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Friday Welcome

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Wedding Day

The Dickens

Sunday Send-off

Our Wedding

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Wedding Party

Friday: Casual Happy Hour VibesSaturday: Festive Autumn Cocktail Fabulousness(no jeans, ties not required, just be yourself!)Please note the event is in a Brooklyn backyard garden with open-air and indoor spaces. The garden has uneven terrain, including gravel. We suggest planning footwear accordingly and dressing for the weather.Sunday: Casual Gay Bar Send Off Vibes

Dress Code

Q: What can we expect from the Friday night welcome happy hour?A: We're excited to bring everyone together for a casual, optional happy hour to kick off the wedding weekend. There will be food and drink and the vibe will be informal and friendly. This is from 5pm - 8pm and is designed to give you the chance to catch a show or make other evening plans while you're in town. Feel free to drop in for however long you'd like.

Q: What can I expect from the Wedding on Saturday?A: Bringing the people we care about together to celebrate is the most important aspect of the weekend to us. You'll see that in how we've designed the wedding. This will be short on tradition and formality (brief ceremony, no speeches) and long on quality food, drink and socializing. We're excited to host in the backyard at Frankie's 457 Spuntino, a restaurant we've loved over the years.

Q: What can we expect from the Sunday send-off?A: To wrap up the weekend, we're excited to host a casual, optional toast goodbye with food and drink at the Dickens, a favorite gay bar of ours.

Q + A

The weekend will span two key neighborhoods in NYC, with the Friday and Sunday events in Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan and the wedding on Saturday in Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn.For those coming from out of town, we recommend exploring hotel options in either location -- there are many options in Midtown Manhattan and in Downtown Brooklyn.If you have any questions, please reach out to Josh or Jonathan -- we're happy to help!

Travel

Midtown and Hell's KitchenJoe Allen - 326 W. 46th St.A pre- and post-theater institution and a frequent haunt for Jon and Josh.MOMA - 11 West 53rd St.An oasis in the thick of Midtown. Starry Night and The Persistence of Memory are part of the permanent collection.Hardware - 697 10th Ave.One of Hell's Kitchen best gay bars, Jon and Josh are fixtures on Friday's for Happy Hour. If you stop by, tell Tom the bartender hello!Spitfire - 927 8th Ave.A great spot for various sundries, cheeses and sandwiches.Shows - VariousIf you're looking to catch a show while in town, Jon and Josh recommend The Outsiders, Just in Time, The Rocky Horror Show, Maybe Happy Ending and Little Shop of Horrors. If you have any questions or need additional recommendations, ask Jon and Josh!

DowntownMetrograph - 7 Ludlow St.The best rep movie house in the city. If you visit we also recommend popping into Clandestino (35 Canal St.) a charming cocktail bar around the corner.The Tenement Museum - 103 Orchard St.The Pickle Guys - 357 Grand St.A Lower East Side mainstay offering a wide variety of pickled vegetables.Julius - 159 W. 10th St.The oldest gay bar in the city, you may recognize it from the films Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Love Is Strange. If you drop in we also recommend Three Lives &amp; Company (154 W. 10th St.), a well-curated bookshop across the street.

BrooklynAbilene - 442 Court St.A Texas-themed bar just up the street from Frankie's -- a great place to stop in before the ceremony on Saturday.Loafers - 517 Court St.Similarly close to Frankie's, this popular gay cocktail bar is another great option for before Saturday's ceremony.Long Island Bar - 110 Atlantic Ave.A retro tavern with one of the best burgers and martinis in the city.Industry City - 220 36th St.A collection of local artisan shops, eateries and outlets. Great for walking around and perusing.Greenwood Cemetery - 90139 4th Ave.A picturesque -- if macabre -- destination located in Sunset Park. If you go for a stroll keep an eye out for the final resting places of such luminaries as Leonard Bernstein and Basquiat. Kings County Distillery - 299 Sands St.Fantastic spot for a cocktail or distillery tour -- we can't recommend the Manhattan more highly.

Josh & Jonathan

Josh & Jonathan

J&J

Friday Welcome

Wedding Day

Sunday Send-off