I’ve lost track of how many proposals we’ve gotten to witness at Nowhere, but this took it to a new level.

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A few decades ago I met my husband in a bookstore where he picked me up by convincing me to go to his dorm room to lend me the books I was looking at so I didn’t have to buy them.

Over a decade ago I started writing strange books about our lives that somehow became bestsellers.

5 years ago we opened a sweet indie bookstore called Nowhere Bookshop. Victor and I considered adding our footprints in front of the witchy section because that’s where our story started, but we didn’t because we move the shelves too much. But they are there in spirit.

5 years ago Vicky became one of our very first Nowhere team members, and is now our amazing events coordinator. And then later Emily joined Nowhere and eventually became our fantastic bar manager. And sometime after meeting at Nowhere, they fell in love.

This week we closed the store a little early so that Vicky and Emily could get married right here at Nowhere, in front of friends and family (and a gorgeous backdrop they made out of wooden pallets, books and fairy lights).

These are the stories I hold close to my heart as we move into a new year.

Sending love to the happy couple and to everyone reading this.

The story never ends.

89 thoughts on “I’ve lost track of how many proposals we’ve gotten to witness at Nowhere, but this took it to a new level.”

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  4. I’m so happy for Vicky and Emily, and I wish them a lifetime of love and happiness together. This is a wonderful story and I’m so glad you shared it, Jenny. Happy New Year to all.

  5. Today has been a rough day and this just made me tear up in the best possible way. Thank you so much for sharing it with us, Jenny, and hearty congratulations to Vicky and Emily.

  6. This total stranger on the internet wishes them a long and joyful life together.

  7. Thank you. I needed this today. It’s been a dark week so far, and it’s only Tuesday. Congratulations to Vicky and Emily! I wish I lived closer so I could visit the shop. I’d be a regular!

  9. Absolutely fitting that it reads like a lovely tale of sweetness and enduring light!

  11. Yay love.
    Also, and I say this with love, how are you not on the back of a milk carton? A strange man lures you to his home with books? Did he drive you there in a van?

    (See, this was in the years before true-crime podcasts. Now I know better. Unless I’m lured with books. Fuck, I’d probably still go. ~ Jenny)

  12. Lovely; thanks for sharing. I must admit that I agree with Kiki’s comment about the milk carton….

  15. What an incredible store. Wishing them all the best for the new year and many, many more

  16. A lovely story! I love that beauty and happiness follow you, no matter how resistant you may feel you are being to them. I am a better person having read your tales. Thank you for sharing them with us.

  17. WOW!!! Happy wedding day to Emily and Vicky!! A bookshop wedding venue: I am enamored by the idea. Best wishes and happy memories! ps–planning a trip to San Antonio in April and of course!!, a stop in at the shop. Hope to meet you both in person there and then!!

  20. How absolutely delightful and hopeful and uplifting. Congratulations and blessings to Emily and Vicky! And to you too, Jenny – you’re an absolute joy.

    And happy New Year, everyone!

  21. What a lovely happy story to end this year with. Wishing you all good things in your years ahead Vicky and Emily💗

  23. How beautiful. Congratulations to the happy couple. Thank you Jenny, for the magic you give to our lives.

  25. Lovely stories, Brava and congrats to the sweet couple. As well as you and Victoria.

  31. Oh, what a lovely, romantic story! Congrats to the new couple, wishing them as many happy years as you and Victor have had! And many more to all of you. 🙂

  33. Lovely story. Thank you for sharing and best wishes to Vicky & Emily.♥️♥️🥹🤗📚🥂🍻

  35. Ohhhhhh that’s so sweet!!! Congratulations to the beautiful couple! 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

  36. What a wonderful story and happy ending! Best wishes and congratulations to the couple!!

  37. Congratulations to the lovely new family.

    Jenny, I know you don’t write fiction but go with me here your story:

    “A few decades ago I met my husband in a bookstore where he picked me up by convincing me to go to his dorm room to lend me the books I was looking at so I didn’t have to buy them.”

    But it’s told as a horror or thriller story. Maybe more novella than novel. But then you flip the book and the story is told again in like a fantasy genre.

    Screams Best seller to me. 😉

  39. Please tell me they have all sorts of crazy adventures together! This just seems like a perfect real life rom-com! ❤️❤️❤️

  46. I love this so much. All the love in the whole world to them and their amazing new journey!

  47. I love this story! Congrats to a beautiful family!

    But wait, wait, wait… did you just say your bookstore has a BAR in it?? How did I not know this and why have I never been there before??

  50. Congratulations to the lovely couple! How wonderful to get to celebrate a wedding in the store <3

  55. Congratulations to the beautiful couple! Thank you for sharing this story and so many others.
    And Happy belated birthday to my fellow December 29th baby!

  57. Nowhere is the coolest bookstore ever, and I grew up in Greenwich Village. Wishing much happiness to the new and not-so-new couples.

  59. Wow! Thank you for sharing a wonderful event with me! I hope they see nothing but love ahead of them!

  60. Thank you for providing a beautiful environment for love to bloom♥️Great story ♥️♥️

  62. Best wishes Vicky and Emily. My husband and I got married in a library in a brew pub. A bookstore is just as great! Wishing you the best life together you could possibly have!

  66. Love this. So appreciative that you help create a community where this gets to happen💕

  67. How lovely!
    May the couple have a never ending story of books, love, and shared happiness.

  70. Such a perfect story for the end of the year! Thank you for sharing this with all of us!

  73. How lovely! Congratulations to the happy couple! How awesome is it to meet and fall in love in a bookstore, then get married in it? It’s mega-awesome!

  78. I was blessed to meet these lovelies while my daughter was getting her marriage license! I was hoping you’d post about this so I could give them the best of my wishes for a long and beautiful adventure together 💕

  82. Delurking to wish many happy years for the newly married couple. I love a good love story!

  83. Congratulations to them, and to you for hosting the place that made it happen!

    If you happen to have or get carpet tiles, you should have a tile painted with your footprints, and then you can move it around. And another with Beyonce’s footprints, just for fun (and anniversaries).

  87. I don’t see your turbulent airplane pencil sketch here on the blog and I’m a cheap bish so I can’t make a comment on your substack without paying BUT….I just wanted to say this – buy them the taco. Or two. Very nice sketch! #IYKYK

  88. What a beautiful story of love, books, and the magic of community! From meeting your husband in a bookstore to opening Nowhere Bookshop and witnessing Vicky and Emily’s love story unfold—it sounds like your bookstore has been the heart of so many meaningful connections. It’s amazing how a simple gesture, like lending books, can spark lifelong stories. What a special place Nowhere is, not just for books but for creating lasting memories and celebrating love. https://idollri.com

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