Kelly and Jeff's wedding reception was held at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven, Connecticut. The park, as its name suggests, is home to a lighthouse -- one that is octagonal in shape (a Connecticut lighthouse trademark) and completed in 1847. Its exterior is made of sandstone that was hauled by horse-drawn drays. The interior is lined with New Haven brick. It has a circular staircase made of granite from local quarries, and 74 steps lead to the lighthouse's lantern.The lighthouse is located at the eastern point of New Haven Harbor. The view beyond the lighthouse is beautiful in the daylight and even more spectacular at sunset. Across from the lighthouse is an enclosed pavilion that contains the Lighthouse Park Carousel -- one of only about 100 carousels still in use today. It was inside this pavilion that we ate dinner, danced, and -- yes! -- rode the carousel at Kelly and Jeff's wedding reception. I told them that theirs was, hands down, the most picturesque wedding reception I'd ever been to. Our class assignment was to try to take portraits that looked like portraits you might see in a magazine or book, and this setting was surely up to that challenge!
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