On Oct. 18, as twilight fell over Boston, the city they love, they were married downtown at the State Room before 125 guests. Mr. Martinez and Mr. Hall, wearing custom charcoal suits from Indochino and burgundy ties, walked down a staircase that afforded grand views of Boston’s skyline. Mr. Martinez, who descended first, was escorted by his sisters, Carole Cruse and Bobbie Martinez; Mr. Hall was accompanied by his mother. Eight groomsmen and women dressed in charcoal suits and burgundy dresses flanked the officiant, Erika Argersinger, a friend who received permission to marry them from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

In handwritten vows, Mr. Martinez described himself as “excited, nervous and ready.” “You’re the man who has made me a better person,” he added.

During his turn, Mr. Hall said, “You are the extrovert to my introvert, the big to my little. I want to be your husband as long as we both shall live.”

With the power vested in her, and to joyful whoops from the assembled, Ms. Argersinger made it so.

ON THIS DAY

When Oct. 18, 2019

Where The State Room: a Longwood Venue in Boston

Tradition At the end of the ceremony, Mr. Martinez’s brother, Robert Martinez, draped a Mexican lasso over the couple’s shoulders to form an infinity symbol and mark the everlasting nature of their union.

Boss on the Premises The night before the wedding, the couple held a rehearsal dinner and cocktail party at Parkman House, the mayor’s official residence. After the ceremony, Mayor Walsh, who had another commitment and couldn’t attend the wedding, stopped by a reception at the State Room to offer the couple private congratulations. “I told him, Don’t call me! I’m off for a week,” Mr. Martinez said, laughing.