Valeria & John’s Hay Adams wedding in Washington, DC was recently featured the Sunday issue of the New York Times. While the NYT is known nationwide, John was also raised in NYC, so it held a special place in his heart to see their story in his family’s local paper.

From the article by Becca Foley: “The pair married Aug. 28 — about a year after their postponed date in 2020 — at Washington National Cathedral surrounded by around 100 family members and friends. The ceremony was an interfaith ceremony, with both Rev. Canon Dana Colley Corsello and Rabbi Kenneth Block leading the ceremony, and Rabbi Block signing the marriage license. Immediately after the wedding, the couple left for an Italian honeymoon on the Amalfi Coast and in Tuscany. They plan to get a dog and name it after the bar where they went on their first date, Bar Charley. “I have felt like we’ve been married for a while now,” Mr. Garfinkel said. “We’ve known each other for so long and I’ve always known I was going to marry Valeria.” After Mr. Garfinkel finishes school, the pair hope to settle into a house and eventually have children. “John is the only person I could spend the rest of my life with,” Ms. Dueñas said. “I just feel so lucky to have met Valeria,” Mr. Garfinkel added. “To have been in the Brass Monkey at the same time, that her cousin happened to throw her birthday party there, that we were there. Even though we’re not Irish, the luck of the Irish struck that day.””

 

Head over the NYT site to see the article in full HERE!

 

 

Or find a backdated copy of the paper from Sunday, September 19th, 2021.

 

A huge thank you to the NYT for sharing more about Valeria and John’s love story as well as images from their Washington National Cathedral wedding this summer.