Laura and I were married this March 20th in San Miguel de Allende.
Right after the ceremony we flew to New York City. Ordinarily on a trip like this I would have shot hundreds of photos and posted a half dozen times, but we were on our... you know... honeymoon.
A friend loaned us her apartment on Riverside drive a block from Laura's alma mater, Columbia University. Although we were far uptown, we used the 1 Train—the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line—to ramble all over the city.
The weather was cold and rainy—winter in its final throes. But New York has so much to do indoors. We went to movies, shopped, saw an off-Broadway play, visited museums, ate in restaurants fancy and plain, shopped some
more, and hooked up with manhattanite friends and family members.
Oh yeah. And we got married again. Because in our experience, getting U. S. recognition of Mexican legal acts can be difficult, time-consuming, even expensive. Better to have a U. S. marriage certificate.
So we hustled downtown to the City Clerk's office and applied for a marriage license. The next day, after a 24-hour cooling-off period, we were married in a fifteen-second ceremony. It would have lasted five seconds, but we insisted on exchanging rings.
Married twice: does that make us bigamists? Auto-bigamists perhaps?
Photo: Elisa Criscuolo
During the second week of our honeymoon, winter surrendered to spring, and all over the city bulbs and trees burst into flower. New Yorkers crowded the parks, hungry for sunshine.
As I write this, we're back in San Miguel, enjoying comfortable life as a married couple. How did it all happen so quickly? Only last year we were dating, and the year before that we were just acquaintances.
However it came to pass, it couldn't have turned out better.
Well, hot damn! Congratulations to you both. Given the long absence of a new post, I had feared that something bad had happened. Great to hear the opposite to be the case. May you enjoy a long and happy second life.
Posted by: Valdis Garoza | 04/13/2010 at 09:26 AM
Congratulations young man! you too Laura.
Posted by: Tim | 04/13/2010 at 10:10 AM
¡ Felicidades !
Posted by: Glenn | 04/13/2010 at 05:36 PM
Congratulations two both you! Great pic of you two. The terra cotta hexagon tile reminds me of Bruin walk at my alma mater.
Posted by: Beatriz | 04/16/2010 at 01:28 PM
Congratulations John&Laura on your Wedding. Your Wedding Picture is Picture Perfect!! I happened to come across your BLog because I am interested in started a Blog on my Beautiful Grandmother Mami Chuy.Her life and the life we were so blessed to have with her.I don't know where to start. Any Pointers? Does Laura have a BLog too?
Posted by: Carmen | 04/16/2010 at 02:17 PM
Congrats on the marriage.
May you two be healthy & happy and well loved !
Posted by: TandJ | 04/20/2010 at 12:24 AM
Congratulations John and Laura on your wedding and wish you both for happy married life. Both looks nice in wedding dress.
Posted by: wedding officiants li | 04/26/2010 at 02:00 PM
John, I'm so happy for you and Laura. It is so wonderful to share life with someone you love.
I wish you many years of happiness and joy.
BABS
Posted by: Babs | 04/29/2010 at 07:18 AM