This beautiful thing happened

What an epic night it was! The bride and groom wrote vows that were loving and vulnerable and wise and funny, and we cried and laughed and felt so much joy and hope in their union. It will be a while before we get the official photos, so these are just snaps that different people took with their phone cameras. Perhaps my favorite picture from the night was taken by the owner of the 24-hour bodega across from our hotel in Brooklyn. Realizing they hadn’t eaten, the happy couple stopped in there in the wee hours after the hopping dance party that was their reception, thinking to get ramen noodles to tide them over till morning—they met in college after all. The deli owner took one look at them and realized they were tired and pleasantly sauced newlyweds, so he took their picture and gave them a discount. It was such a New York moment.