Orange Alert: the Mormons Have Invaded the Upper West Side

Wedding, October 2005

What we thought was the last safe vestige of Liberal America has been invaded.
There is a Mormon Church (surreptitiously labeled the Church of Latter Day Saints), on 65th and Columbus. Like, right across from the Opera. And Alice Tully Hall. For real.

Such are the things that Mitchissmo discovers as a fly on the wall at weddings, this time a Mormon one. But my heart goes out to the bride's relatives-- all Jewish New Yorkers born and bred-- who had to endure sparkling cider for toasting. The horror, the horror!!

Hour three at the Tavern, of course, found these guests buying their own wine from the bar next door. They looked happy, like they were winning a small war. Perhaps there is still hope for Liberalism in America.

Vive le vin!