Backstory: while on a recent business trip to Baton Rouge my mom emailed me an engagement announcement she saw of someone I used to know….

Why, you may well ask, was I reading the wedding announcements in the NY Times?  Don’t panic, I haven’t completely lost it and I’m NOT turning into a Jewish mother who will continually remind you of all the people  you know who are getting married.  As I said, it was a long trip, so I had an opportunity to read nearly the entire newspaper (after I finished the crossword), and I found that the wedding announcements are a hoot–even better than the personals in City Pages!