Who Are We?
We are a team of
people who love the East End of Long Island and want to share its bounty and beauty with everyone in a way that maintains the environment and fabric of the North Fork and The Hamptons.
Marguerite Schondebare is the owner and founder of North Fork Weddings and is available always via e-mail, phone, or Skype. A life long resident of the East End, she resides in Southold with Jay, her husband of 39 years and a practicing attorney. She has two grown daughters, one residing in Southern California and the other an MD/MBA candidate at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Both girls attended public schools in Southold and Jay has served on the boards of Eastern Long Island Hospital and Southold Town.
A secondary English teacher in her early years of marriage, Marguerite worked in advertising for local papers while her daughters were young and also wrote for an equine magazine. In 2000, she opened her home as a B&B and it was then she recognized that there was no real resource for events and weddings in North Fork Wine Country.
The great popularity and success of North Fork Weddings soon led to the creation of
South Fork Weddings for The Hamptons. And in 2006, she added a third web property,
East End Experience, the only comprehensive on line directory and "blue pages" for all businesses for The Hamptons, North Fork, and Riverhead.
Marguerite no longer operates her home as a B&B, but does rent her home out for the month of August each year so that she and Jay can go traveling. Although her horseback riding days are over, she continues to love the outdoors and many of their vacations involve hiking, kayaking, and even a bit of white water rafting.
Dyanne Kruger - Webmaster/Chief Pixelpusher is a virtual East Ender. She is the owner of
BlissBytes, a web design company based in Seattle, Washington. When North Fork Weddings was searching for someone to take over management of the sites, Dyanne just leaped out as a person who "got it" as she has a keen interest in helping small entrepreneurs develop their businesses. Six years later, she knows the East End as well or better than many locals. She has earned the friendship and respect of local businesses for which she has designed and maintains websites.
Dyanne loves to travel and has a particular soft spot for Costa Rica where she conducted tours for many years. A most adventuresome grandmother, Dyanne's most recent travels include backpacking solo across South Africa and Mozambique, as well as Bali, in Indonesia and her next destination is Morocco. Closer to home, she enjoys geocaching, kite flying and bicycling in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to pushing pixels for our own four websites, Dyanne has designed a number of East End sites and has developed many East End friendships.
Jim Slezak - East End Computer Assistance - Jim is so computer savvy and so in demand for his services by local businesses and friends, that he was almost forced to form his own East End Computer Assistance firm. Fortunately for us, Jim remains both a friend and on-staff computer manager for this company. He installs our programs, designs and maintains our data bases, connects hardware, and instructs.
An avid astronomer who has built an observatory on his property, Jim also has run
Red Barn B&B for the past eight years. Somehow, he has found the time to renovate a small barn on his property and convert it into a cottage that will be available for rent in 2009. Jim works closely with both Dyanne and Marguerite and is invaluable to them and to the East End Community.
Linda Pasca, Pen & Paper Calligraphy - Linda acts as our "staff artist" and has designed all the logos for all our sites and our print publications. She has been written up not only in Brides magazines, but also House and Gardens as her work is unique, magnificent, and personalized. Linda was with Marguerite at the start of the company, and we are so happy that she is still a key element in our success. Linda lives in Mattituck with her daughter and maintains a studio on her property. She quickly gains not only respect for her quality of work, but also affection for her charming personality and genuine caring nature.
Contact Information
Mailing Address:
NorthForkWeddings.com Ltd.
P.O. Box 1018
Southold, NY 11971
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