Clippings from the Sunday Papers

From the NYTimes weddings section on Sunday about the couple's first date:

"It was pouring when they left the club. Mr. Blangiardo offered to find Ms. Chu a cab, but she was more interested in his parked yellow BMW motorcycle.

Unknown to him, she had a motorcycle license in California, where she lived before moving to New York in 2003. “I missed it, so when I had the opportunity to take a ride, I went for it,” she said.

He was impressed. “What other 5-foot-tall woman in an evening gown would do this?” he said. “I was sold.”

That conviction deepened as time passed. When he first saw her apartment, he was struck by the bathing suits hanging to dry, the surfboards and the cello. “I thought, ‘Wow, a Renaissance woman’ ” he said.

As for Ms. Chu, she recalled that as a child she made a list of qualities she would seek in a prospective husband. It included “knows how to cook, loves the outdoors and children — and has blue eyes.”

“It was incredible that his characteristics and my list coincided,” she said.

It's a bit unfair that the author of the piece doesn't get a by-line. I'm sure they got lots of information from the couple, but the writer made some great choices about what to feature. Bathing suits, surfboards and a cello...
It's a perfect stage, like a back-lit diorama. The curtain opens and you are there in her apartment in just three nouns.

And, for a story that will remind you of the couples from When Harry Met Sally, Friday's Storycorp is very sweet. But, if you have the time, click the little speaker icon to listen to the couple in their own words.