To plan it all, the couple worked with event planner Mindy Weiss. “We were in the very capable hands of Mindy, Meg Ryan, and their incredible team,” Noah says. “Along with our moms, over the course of about 18 months, and about 30 Pinterest boards later—Japanese Florals for Friday, Joseph Albers Invitation Inspo, Is it Crazy to Have Calder-esque Mobiles On The Table?—we all worked together to settle on a vision that upheld some of the honored traditions of Ben’s family and celebrated the artistic prowess of mine. Then we wrapped it all up in a colorful—but chic—gay bow. And, dancing was our priority at every turn!”
When it came to their wardrobe, Ben and Noah wanted their wedding looks to celebrate their personal aesthetics and uniqueness. “Upon doing our initial gay wedding research, we discovered that it is, upsettingly, common practice to match on your wedding day,” Ben says. “[In addition to both wanting to look different,] we also did not want to look like cater waiters, so we opted for coordination as opposed to straight-up matching.”
For their dressiest moment on Friday, they chose to wear head-to-toe navy Thom Browne tailoring. Noah chose a cropped suit jacket and pants, while Ben chose to lean a little bridal and opted for a kilt with a matching blazer. On Saturday, while the grooms told their guests that the event would be as “casual as can be,” Noah wore full Issey Miyake. “He showed everyone up,” Ben jokes. Meanwhile, Ben wore a vintage button-down and capris, which were thrift store finds from American Rag Cie in Los Angeles.
The wedding ceremony took place on Sunday, and after an extended cocktail hour in the garden of Pioneer Works, everyone was invited inside to gather around the chuppah. “We wanted everyone standing and crowded around informally, like a big hug,” Ben says. The chuppah was made of marigold fabric, and the dance floor the couple stood upon—and then later danced upon—was a giant rendering of an abstract painting created by Noah’s father Austin Galvin, who passed last year. Ben’s parents and Noah’s mom escorted them through the crowd of friends and family, while their combined siblings sang a beautiful rendition of the Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody.”
Ben’s longtime Rabbi, David Wolpe, officiated the ceremony. In the Jewish tradition, there are seven blessings that signify marriage, and the couple was honored by different friends and family with the Hebrew blessings, as well as English interpretations of each. The ceremony ended with a surprise for the couple: Their moms sang a beautiful duet of a classic Jewish wedding song. “And then, we both stepped on glasses,” Noah says. “And they broke, thank god!”
