The Art of Business

Getting Married in New York

We were up early to return our car hire in New York, then headed to City Hall in order to apply for our marriage licence. We were warned to arrive early as possible, because New York’s City Hall is a very busy place.

We hailed a taxi and went to the Financial District, where we found City Hall. We went inside and were astounded by the huge reception desk. We were asked by a man why we were there, we told him and he pushed a button and gave us a specific ticket and then points to where we must wait in queue. As we waited, we felt like it was waiting for our goods in Argos. We got to look at computer screens that showed the numbers and informing us which desk we will go to for service when its our turn. We apparently didn’t get here early enough, because the queue was already quite long.

We were having an interesting time, that is if you enjoy people watching. City Hall is the best place to people watch, all kinds of people are going into the chapel, and coming right back out in what I’d say about half a minute! We saw a young girl wearing a designer dress and blue Manolo Blahnik shoes, the same ones from ‘Sex in the City Movie!’ We saw a young Marine and his fiancee’ with both of their families at their sides and they were dressed to the nines. There were people that were dressed in jeans, just as we were, which made us feel slightly better. There’s a small shop in City Hall where they sell beautifully made bridal bouquets and they also have a backdrop set up to take photographs.

We waiting in queue for an hour before we got our marriage license. We went outside and it was freezing! We weren’t dressed for the sudden cold front, so we ducked into the nearest restaurant and ordered breakfast. Afterwards, we headed back to our hotel to get on some warm clothes and our coats. We then headed back out to see Ground Zero. It was really strange when walking to the site and we were surrounded by all these buildings and then when we turn the corner there’s wide open space. But, from what we could tell, not for long, the new construction seems to be moving right along.

We then went to the Flower district to meet up with our florist. I was a longer walk than we expected, so we were a little late. Our florist, Saul, was really great! He had us all set with the perfect arrangements for our wedding. That only took us a half-an-hour, were we thought it would take hours! So, we headed up to Times Square were we were to meet our friends, who are a part of the wedding party. Since we were there earlier than expected we got to check out several of the stores there and got to watch a few street performers.

We will soon be married, right here in New York City. We couldn’t think of a better place to be right now.

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