Kelly Lemons Life-Cycle Celebrant,Wedding Officiant, & Minister

01/15/2025

I adore everything about this trend.

02/15/2023

More Valentines memories from my weddings at the Empire State Building. One of my favorite moments here—Gustavo and Veronica's vows brought just about all of us to tears. I was like stone, though, as you can plainly see. ;)

Veronica Vizcaino and Gustavo Espinal are married as part of the Empire State Building's 20th Annual Valentine's Day Weddings.

02/15/2023

Great memories!

It was a romantic Valentine’s Day yesterday at the Empire State Building! Nearly 100 couples married or renewed their vows on our 86th floor Observatory, with New York City as the background. Check out these photos from the big day!

03/02/2022

Other great traditions beyond jumping the broom

https://thegrio.com/2022/02/28/black-history-wedding/?fbclid=IwAR2CkR-0u9hdFWl4XRPTrZ0YaT8ICga9snbdGfZbqwdLn9MVNf7ByIOJVoE

Black History Month is ending but Black love is forever—and there are many ways to honor both your heritage and your future together.

05/03/2020

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/olivianiland/coronavirus-wedding-drive-in-movie-texas?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeednews&ref=bffbbuzzfeednews

"It was almost surreal how engaged and connected it made everyone feel at one of the most disconnected times of our lives.”

03/21/2020

I know all three of these folks! Congrats to Reilly and Wheels and Matt, the Juliet officiant who read a passage from Love in the Time of Cholera. There's still love and magic and hope--take heart!

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/21/us/new-york-couple-married-street-officiant-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1cQFxcBjaLzjm3S8yQftv_21x_m07UpLkpJP-Ow-D3uRxn6aU9wB0EfD8

Finding time to celebrate love during a national crisis isn't easy. But one New York couple still found a way. They got married on the street and had a friend officiate the wedding from his fourth-floor apartment window.

03/07/2020

https://www.marthastewartweddings.com/2141406/planning-personal-meaningful-wedding-ceremony-tips?fbclid=IwAR06v4xnGx5NSHKyowpp-3fQSD3nJ5iL4jpZDXBfRpyVZIQzte95EQG150Y

While everyone might be looking forward to the great band you've hired or the food at your reception, the marriage ceremony is the real reason…

10/23/2019

A Tennessee bride asked her four grandmothers to be the flowers girls in her wedding, and we're thinking grannies as flower girls should become a new Southern tradition.Lyndsey Raby, of Benton, Tenn., asked her four grandmothers, Wanda Grant, 76; Betty Brown, 72; Kathleen Brown, 90 and Joyce Raby, 7...

09/04/2019

https://johnpavlovitz.com/2017/07/21/no-gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender-not-sin/

05/23/2019

https://www.brides.com/story/couples-regret-friend-officiate-wedding

"She had to pause half way through and run to the bathroom and puke!"

07/24/2018

Yes!

Are Officiants Wedding Vendors? We explore whether officiants are considered wedding vendors and are part of the wedding and events industry.

05/30/2018

Adorbs.

02/14/2018

Chilly once again, but the love keeps you warm! Happy Valentine's Day!

02/14/2018

Some brides give a nice watch to their grooms. My bride gave hers one of her kidneys. This story blew me away!

https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/2018/02/14/story-life-saving-love-reaches-new-heights-valentines-day-wedding-empire-state-building/337000002/

02/14/2018

One of my amazing couples from today--they loved getting married at the Empire State Building so much, they did it twice!

https://nypost.com/2018/02/13/we-got-married-on-top-of-the-empire-state-building-twice/

They’re still on top of the world. Twenty years ago on Valentine’s Day, Patricia and Kevin Byrnes were married on the 80th floor of the Empire State Building, surrounded by about a dozen fami…