Meeting Jill & Abdul was love at first sight. Everything about this wedding is beautiful and generous and down to earth. Plus Abdul’s speech was a hip hop love poem! 
Here’s what Jill wrote:
So where do I begin??!!
OFFICIANTS: Abdul is Muslim and I am Jewish. We wanted to make sure that whoever married us knew us in and out. So what better people to marry us than my parents? They have supported both of us in all of our struggles and in life. They raised me. We knew they would put together a ceremony that represented who we are and who we want to be in a marriage.
TILE IN THE PARK: My dad grew up across Tompkins Square Park, and my brother and Sis-in law dedicated that tile to my parents for their anniversary.
We chose Housing Works Bookstore Café because:
1. We wanted our money to go to something good, and with housing works it went right back into helping and advocating for homeless people with hiv/aids
2. We’re both super nerds and the idea of getting married in a bookstore just seemed right
3. Housing works was the first and last place we looked at, we just knew it was right
DYI: I found a wonderful place in Chicago called Woman Craft that employ women who have been out of work and teach them how to recycle paper (from local businesses) and make beautiful stationary to create our invitations.
The programs include a beaded flower for everyone to take home. I made almost all of these flowers for each of our guests. I tried to make them all unique as each of our friends and family are very special and all are so so so very important to us.
