Kelsey & Jeremy

We can't wait to celebrate our wedding with you!

Saturday September 2, 2023

West Hartford, CT, USA

715 days 17 hrs 38 mins ago

Our Story

We'd love to say that we met through friends or at a protest against tax cuts for billionaires. But the truth is we met on a dating app called Hinge. The cute thing is that Kelsey was living in Washington, D.C., while Jeremy was living an hour away in Baltimore, but somehow we still matched. We like to joke that “The Algorithm” knew that we were meant to be!

Jeremy was curious about Kelsey including “Liberation Theology” in her dating app bio. Kelsey was drawn to how Jeremy described his political views. If we’re not careful, we can spend hours talking about politics, spirituality, worker cooperatives, climate change, racial justice, or some other social issue. Kelsey is a political campaign director, and Jeremy is a therapist, after all. Shared curiosity about big things is important to our relationship.

So is food and adventure! We love to cook, try new restaurants, host dinner parties, and structure our travel around eating. Just this year, we’ve been blown away by Oaxacan food in Los Angeles, Detroit-style mushroom pizza in Santa Cruz, and crispy tofu bites from a Taiwanese-fusion place literally in the alley outside our back door in Baltimore! As you’ll see in our registry (www.zola.com/registry/kelsandjer), if you’re excited to give us a gift, we’d deeply appreciate help funding our honeymoon, which will involve lots of great food!

We got engaged surrounded by family in a tiny Colorado mountain town filled with juniper trees and Buddhist monasteries. We wanted love and support around, because, like everyone, we can’t do this alone. As Kelsey’s Instagram bio says, “The whole point of everything is each other.” That’s why we’re ecstatic and honored to have you and the rest of our community with us to celebrate. See you soon!

Tidbits

What are the themes of the wedding?

The Covid era has been hard on all of us. Jeremy was also busy with school, and both of us left community in D.C. to move to Baltimore. We need this wedding to feel supported by our people. Our themes are love, fun, and connection!

A life goal of ours

We want to make our family, friends, and neighbors feel loved and cared for.

What's the most memorable trip you have taken together?

Getting engaged in Crestone, Colorado, surrounded by family, and then cruising around and eating our way through Durango, Flagstaff, Sedona, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe!

Where are you going for your honeymoon?

We can’t wait to return to the magical Southwest (New Mexico and southern Colorado)!

We’re on the same page about

Every meal we have. We share everything that we eat. EVERYTHING! (Well, except cilantro. Kelsey is missing out on that.)

A social cause we care about

Um, all of them? At least the ones that empower workers, marginalized communities, and other people who don't have enough power over their lives.

We are regulars at

MOM's Organic Market, our local, walk-able grocery store!

Schedule

Friday, September 1, 2023

Come Hang with Us!

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Come meet up with us and our other friends and family! Open house style!

Dress Code

Casual! Whatever will make you feel good!

Saturday, September 2, 2023

Ceremony and Dinner+Dance Party

4:00 PM to 11:00 PM

We're getting married! We'll gather for a ceremony to reflect on our love for each other and declare our intentions for our journey together. Dinner, drinks, dancing, and other fun will follow!

Dress Code

Cocktail attire. But ultimately, whatever makes you feel good!

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Hike and brewery!

11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

For those who are staying a day longer, join us for a hike to the Heublein Tower in Talcott Mountain State Park! Afterwards, we can pop over to the Talcott Collective for beers, food trucks, and hanging!

Dress Code

Wear whatever for a walk in the woods and up a hill! The hike is 1.25 miles and moderate. Unfortunately, cars cannot drive to the top.

Cook out at the Herbert's!

4:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Come hang and have dinner with us at Charley and Karen's house to close out the wedding weekend!

Dress Code

Casual!

Travel

Car

Holy Family Retreat & Conference Center, Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, USA

Holy Family has plenty of parking! The venue is just seven minutes from the Farmington Inn and 15 minutes from downtown Hartford. Lyft/Uber is available. We will also try our best to coordinate car pooling.

Phone
860-521-0440
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Walkable Restaurants from the Farmington Inn

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Hartford Baking Co. Great for breakfast, coffee, or lunch!

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Fork & Fire. Lively American Bar & Restaurant.

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Piccolo Arancio Bar & Restaurant. Italian!

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Naples Pizza. Some of the best pizza in the whole area!

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Our favorite restaurants in the area -- the restaurants are the best part of this whole area! Be sure to check some of these out!

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Things to do in the area!

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Idea for Friday: walk around West Hartford Center and get dinner before heading to the Happy Hour party! We recommend making a reservation at one of the places above!

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Idea for Saturday: Get breakfast at Hartford Baking Company (or the hotel inn, which is free!), head over to Collinsville to check out the little cute town and walk along the river (you can ask the people at LaSalle Market how to get to the trail), and grab a bite there if you want breakfast or lunch there, and then go for a kayak ride along the river or go mini-golfing before getting ready for the wedding! :)

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There's a few museums to check out too!
Hillstead Museum in Farmington (walkable from hotel): , New Britain Museum of American Art: , Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford:

Q & A

Let us know if there's anything else you need!

Is there a gifts registry?

We mean it when we say your presence is a gift to us. If you'd like to send us a gift towards our honeymoon to New Mexico and Colorado, you can check out our registry where you can give money via Venmo or credit card: www.zola.com/registry/kelsandjer

We are in a phase of our life where we have all we need but we can't wait to go all out in the Southwest for two weeks in September!

What is Holy Family?

Holy Family is a special place to the Herbert family. It's traditionally a retreat center, but over the years it has become Kelsey’s parents’ beloved faith community. Together, Charley and Karen started the JustFaith program, a social justice group that has been very meaningful to them. They’ve also been involved in the Copper Beech Institute, a meditation and mindfulness center located at Holy Family. We feel like Holy Family bridges our individual faith and spiritual practices and understandings, so we are so excited to have our wedding there!

Holy Family has been recognized by New Ways Ministries as a LGBTQ+ welcoming faith community, which is very important to both of us. All will be welcomed and celebrated at our wedding!

Is the wedding indoors or outdoors?

Both the ceremony and reception will take place outside. If it rains, we will move inside. But pray for SUN, please!

Whom should I call with questions?

Feel free to call or email Kelsey: 860-716-8339, kelseywells.herbert@gmail.com

Honeymoon Registry Link

We're so excited to head to the Southwest for our honeymoon! We'll spend our time in the high desert of New Mexico and Colorado. We can't wait to to hike around, eat delicious chili peppers and tacos, and just soak up all magic of the Southwest! You can send a gift via credit card (small fee) or Venmo (no fee) here: www.zola.com/registry/kelsandjer

Thank you for all your support and love! Expect lots of selfies!

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