If this doesn't make you smile, you have a heart of stone. "The newlyweds from Brooklyn had gotten married five days earlier and, unable to afford an expensive reception, were celebrating their nuptials on the New York subway with family, friends and any of the millions of daily subway riders who happened to enter their train car." The groom told the bride when and where to board, at the start of the route's run in Canarsie, Brooklyn, but didn't tell her why. In an era when couples can drop tens of thousands on a reception with every detail planned months ahead, "[Nathan] Jean saw giving up control as a plus. With the subway’s daily ridership of 3.2 million, they would have no control over their guest list beyond the friends and family they boarded with. All would be welcome." At 5 p.m. on a Tuesday in NYC, you're guaranteed a diverse guest list.
Man, I wish Eric in East County, father of the thread on Authentic Dining Car Recipes, could get us the formula for the "special Caribbean Rasta pasta that, according to [bride Esmy] Valdez, was gone 'as soon as the train doors opened.'” And there was a five-tiered wedding cake.
“'I just like the train,' Jean said. 'There’s always something going on in the train.'”
Read more at https://wapo.st/3Wnh6vj. There should be no paywall.
Man, I wish Eric in East County, father of the thread on Authentic Dining Car Recipes, could get us the formula for the "special Caribbean Rasta pasta that, according to [bride Esmy] Valdez, was gone 'as soon as the train doors opened.'” And there was a five-tiered wedding cake.
“'I just like the train,' Jean said. 'There’s always something going on in the train.'”
Read more at https://wapo.st/3Wnh6vj. There should be no paywall.
