Once again I have had the honor of being a witness in a wedding. I love being a maid of honor. I'm the one that gets to remind the bride that "I do" means F-O-R-E-V-E-R. (insert voice over from The Sandlot here!)Anyway, last Friday I was on an express bus from Port Authority in midtown NYC and heading to Wayne, New Jersey. My friend got married in Wayne but we were staying in NYC. So that express bus was our ride... and it took 30 minutes and cost $5.50! What a steal! That's cheaper and faster than the train.
The rehearsal at the church was a breeze. Then it was time for the rehearsal dinner. I sat inbetween my friend getting married, L, and my sweetie, M. Everything was going fine until one of the pastors from the church and his wife made crass comments about other religions. They bashed Catholics, Methodists, Episcopalians, etc... It was bad. Then they turned to M and said, "Are you and Clara involved in the church?" M said, "Yes, we're both Catholic." I thought those people were going to barf up their $20 chicken. It was a very awkward moment and made us all feel weird. We called it a night shortly after that and hopped the express bus back to NYC.
That night, we froze our asses off but demanded to do more sightseeing. We strolled through Times Square, saw the famous tree in Rockafeller Center, posed for some corny pics and M ate a pretzel from a street vendor. He actually ate a hotdog from a street vendor in Chinatown, I thought for sure he'd get food poisoning and spend the whole day in the hotel room. But he was fine. And the pretzel did him no harm either.
Anyway, it was close to midnight and we had to be up for an EARLY bus ride back out to New Jersery. Wait til you find out what happened after the wedding...yowza!
Here are some of my fav. pics from the city...
Me in front of the arch in Washington Square near NYU
L and me at her wedding
L and me at rehearsal
