Flip Flops & Lobster

The bride wore flips flops, a crown of flowers, and an embroidered linen shirt. The groom wore an untucked white button down shirt and sneakers. The bridesmaids wore anything they wanted. The family had 4 tons of Bostonian sand shipped in to build a beach where they wed in the backyard. The caterers served fresh steaming lobster and clam chowder. A nun proceeded over their poetic vows, read and wept aloud, in a ceremony that lasted all but 20 minutes. The honeymoon included backpacking in Nova Scotia for a week. For 2 Ph.D professor friends of mine, who met as freshmen at St.Lawrence University, I wouldn't have expected anything different. No formality, no stress and over in a few hours - isn't that the way it's suppose to be?