Latino Couple Become First To Wed In New York’s New Marriage Bureau

Providing us with an excellent reason to stop drinking Blue Moon out of skinny white boy’s orifices in the Lower East Side, New York has recently opened a revamped Marriage Bureau in Lower Manhattan. And the first couple to make use of the Bureau happens to be Latino! Meet 22-year-old Jennifer Avila and 27-year-old Carlos Sanchez:

“This place is really lavish,” said the bride, Jennifer Avila, 22, taking in the chandeliers, bronze counters and shiny marble columns.

“It’s really romantic to me,” said the groom, Carlos Sanchez, 27.

First Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris has expressed a desire to make New York the Las Vegas of the East Coast - a wedding destination for drunk couples the world over. A marriage at the Bureau will set you back a mere $25, but you’ll have your choice of wedding bands (as long as your choice doesn’t stretch beyond an elastic band featuring a fake diamond), bouquets, hairspray, tissues and commemorative mugs to help make your ceremony complete.

The Bureau’s renovation include two lavishly designed chapels and dressing rooms for the bride and groom. The city of New York’s marketing agency, NYC & Company, has also struck a deal with TheKnot.com to provide travel packages for couples electing to wed in New York.

Warns TheKnot’s founder, Carley Rooney:

“I have a warning for Las Vegas: You better watch out, With these new digs, there might just be a new world wedding capital.”

Would you consider getting married at New York’s Marriage Bureau? And will you invite us if we promise not to show up drunk and object, loudly?

Eloping to Vegas? Why Not Lower Manhattan? [NY Times]