Alex Zayas: The flier taped to the door of a small Italian deli on Florida Avenue says it all: Mixing it Up At Merino’s. Come join your neighbors and business owners at a FREE!! FREE!! FREE!! spaghetti dinner. Bluegrass music. Caricature artist. Prize drawings. And tucked on the bottom, right corner, something else. Wedding? Jennifer Whitehead to Jose Ortiz, it says, above clip art of two doves. “It’s going to be the Today show on Florida Avenue,” owner Mike Merino promises. The aisle will stretch across the parking lot the deli shares with agarage. Seats will fill with family and friends. And rubberneckers who turn off Florida. And strangers who like free spaghetti. And four hours after she finishes her shift as a sandwichmaker inside, 30-year-old Jennifer will marry 28-year-old Jose under the arch on the asphalt. They decided to marry this way three weeks ago. Why? Get to know Jennifer and Jose, and maybe you’ll understand.
Mixing it Up At Merino’s. Come join your neighbors and business owners at a FREE!! FREE!! FREE!! spaghetti dinner. Bluegrass music. Caricature artist. Prize drawings.
And tucked on the bottom, right corner, something else. Wedding?
Jennifer Whitehead to Jose Ortiz, it says, above clip art of two doves.
“It’s going to be the Today show on Florida Avenue,” owner Mike Merino promises.
The aisle will stretch across the parking lot the deli shares with agarage. Seats will fill with family and friends. And rubberneckers who turn off Florida. And strangers who like free spaghetti.
And four hours after she finishes her shift as a sandwichmaker inside, 30-year-old Jennifer will marry 28-year-old Jose under the arch on the asphalt.
They decided to marry this way three weeks ago. Why? Get to know Jennifer and Jose, and maybe you’ll understand.
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