Crazy in Love

I read the NYT Weddings and Celebrations section because I'm an incurable romantic. And because sometimes, among the reiterations of, "The bride is keeping her name professionally," & "The groom graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and is a candidate for a law degree at Yale, where he is the editor in chief of the Yale Law Journal," there are nuggets of passion. There are chances taken, opportunities seized and, occasionally, obstacles overcome. But the one that I haven't been able to get out of my head is the wedding of Jordin Ruderman and Kevin Shand, which took place June 24 on a fireboat on the Hudson. The joy just leapt off the page. To wit:

The bridegroom (...) ran in slow-mo down the aisle to the ''Rocky'' theme. (Cuff links that were golden impressions of Ms. Ruderman's fingerprints fastened his wedding shirt.) At their self-designed ceremony guests serenaded the bride with a symphony of 200 kazoos. She grooved up and down the aisle in her champagne-color bustier and flowing silk skirt to ''Crazy in Love'' by Beyoncé. Among Ms. Ruderman's tendrils were carefully placed porcupine quills.

I know the FG can sometimes be a stickler for etiquette and tradition, but this truly sounds like a celebration of the joining of two lives, and if you can't have fun on your wedding day ...