Jeff and Coty were married at Windows on Washington on 9-27-13. Windows on Washington is located in Downtown St. Louis. This is a picture of the ceremony site along with the head table setting.
The doormen at Windows on Washington will greet you with a warm hello and smiling goodbye after you have ate, drank and danced your night away and Jason will make sure you get to your car safely.
Here is the story of Jeff and Coty:
Jeff moved to Illinois in 2010 to
further his career in radio, but it wasn’t until January of 2011
that Jeff and Coty first laid eyes on each other. One night each with
their group of friends got together at a bar, one of Coty’s friends
was talking trash on Jeff without really knowing him so they didn’t
speak to each other that night, but looks were exchanged. About a
month later Jeff’s friend was begging Jeff to be his wingman once
again (and it helped that it was dollar beer night). Jeff really,
really, really didn’t want to see the friend who was talking trash
on him again but he knew there was a chance Coty would be there, but
he had little hope that Coty would give him a chance with the crazy
chatter-box friend in her ear. That night they had a connection
though; it was crazy, like they had known each other for years. They
stayed at that bar even after they closed and almost got literally
thrown out, Jeff had to be on the air by 5 a.m. that morning and it
was already after 2 a.m. but he didn’t care one bit, he says he
thinks he smiled during the whole two hours of sleep he did have. A
couple days later they went bowling with one of her friends as a
semi-official first date; on Valentine’s Day of all days, and after
bowling Jeff cooked Coty dinner. Their official first date they went
to Dave and Busters and since then have been in-separable. Coty never
officially moved in to Jeff’s apartment in Illinois but she was
there about as much and sometimes more than he was. After some time
an opportunity came up to move to Jeff’s hometown, Saint Louis, and
after a quick weekend tour, Jeff had Coty hooked. They moved in to
the Shaw neighborhood in October of 2011. At that time Coty started
dropping hints… she wanted a ring, and Jeff was so happy because he
was secretly thinking the same thing. Jeff says Coty didn’t see it
coming when he carved “Marry Me” into the tree behind their
apartment (still have a pic if ya want it). When Jeff tried to show
it to Coty she wouldn’t come outside so he had to coax her outside
with some ridiculous story. Then when Coty realized what it said Jeff
was on one knee with a ring. Ever since then their mothers and
fathers have been waiting for grandchildren. In October of 2012 they
bought a house in South County, and then all out wedding planning
started by the beginning of 2013. They think buying, fixing and
learning how to be a homeowner while planning a wedding was tough but
they had their families and friends to lean on and trust me they
needed it. When the wedding day finally came it was soooo surreal. It
was more than beautiful, it was more than they dreamed, it was
absolutely amazing. Everyone always told them that the day would go
really quick, that they needed to enjoy it and they did every second,
but it still went by so quick. Fortunately they had a remarkable
honeymoon, and they hope they never come back from it, at least
mentally.
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