Taco Bell Wedding: Couple Marry At Fast Food Restuarant

NORMAL, Ill. — Wedding bells meant Taco Bell for Paul and Caragh Brooks.

Customers inside the fast-food restaurant continued to order tacos and burritos as the couple sat Friday in an orange booth at Taco Bell and exchanged vows.

"It's appropriate," groom Paul Brooks said. "It's an offbeat relationship."

Employees displayed hot sauce packets labeled with the words "Will you marry me?" They decorated the restaurant with streamers and balloons.

The bride wore a $15 hot pink dress and the entire wedding cost about $200. Several dozen guests looked on as the couple's friend, Ryan Green of Normal, administered the vows while wearing a T-shirt. He was ordained online.

"This is the way to go _ there's no stress," said the groom's mother, Kathy Brooks.

Caragh Brooks, 21, of Australia, met Paul Brooks, 30, on an Internet dating Web site. They already had the same last name.

The couple wrote back and forth and talked on the phone for nine months before Caragh Brooks moved to the United States.

"We have the same brain, just in two bodies," Paul Brooks said. "We think alike in virtually every manner. We have the same interests, viewpoints."

He proposed on New Year's Eve and, because they like to spend time at the local Taco Bell, they decided to wed there.

"I would never have expected in my life in working here there would be a wedding," restaurant manager Carl Hamlow said.

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Information from: The Pantagraph, http://www.pantagraph.com

Comments

[Brookyln35street]

I bet the house stunk after the wedding, and reception.

[TheJibreelaMonsters]

remember when meeting someone off line was taboo?

[Arthur954]

Best wishes for both ! I love it that the friend that married them had been ordained online!
Two people that love each other do not have to proove anything by spending a lot of money
Cheers and best wishes for happiness !

[jalyn]

Good luck to them. I hope they danced salsa at the wedding.

[AContrario]

They are not fools or inconsiderate. The bride is hot and smart, the groom is smart and not ugly.

Photos:
http://cdn.necn.com/files/2009/01/11/vlcsnap-1605645.jpg

Videos:
http://www.necn.com/Boston/Arts-Entertainment/2009/01/11/Couple-weds-in-Taco-Bell-was/1231725806.html

[AContrario]

1/Individually it is a sign of true character, self-confidence and commitment to
their relationship, they marry not to please or make people envious but just to be
and live together. They don't care about what we think and they are right about that.

2/ FinanciallyI they are smarter than average.If things get sour, let's be realistic, it won't
cost a thing, except for the bloodsucker divorce lawyers if they decide to pick one.
And they can always stage something bigger later if they can afford it and want it.

Best of the luck to them,actually I think I envy them they will have a beautiful story to tell to
their kids(eventually)

[ThomasAndrewJackson]

Paul and Caragh are friends of mine, are talented artists and a great couple. Having spent much of Saturday with them (the day after the wedding), I'm delighted for them and look forward to seeing them together for the next several decades. Godblessem.

[Promise]

Nice! I agree that paying a gazillion dollars for a wedding that lasts one day and is over is insane. Taco Bell is not my venue of choice but I wish them well! I would love to see pictures!!

[RuffNReddy]

Isn't this what you all wanted:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090111/ap_on_fe_st/odd_taco_bell_wedding;_ylt=AvPQQfUZT29bzOyKRNBoYWDtiBIF

a photo?

[TruthAndTheory]

She's only 21?

[johnnygoodwud]

'eat outside the box'. hmmm,

[Nick2]

Fantastic!

[hortonhearsawho2]

So, when can we expect the first little beaner...

[hortonhearsawho2]

Holy Frejoles...

[hortonhearsawho2]

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