Jackie Reinking New York Wedding Officiant

How to write your own vows

New York Officiant & Celebrant Jackie Reinking

As a NYC officiant, I have seen all types of complicated advice on how to write your own vows but in my world, I want to help you make it fun and as easy as possible. Jackie, where do we start? Most couples feel too much pressure to make their vows perfect! You want the impact of...

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Should I Elope in New York?

New York Wedding and Elopement Officiant Friedensrichter

Are you wondering if you should elope in New York or continuing planning your big wedding at home? So many of our couples come to us after struggling with the same question. Somewhere along the way couples realize they want the focus for their wedding day to be an intimate, special moment that’s just about...

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Ashley & Joshua’s Cop Cot Elopement in Central Park

New York Officiant & Celebrant Jackie Reinking

Ashley & Joshua’s Cop Cot Elopement in Central Park. It was a chilly, gray and rainy morning on April 9, 2016 as I made my way up the hill to the Cop Cot to greet the groom Josh and the couple’s families. However, I knew the moment I was greeted by Josh’s smile this wedding...

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Rainy NYC Weddings are perfect!

Central Park Officiant Friedensrichter

Rainy NYC Weddings are perfect! What does a homeless man sleeping on a bench in Central Park, an NYPD police escort and rainy NYC weddings have in common? Oh, just setting the stage for Nicky and Craig’s Summer ceremony. The morning started slightly uncertain because the sideways rain kept forcing us to push the start...

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The Love Within the Details

New York Wedding and Elopement Officiant

Here’s the thing, most weddings are about the words and the tears but others are about the love within the details. When approaching the Cop Cot in Central Park for their ceremony, arm in arm with her Dad, Laura was one of my quiet brides but every inch of her shined with detail and thought for Robert....

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New York City Winter Wedding | Veronika & Stefan

Elope at the Highline Park Officiant

A New York City Winter wedding has a special place in my heart. I remember it being cold, no F-R-E-E-Z-I-N-G, the morning of Thursday, February 26th as Sascha and I approached the High Line Park stairs at 23rd street. The sharp wind blew through my hat and scarf  as we searched for our newlyweds to...

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Anne & Grant’s New York City Elopement: Marie Antoinette Style

New York elopement officiant friedensrichter

I met Marie Antoinette today. Actually I performed a New York City elopement between my own personal Marie Antoinette, as announced, and her professional motorcycle driver. I can’t make this story up. It was a cold day in NYC but this wedding was going to take place in the front room of a suite at...

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Welcome to the family…

Welcome to the family! I thought the best use of my first blog on my page was to introduce you to my family so that when you are ready to book me as your officiant, you’ll consider me part of your family. I’m Jackie and married to my best friend, Sascha for 9 years.  ...

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