Plan B

Nicole often despairs at what "might happen" if anything should go wrong on our wedding day. My solution? Come up with a Plan B. Namely, City Hall. Before you gag, check out this New York Times article about a spruced-up Manhattan Marriage Bureau. “We want to be the wedding destination of the world,” said First Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris. The article goes on to cite a potential lucrative money-making idea for the City:

"And it’s not just the $25 wedding fee the city is selling. Forget the wedding band? No problem. The new bureau offers an elastic faux-diamond band for $9. No flowers? They are available as well — $4 to $7 for a single stem and $25 to $50 for a bridal bouquet. There is also hairspray ($4), disposable digital cameras ($16.25) and tissues, at $1.75 a pack, for the weepy types."

Wedding Band for $9? $50 for a bridal bouquet? $16.25 for the photographs of a lifetime??? How can you NOT want to get married there, and not just as a back-up? And we could even have our reception at City Hall. No, the other one. So goodbye, EastWind! Cancel Pedestals Florist and the Hank Lane band! Rescind the Save the Dates! We have found the bargain of the decade! Plan B could become our Plan A....uh, ok, maybe not.