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"We've got two kids and have been married for 23 years," says Gayle Borawski. She and her husband, Suave, both from Chicago, came to Las Vegas to renew their vows at the drive-thru window of The Little White Wedding Chapel on 11/11/11. "I didn't want to wait until 12/12/12," Borawski says, adding, "That number is too cold."
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John Hamelin of Las Vegas waits behind the wheel of a 1965 Cadillac for his next pair of newlyweds at The Little White Wedding.
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"They're pretty excited. All things considered, they're pretty happy, which is good because you don't get to see too many happy people these days," says John Hamelin of the newlyweds he drives around in this 1965 Cadillac Convertible. "The way things are, what do you have to smile for?" Hamelin says, "You've got to worry about losing your job if you haven't lost it already. I've been out of work for about three-and-a-half years." Hamelin was a long-haul trucker before losing his job. He just picked up the occasional job for the Little White Wedding Chapel and hopes he can drive for them a few times per week.
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Newlywed Jessika Anderson of Tulsa, Okla., stands outside The Little White Wedding Chapel in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, 11/11/11, with her mom Jamie Rubeck, right, and her sister Jodi Rubeck, left. "My fiance calls or texts me every day at either 11:11 AM or 11:11 PM," Anderson says. "We tried to get married at 11:11, but they were too busy and we lost our slot."
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Do they have drive-thru divorces as well?
no, but interestingly enough, there is a place in downtown Las Vegas where there is a wedding chapel, then right next door to it there is a really seedy looking motel, and then right next door to it is a lawyers office specializing in divorces.
There is the Church-sanctioned matrimony, need priest to lecture you, his permission to annul etc, then there is the Las Vegas Drive-By. ONLY IN AMERICA!
Picture of Bride, Sister & Mom. Bride in wedding dress holding bouquet in one hand and cigarette in the other. Seedy Las Vegas Weddings.......Need I say more..... (Okay, I will... The grumpy old man in the background... Do you think that might be the groom or "drive-by Divorce Attorney, drumming up business... LOL)
Yeah, that is my wife, and I am the groom. The old man happens to be my grandfather who is in passing. Don't believe everything you see on the media jack. We are happily married, and will be from here on. Jealous much? Sounds like maybe you need the luxury of having 30 family members fly to Vegas to be there for a momentous occasion, surrounded by love, family, and a beautiful city. Maybe get off the computer and live a little? I feel sorry for you, and for the media who took about 20 pics of us and chose that one..... I wonder why??? Got you to read it and even comment. Cheers from the greatest city in this country.
Oh come on now everyone. Obviously the bride is very classy... just look at how she is holding that cigarette!
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