D.C. Gets A Tiny, Secular Wedding Venue

BY RACHEL SADON
NOV 7, 2016 4:19 PM

Going to the chapel secular wedding venue and we're gonna get married" doesn't have quite the same charm as the regular lyrics to the well-worn Dixie Cups song. But no matter, Pop! Wed's new space has plenty of charm to spare.

Wedding gurus Steven Gaudaen and Maggie Winters Gaudaen specialize in funky, pop-up ceremonies, and have pulled them off in some of the city's most iconic locations: the Natural History Museum, Union Station, even The Beach. Now, they're putting down some roots at Northeast's Off The Beaten Track Warehouse.

"We say we're no more disruptive than your average tour group, but when you get to like 20 guests, it can become a public disturbance to the people around," Gaudaen says. "And D.C. weather is always terrible. It's either 96 degrees and humid and everyone is sweating or 12 degrees."

Pop! Wed is still doing on-location elopements and weddings, but they now have a home base, or Humanist "chapel" as it were, to offer more flexibility. Additional family members can attend, it doesn't matter what the weather is like, and they have room for more creativity.

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