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Our Wedding

Freddy Bendekgey was born in San Francisco on August 4th, 1994. He grew up in the Bay Area, painting at the San Francisco Art Institute and studying literature in the heart of the Haight-Ashbury. Wanting to pursue his love for art and the humanities, he moved to Chicago, excited to experience "a real Chicago winter." (He quickly regretted that particular wish.)

Freddy

Julian was born on June 24th, 1994 in the Upper Westside of Manhattan, but was raised in Princeton, New Jersey. Due to a steady stream of scifi and fantasy media, he grew up dreaming of exploration and survival at the fringes of civilization. By high school, he had set his heart on going to the polar regions of the planet.

Julian

Freddy and Julian's Romance

Freddy and Julian's connection is ineffable and omnipresent through time and space, but it could be said that it began with a Facebook message about Christina Rosetti's The Goblin Market in April 2015.

Freddy was in Paris, studying abroad. He had heard of Julian through mutual friends ("single", "gay", "bearded"). Julian was in Chicago, eager to learn more about the handsome trapeze artist and painter who had taken a risk in messaging a near-stranger about a weird poem.

After months of messaging over Facebook with a six-hour time difference, they decided to meet in-person in Chicago in June 2015. The date was decided, June 19th: Julian would be returning from a week doing lake sediment work in Minneapolis; Freddy would be returning from Paris. They met at a sushi restaurant in Chicago's Hyde Park, then returned to Freddy's apartment...to find that his subletter had left his bedroom window open for days in the buggy Midwestern summer. His bedroom ceiling was covered in gnats and flies. Freddy was mortified. The two spent the better part of two hours smushing insects with paper towels balanced atop brooms. Freddy was sure that this would be the first and final date with Julian. But what Freddy didn't know was that Julian needed a bed to crash on that night. His own subletter never returned his apartment keys and thus he had nowhere to sleep.

Ten years later, Freddy and Julian have committed to spend the rest of their lives together. They have survived a month of being separated by a fourteen time zone difference, two years of bi-coastal long-distance, and a global pandemic.

Our Story

Photos

Sarah Spergel

Tim Podgalsky

Joshua Spergel

Harry Bendekgey

Rose Bendekgey

Daniel Duke

Aksaya Manickandan

Alexandra Levitas

Ashley Wilson

Lizzy Harvey

Wedding Party

We welcome any clothing you feel comfortable in, but recommend jewel-tone formal wear.

Dress Code

Q + A

We do not have any hotel blocks, but would be happy to assist you in finding lodging that works with your budget and travel plans. There are numerous hotels near the Peachtree Center MARTA stop, which is a ~14 min walk from our venue.

Accommodation

Check&nbsp;out&nbsp;the&nbsp;new&nbsp;I&nbsp;SPY&nbsp;exhibit!

High Museum of Art

Atlanta Botanical Garden

Georgia Aquarium

National Center for Civil and Human Rights

Ponce City Market

Atlanta History Center

SCADshow

Things to Do

Directions to Terminus 330:<a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=330+Marietta+St+NW,+Atlanta,+GA+30313" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">See on Map</a>By Public Transport: Terminus 330 is approximately a 15 minute walk from either Peachtree Center or GWCC/CNN Tower MARTA Stations.

There is no free guest parking at Terminus 330, so for the cost-conscious, we would recommend using a RideShare or public transit. Please see below a list of parking lots within the area with security:• <a href="https://www.airgarage.com/location/centennial-park-district-parking-atlanta-ga?utm_source=google-maps-actions&amp;rwg_token=AFd1xnHZqPWqUO6bbkB4N1JHbzGnjuRj168SNl8z_ywcrcFjDU8LCYELPKs9y9LClnJuJkE6p8uyCS3lb_F7Pj0Utoy-DrsvyCvaai2eAtgvSThqrUs3WZk%3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Park District Parking</a> (267 Marietta St NW).• <a href="https://gwcc.parkingguide.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GWCC Green Deck</a> (260 Marietta St NW)• <a href="https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/booking/directions-parking/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Georgia Aquarium Parking</a> (357 Luckie Street NW)

Freddy & Julian