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The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel sent word around today that DeSales St. NW between Connecticut Ave. NW and 17th St. NW will be closed starting at 4:30 p.m. for a traditional Hindu wedding procession. D.C. residents Shilpa Maheshwari and Neil Agarwal are getting married today, and the Baraat ceremony will involve the groom arriving on an elephant as he and his family proceed down DeSales St. The hotel is offering local media interview opportunities with the father of the bride, as well as encouraging people to use the outdoor part of the ceremony as a photo op ... we certainly hope the bride and groom got a discount on their ballroom rental in exchange for their special day being offered up as potential PR fodder.
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where does one find an elephant for a wedding? oh right, match.com.
elephant vindaloo anyone?
I guess the elephant was rejected from eharmony.com
where does one find an elephant for a wedding?
ZipElephant pachyderm sharing.
Awesome. Hope the PETA people STFA
What is a PETA person? Also, why would "those people" want to search the archives? This is the only Hindu wedding post listed in the archive.
Oh, I don't know. Maybe the folks who show up to protest when elephants march down the street in DC? Yeah, them.
Not to be concerned with the usual asses who protest at Republican rallies. Unless they throw rocks, of course.
If you're suggesting elephants used in the circus are the same as the elephants used in this wedding, you are missing the whole issue being raised. Ringling has a history of animal abuse, protesting the elephant march is a way to get the word out about what happens behind the curtain. The torture of circus animals is not akin to the beliefs of Hinduism.
When I participate in Ringling protests I make a point to avoid PETA literature, but to assume all animal rights advocates are affiliated with PETA is ignorant.
Great. My bad. Whatever.
Swine Flu.
So you think Jack Hanna is officiating??
from the Washington Business Journal (of course!): "The elephant, which has Hindu religious significance, came from a New York company called All Tame Animals."
or... pachyderm flu.
Care to bet how many of the 48 Hour Films are going to feature this?
Good call.
None, because the 48 hours began at 7:30 Friday night, but that would've been awesome.
here is more info:
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/04/27/daily95.html
talk about balls to have an elephant in your wedding. Very in your face fuck the economy it can kiss my ass ballsy.
elephants need to work too!
I thought they worked for peanuts.
Hyuk! Ur hilarius dood!
"As a former GW member, my dick smells."
Glass house. Stones. Etc.
Can I help if it does?
Spray a little Febreeze on it?
All I'm saying is, cut Virginia is For Lovers some slack. It was a joke. It didn't work. Lamely mocking it only makes it worse. Cleverly mocking it? Always in order.
wow, that is racist.
Thank you DCist for giving meaning to my afternoon. Heading to the Mayflower now.
--I'm surprised nobody tied this into an Elliot Spitzer joke. That's usually what I think, when I think Mayflower
Real smooth, hot rod. It's: Virginia is for Losers.
Did you have a stroke? The typos are bad enough. Now you can't even work the reply button. I'm dialing 9 and 1 just to be on the safe side.
I'm sure the bride and groom didn't get a discount - this is probably a big pain in the ass for the hotel.
And I think Monica Lewinsky before Eliot Spitzer when I think Mayflower.