de Blasio Says Yes! Yes! A Thousand Time Yes... To His Barista

Pic by Gregory P. Mango via the NY Post

Say what you will about our Mayor, he loves the people in his hood soooooo much he'll even officiate their weddings. As reported by the house that Alexander Hamilton built in 1801, Mayor de Blaz presided over the marriage of his favorite Slope barista, Edouard Houilliez from Patisserie Colson on 9th Street. 

As the story goes, de Blasio frequents Colson after his morning workout at the Prospect Park YMCA where he orders a coffee and an oatmeal or chocolate chip cookie (way to blow all the good work you just did at the gym Mr. Mayor). And when Bill walks in all sweaty and pumped from his zumba class (conjecture) it's Houilliez who's all ready to serve him a piping hot... wait, what is it he orders? "He was into espresso for a while, and then he switched to macchiato." A macchiato being something Houilliez could really get behind, because, it's "even more interesting and a challenge to make." Now that's a man who loves his job.

But when Houilliez found something else to love more than coffee, like Emily Shevenock, the first thing he thought of after popping the question, was popping the bigger question to his high-profile morning regular. "It was always an idea in my mind. Why not ask him? Why not try it?" Houilliez told the post.

The Mayor immediately said yes to the dress, which was apparently a sleeveless white gown which Shevenock wore (with "sparkly blue sandals"), not de Blasio. The ceremony held this past Sunday at City Hall lasted all of five minutes and the bride, forgetting her bouquet had her flowers taken care of by a staffer who ran out to fetch some white lilies.  

The blushing Mayor had this to say about Houilliez: "He's a wonderful part of our neighborhood. Then he told me this special day was coming, and asked if I could be a part of it, and I told him I would be honored to because he really has been, for me and my family, such a special person." Wow, what a ringing endorsement for the guy who makes your coffee. My barista is a noisy Kuerig, but I guess if it asked me to officiate it's wedding, I'd say sure secretly hoping it was at THE GRAND PROSPECT HALL. That would make my dreams come true!