at her side, a sight that had most of the guests at least a little teary-eyed. Even Rob, whom Lisa describes as a real man’s man, got choked up when he saw Lisa coming toward him. Lisa’s uncle Michael Buono performed the ceremony, which he penned with the help of Lisa’s cousin Marissa, and Lisa and Rob wrote their own vows, making the ceremony truly personal. Afterwards, the newlywed couple stood on the beach for pictures together, giddy with happiness.

The reception was full of special moments, too. Lisa and Rob’s first dance was to the Tim McGraw/Faith Hill duet “It’s Your Love,” a song that recalled the moment when they first knew that they had found a lifelong match. Lisa’s dance with her dad and Rob’s with his mom were also highlights for both. And Lisa even managed to surprise Rob this time: After pretending to ignore his complaints about wanting a chocolate wedding cake, she presented him with a chocolate, poker-themed groom’s cake at the reception!

Lisa says that the best advice she got about planning her wedding came from her aunt Marie. “It’s so simple, but it’s so true. She said: ‘Savor every moment.’