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The New York City Clerk Wedding of Michael & AJ | Carl Schurz Park Elopement

English:
The New York City Clerk Wedding of Mikey and AJ is on the blog today. This was such a fun day as no one knew that these guys were about to get married. And to be honest, no one would have believed them anyway as they picked April-fools Day as their wedding date. So this blog post is for all their friends who still have doubts. They really did it! Mikey and AJ got hitched!! We all met up at the City Clerk’s Office in Manhattan where the grooms showed up in style, black Tuxedos. The ceremony was quick so that we were off to take wedding photos in no time. We started with some shots in Downtown Manhattan before we jumped on the subway to make our way Uptown. Mikey and AJ took me to a place I had never been before in all my 13 years living in the city. They took me to Carl Schurz Park which was fantastic. We ended our time together at my favorite bakery in the city, Two Little Red Hens, where the two newlyweds celebrated their union with some champagne and a well deserved wedding cake. Michael and AJ, it meant a lot to me that you asked me to capture this special day for you. Thank yo u so much for trusting me with these memories. You guys rocked it!

Wedding Cake | Two Little Red Hens
Jewelry | Cartier

German:
Heute möchte ich euch die standesamtliche Hochzeit von Mikey und AJ zeigen. Der Tag mit denen war einfach klasse da niemand wusste dass die Zwei heiraten werden. Und um ehrlich zu sein, es hätte ihnen wahrscheinlich auch kaum jemand geglaubt da sie sich für den 1. April (April ,April) als Hochzeitstermin entschieden hatten. So für alle Freunde die es immer noch nicht glauben können. Sie haben es wirklich getan! Mikey und AJ haben geheiratet!! Die Zeremonie ging recht schnell so dass wir bereits nach kurzer Zeit auf dem Weg waren um Hochzeitsbilder zu machen. Wir fingen in ‘Downtown Manhattan’ and und führen dann mit der Subway in den Carl Schurz Park. Wir endeten unseren gemeinsamen Tag in meiner Lieblingsbäckerei, Two Little Red Hens. Dort gab es zum Abschluss ein wenig Champagner und eine Hochzeitstorte. Ein unglaublich gelungener Tag!

Hochzeitstorte | Two Little Red Hens
Jewelry | Cartier

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Okay, I need a FAVOR… a BIG one!!

Next year the World Cup will be held right here in the U.S. 8 games will be played in front of my house at MetLife Stadium.

Here’s the thing: this week only, the lottery opened for World Cup tickets. You can register for free to maybe get the chance to buy tickets. The lottery will close this Friday (October 31). The odds are long…like “hole-in-one in a hurricane” long.

So, dear friends, family...past and future couples, if you are not planning to go to the World Cup, I have one humble request:

👉 Please throw your name into the lottery for me. https://www.fifa.com

It costs nothing to register, and if by some miracle you get selected, I’ll 100% pay for the tickets (no questions asked, no money out of your pocket).

I’ve photographed over 1,200 weddings…I’ve climbed rooftops and bridges, and made small miracles happen…but I’ve never seen a World Cup game in my life. And next year, it’s happening 10 minutes from my house!

So, help a soccer-obsessed photographer live his dream. ⚽️
https://www.fifa.com

Put your name in the hat, and maybe together we can beat the odds! But remember, the lottery will close this Friday (October 31). So no time to waste! 

(DM me if you register and I’ll send good karma and eternal gratitude your way.)

https://www.fifa.com
20 years!!
7,305 days.
175,320 hours.
10,519,200 minutes.
And around 631 million seconds of putting up with each other.

Today, exactly 20 years ago, I married my best friend. And I had no idea what the next 20 years would bring.

I love Jackie more today than ever. Which says a lot, because I already liked her quite a bit before. She is my best friend, my business partner, my favorite person to do absolutely nothing with, and somehow the only human alive who can handle my grumpy moods. No really, that alone should win her an award or something. 

When we met, I was still an architect and Jackie was a musical theater actor. Neither of us could have imagined that 20 years later we would be running our own wedding business together, celebrating love for a living, and helping over 1,200 couples create their own love stories. 

We literally spend all our time together. Business, travel, life...and I still wake up every day wanting more of it. That is either true love or early signs of insanity. Probably both.

And to think it all started when I walked down the stairs at Bethesda Terrace and saw her sitting by the fountain…in those ugly pink pants. (Yes, they were that bad. Whole nother story. Ask me about it sometime.)

Twenty years later, we have built this wild, beautiful, unpredictable life together. There have been plot twists, bad haircuts, flight delays, lost luggage, and a whole lot of laughter. And I would not trade a single second of it.

Here is to the next 20 years of chaos, love, and whatever else we get ourselves into. ❤️

If you made it to the end of this post, tell us how we know and met you. Because guess what…you are part of our story too. And we want to hear about it. Thank you for being an integral part of Team Reinking. 

photo by the ever so amazing Sarah Best Johnson of @happyphotography_sj
Couples always ask me what happens if it rains on their wedding day. And my answer always is: “Then we will have fun in the rain!!”. 🥰
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We got paired with these two at our 6:54 AM tee time this morning @gallopinghillgolfcourse and right before we teed off, they mentioned they might stop to snap a quick photo for their pregnancy announcement.

Well, what are the odds they got paired with a photographer? So in between bogeys and lost balls, we knocked out an impromptu mini photo shoot. First time for everything, and golf magic at its finest.

Easily the best scorecard moment of the day. 😂

Sascha@SaschaReinking.com
New York City based Wedding & Elopement Photographer

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