"You may now kiss the bride."

My friends Steve and Tanyi got married yesterday! Officiating the ceremony was none other than myself. We drove to Santa Cruz where they obtained a marriage license and I became a Deputy Commissioner for Civil Marriage for 1 day. We drove back to their favorite spot at the Carmel River Beach. The beach was completely vacant and at first we were worried that there wouldn't be any witnesses. We spotted a couple in the distance and Steve ran after them. As it turns out, they had been married at the same spot 4 years earlier and came back to visit. It was a great bit of serendipity and a nice way to bade goodbye to 2007.