July: Two WeddingsOn a warm Thursday morning in mid-July, four women in white dresses swiped their MetroCards at a subway stop in Astoria and climbed to the elevated platform. Forty-five minutes later the four emerged and walked less than a quarter-mile to the County Clerk’s Office in Kew Garden, Queens.
The four made this trip two days before to obtain their marriage licenses, and the twenty-four-hour waiting period—just to be sure—expired and they were back. They agreed that Angela and Nicole would get married first and the other two would be their witnesses. After the ceremonies were completed and each bride had kissed each other bride, the four walked to a nearby coffee shop and had lunch.
