Hilton Short Hills

The Night Before

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Felina

Reception

Shuttle Service from Hilton Short Hills

Recovery Brunch

Our Wedding

It all started on JDate (yes, JDate still exists), February 2024 - Carly sent Joel a "flirt" and hoped he'd respond. A few days later, since Joel is very good at following directions, he sent her a message. We planned to meet up for drinks on a Wednesday night in March after her weekly cornhole game. Carly went to meet him at The Sefton (not knowing her friends followed her there). And just like that, it began. Over the next year and a half, we packed in an unknown number of photobooth pictures and shared memories: In May, we decided to make it official by following each other on Instagram and then deleting JDate.&nbsp;In June, we went to our first Orioles game together in Baltimore for Joel’s birthday.In July, we went to our first, and second, wedding together. This included our first international trip to Italy, which also resulted in our first crisis: Carly leaving her phone in a cab in Florence and somehow getting it back.In August, we met the parents.In December, we co-hosted our first party together – Carly’s annual Vodkas and Latkes™ PartyIn January, Joel pulled off his first surprise – a trip for Carly’s birthday weekend to Philly.In March, we moved a desk chair on the F train and started officially living together in Carly’s studio during Joel’s apartment renovation.In June, we headed west…back to our newly renovated Chelsea apartment. On August 22, 2025, after breakfast at our favorite diner (Chelsea Square), walking the High Line and watching Happy Gilmore to calm Joel’s nerves, Joel lured Carly to Pier 57 for a “pre-dinner drink”. (Spoiler alert: there was no pre-dinner drink.) There, we got the most important photo booth photo of all: Joel hired photographers to stage a fake brand activation with a portable photo booth. After enlisting random tourists to participate, the photobooth photographer came up to us and asked if we wanted to take a photo. Of course she said yes. Joel asked Carly to marry him on photo #3.

Our Story

Registry

Photos

Wedding Party

Sunday, June 28th, 2026

Felina54 E Ridgewood AveRidgewood, NJ 07450Formal Attire Arrival5:00pm Ceremony5:30-6:00pm Cocktail Hour6:00-7:00pm Reception7:00-11:00pm After Party11:00pm-12:00am

Schedule

Our room block can be booked for two nights (Saturday and Sunday) or just one night (Sunday). Please use <a href="https://book.passkey.com/go/TarowskyCohenWedding " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this link</a> to access our room block. The room block will close on Thursday, May 28th.

We will have a shuttle to and from the hotel to bring guests to Felina. The shuttle will leave the hotel promptly at 4:15pm.

Shuttle from the hotel

Felina does not offer onsite parking or valet, however, there is a free parking garage 1 block from the venue. Hudson Street Parking Garage25 Hudson Street, Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Carly & Joel

Carly & Joel

C&J