Above: Ty and Lauren Debevoise—the first couple to tie the knot in one of our shops.
2011 was a year of firsts at Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, including Jeni's debut book, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home, making the best-seller lists of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
But Dec. 30 marked another significant milestone in the history of Jeni's—the first-ever wedding ceremony held in one of our scoop shops.
Just after 4 that afternoon in the back of our Short North shop, Lauren Flaum and Ty Debevoise of Columbus exchanged vows in front of a handful of beaming friends and family.
A few minutes later, with the happy couple having been pronounced husband and wife, cones of ice cream were raised and toasts were made.
Lauren, who met Ty by chance nearly three years ago in a Columbus bar, said the couple chose Jeni's "because we spend a lot of time here. We're the kind of people who go out for dinner, but come here for ice cream and get too full to go to dinner."
Lauren added that she and Ty also knew they "didn't want have a traditional wedding. We wanted a place that worked logistically and was going to be fun for everybody. This place always looks great, it's intimate, and it's already decorated really minimally, which we like. It's was great."
Above: Flowers, rings, license—ingredients for a sweet little wedding in the Short North shop.
Above: Lauren Flaum and Ty Debevoise preparing for their big day in the back of our Short North shop, a.k.a. Jeni's Splendid Wedding Chapel.
Above: Just pronounced husband and wife—Ty and Lauren Debevoise.
Above: After the wedding, a dance for two spirited young revelers.
Above: Lauren and Ty moments before an ice cream toast.
Above: Ty and Lauren (in the shadow of Jeni at work making ice cream macaroon sandwiches) share a celebratory sugar cone topped with Pistachio & Honey and Wildberry Lavender ice creams.
Probably mean that 2011 was a year of firsts . . .
Posted by: Brad Miner | January 13, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Awwww! This is so sweet! No pun intended. ;)
Posted by: Marilyn Bush | January 13, 2012 at 12:46 PM
Who took these excellent photos?
Posted by: Lisa Koressel | January 13, 2012 at 01:14 PM
Lisa, our A-1, super-fantastic, sure-shot intern Kesley McClellan made those photos:
see more at kelseymcclellan.com
Posted by: Aaron Beck | January 13, 2012 at 02:26 PM
What a great idea! I'm from San Francisco and the first time I visited Columbus (which was four years ago), I had Jeni's ice cream 5 out of the 7 days I was there. Might have to think about serving Jeni's ice cream at my wedding...
Posted by: Jenn | January 13, 2012 at 02:55 PM
I love it!!!! What a wonderful idea. We love our Jeni's in Nashville!
Posted by: Jeni | January 13, 2012 at 04:22 PM
We didn't have Jeni's at our wedding, but one of our ushers drove up 8 containers to our church in Cleveland as part of our wedding present. This was particularly fantastic because it was in 2009 and we couldn't get Jeni's locally.
Posted by: Janet | January 13, 2012 at 10:53 PM
Beautiful and adorable!
Posted by: Ann Alexander | January 17, 2012 at 07:31 PM