Bridal Party

So much happens around me as I travel thru Newark that I can't speak to it all, nor especially in timely fashion. Two such serendipitous moments occurred on May 15th, when I was trying to get to the Tibetan march to the Passaic in which Buddhist monks were to pour most of the sand from the mandala in the Newark Museum into the River during the Newark Peace Education Summit weekend. As I drove up Washington Street and arrived at Central Avenue, I saw a group of people who had apparently emerged only recently and nearby from a wedding.

I took a picture, then drove on to try to find out when the Buddhist monks were to head off to the River, and saw the wedding celebrants again, forming in front of a large brick wall for fotos.

Tamara of Newark Pulse had an all-Newark wedding this past year. There are many outdoor places where a bridal party might take wonderful pictures, as, for instance, in Branch Brook Park during the Cherry Blossom Festival. But I would not for an instant quarrel with the choice of this bridal party in taking pictures before a brick wall in Brick City not far from the Newark Museum. It all depends on what you want to remember, and there is so much good to choose from in Newark, a city with intensely urban backdrops, such as brick walls aplenty, of many different hues, and joyously natural backdrops, such as blossoming cherry trees in bloom or the lush plantings outside NJPAC. I was very, very pleased to see this bridal party stake a Newark location for group fotos.
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I later found the Buddhist march and followed it to the Passaic River, where I saw this post-'marital' pair of geese with their adorable babies.

Newark is a place for weddings, babies, nature, and bricks. Among many, many other things.