A friend of Mimi Brown(in white shirt) and Carol Anastasio(in yellow shirt) made the couple a pair of silver wedding rings for their ceremony Sunday.
Editor's note: The Daily News has been followingMimi BrownandCarol Anastasioas the two plan their Sunday wedding - the first day gay couples can marry inNew York.
After waiting decades, what's another day?
Carol Anastasio and Mimi Brown were unfazed by the news yesterday that they may not be able to get their marriage license Sunday.
More than 2,600 couples have applied to marry Sunday on the first day same-sex weddings are legal - a number the city simply can't handle.
"Getting married is not something we ever thought we could've done," said Brown, 57, an editor withGetty Images. "It's kind of like 20 years and a day - it's not a big deal for us."
The lower East Side pair was the first to show up at the cityMarriage Bureauthe day after the historic legislation passed last month. Now, they have to enter the city clerk's lottery to see whether they can win one of the 764 first-day slots to get their license.
"Given the reality of the situation, this may be the best way to handle it," said Anastasio, 49, a city Parks Department employee.
"I thought people were going to start camping out tonight!" she said.
Whether or not they hit the jackpot, the twosome will still go ahead with their lavish ceremony at the Old Homestead Steakhouse in theMeatpacking District.
The famed eatery is footing the entire billto celebrate the historic legislation signed byGov. Cuomo.
Anastasio hopes the couple's good fortune will continue, which she in part attributes to her father, who died this month.
"I have my dad upstairs pulling strings," she said.
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