Drinks With A Minister Podcast

Daniela VillaRamos from Once Upon a Vow is a New York City based “wedding wordsmith” AKA wedding officiant. She specializes in custom and bilingual Spanish ceremonies.   This episode’s drinks: Angry Orchard Hard Cider   Topics we covered: How Daniela and I discovered each other How Daniela got into officiating How I got into officiating Why Daniela prefers meeting in person before allowing a couple to book her services Why I love that couples never even have to talk with me if they don’t want to How serving religious couples brings up interesting concerns for non-religious officiants We share our religious upbringing and how it has impacted our businesses We respond to the “marriage is just a piece of paper” thing What we think the wedding ceremony is all about We discuss our 2017 goals How she plans her time on wedding day as a New Yorker versus how I plan my time as Californian How we handle marriage license filings   Links to the awesome things and people mentioned: Daniela’s website is Once Upon a Vow,