Allison & Pedro | Dumbo, Brooklyn Elopement
More and more couples are choosing what we call “the elopement moment”: a deeply personal, intentional ceremony just for the two of you (or a very select few), even if other celebrations come later. It’s the part that’s just yours. The one that grounds the rest.
For Allison and Pedro, this wasn’t just their wedding day. It was the first stop on their Wedding Journey Tour — a moment they carved out in the middle of NYC to mark their love in their own way, before celebrating with friends and family around the world.
And wow, what a moment it was.
I just re-read their wedding ceremony script and I am CRYING.
You’d think after 10+ years of doing this I’d be jaded. But nope! Every couple is so unique, so uplifting, and so inspiring. Every story still hits me right in the heart.
Let me pull myself together and share the magic of Allison and Pedro’s day in DUMBO, Brooklyn, told through snippets of their ceremony written by our beloved Bushwick Freddy.
Good afternoon! I’m Reverend Freddy and welcome everyone. I would like to start with a favorite quote of Allison’s by Paolo Coehlo:
“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”
And today, the universe’s maddening love of hurdles, roadblocks, and awe-inspiring moments, have led Allison and Pedro to this moment 4 ½ years in the making.
Welcome to Allison and Pedro’s wedding day, or what we should probably refer to as the Inaugural stop on their Wedding Journey Tour that I’m sure will find them celebrating and toasting this union with friends and family across the world.
You having all been there for them, especially during the challenges of long distance, and the 20 months Pedro was stuck outside the country awaiting his visa, means more to them than you could imagine.
Allison and Pedro, almost 5 years ago, your love for one another began unexpectedly in Seoul, and since then has grown and traversed the globe, presenting you with challenges that included long distance, an epidemic, and using Allison’s dad’s 2013 Subaru as a closet as you moved from Airbnb to Airbnb.
Together, you managed those and countless other challenges, with your bond growing stronger, inspiring your family and friends, who as always are holding you up in love, and celebrating that you each have found your person.
The beauty of life is that we have no idea what lies exactly ahead, but Allison and Pedro just know that we wish you a future filled with more travel, more hiking, and more morning coffees. And perhaps in the future, there might be a dog for Allison or a cat for Pedro… or both. Perhaps nieces, nephews, and godchildren to spoil before sending them back to their parents, and a home in nature with a garden to grow your own vegetables… and an outdoor brick oven for Pedro to indulge in his love of pizza.
For now, I want to thank you for allowing me the honor of being part of your story.
Bushwick Freddy… mic drop 🎤
CRYING! 😭
This was just the kickoff, not the grand finale. But it might just be the part they remember most.
Because that’s what the elopement moment is all about: a meaningful, no-distractions, just-the-two-of-you pause in the middle of a very big life.
Whether it’s a secret or the first of many toasts, this moment becomes the anchor. The sacred inhale before the party begins.
And for Allyson and Pedro — on a winter day in DUMBO, surrounded by fog, love, and the Eloping Is Fun crew — it was everything.
