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How to Get Hitched on Gov­er­nors Island

Sep 20, 2010 8:56 pm
[cap­tion id=“attachment_3856” align=“aligncenter” width=“468” caption=“An impromp­tu wed­ding on Gov­er­nors Island this week­end. Con­grats! ”][/​caption] How to Get Mar­ried on Gov­er­nors Island in 10 Easy Steps: 
  1. Find some­one to love.
  2. Pro­pose.
  3. Pick a date and invite your friends and fam­i­ly and a bunch of pirates.
  4. Take the first boat, race down to Pic­nic Point and arrange all of the wheel­bar­row bench­es in rows like chruch pews.
  5. Stand in front of the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty and say, ​“I do.”
  6. Kiss.
  7. Fend off pirates who are steal­ing your new bride.
  8. Have a picnic.
  9. Go on a bike ride around the Island with your guests
  10. Live hap­pi­ly ever after.
Check out Bike Blog NYC  for more pho­tos and the back­sto­ry behind this past week­end’s impromp­tu bike pirate wed­ding. We always wel­come impromp­tu wed­dings (Chris and Allie weren’t the first!). If you are not a bike pirate and need a lit­tle more help with your Gov­er­nors Island wed­ding, you can con­tact Water Taxi Beach. UPDATE: We got this fan­tas­tic video of the wed­ding from the groom him­self and want­ed to share it: http://​www​.youtube​.com/​u​s​e​r​/​D​e​d​i​c​a​t​e​d​L​a​n​e​V​i​d​e​o​?​f​e​a​t​u​r​e​=mhum
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