In an earlier post, I mentioned the many misspellings of my last name, including the especially unfortunate Redneck. But there was a wedding announcement in this past Sunday’s New York Times which made me feel better. Francesca Butnick, 28, is a fancy Manhattan lawyer who married Clifford Silverman, 29, another fancy Manhattan lawyer. The announcement noted that “the bride is taking her husband’s name.”
I understand completely.
In the same section, there was a larger announcement regarding the wedding of decorator Nate Berkus to Jeremiah Brent, a decorator who appeared on The Rachel Zoe Project: this was a wedding built by Bravo. The two guys are both handsome and accomplished; Jeremiah is the son of Gwen A. Johnson and Terry B. Johnson. The announcement mentions that Jeremiah had “changed his given surname”, which led me to assume that he’d grown up as Jeremiah Johnson, which was the name of a Robert Redford movie where Redford played a grizzled mountain man. The always-helpful blog Towleroad tells us that “The decor combined their color palette of black, whites and creams and included gold touches, and natural elements like geodes and minerals, mixed in with lush greenery. The ceremony wall was custom built and linens from Berkus’ own fabric line blended with his Target collection.”
I’m not sure what a ceremony wall is, but I want one.
In an earlier edition of The Times, an item discussed “A Utah woman accused of killing six of her newborns and storing them in her garage.” The item says that “The woman, Megan Hunstman, told the police that there were eight or nine dead babies in her home in Pleasant Grove”, although Captain Mike Roberts of the Pleasant Grove police only found seven, and claimed that Ms. Huntsman was confused. “She couldn’t remember the exact number,” said Captain Roberts, “so she threw a ballpark figure out there.”
Maybe towns should just never be named Pleasant Grove…
