To those who were there, or if you were elsewhere, and for the ones who are no longer able to share... Our wedding anniversary, lucky number seven is here!
Thanks to my best man and big brother Jorge, his wife Leo, and son Yoyi, my wonderful children Natasha, Sabrina, and Yiliang, my gorgeous grandkids Elena, and Parker, to Steve, my sister in law and brother in law, who are Yirong’s sister Xing Rong and her husband for traveling from Shanghai, along with those mentioned below who made time to celebrate our vows.
Last but not least, RIP to Ana Real, Captain Lenny Gold, George Cavaliere, also Jackie Kyle and Virginia’s Gallegher, who will always be remembered. They are with us in spirit and will never be forgotten.
Thanks, also to Reverend Yue and his wife, Jack, and Sarah, Bruce, Marissa, Mercedes, Miguel, Dick, Jill, her husband, Seth, Jim, Carlos and Christina, Jose, Arshia, Serafina, Bill, Elena, Navalette, Pete, Jimmy and son, Steven, his wife, John, his wife, Andy, his wife, Tim and his wife, Ron, Suzy, Ricardo, Marina, Alice, Isolda, Pepito, Birmania, Michelle, Patrick, Dennis and his wife, Ellen, her son. And a special shout out to my son-in-law, Super Chef Charlie Yusta, for the delicious food, to The Breen Brothers for their video, and Jack Hopkins for our video his organ music and the real good vibes.
Yirong and I met while I was working for The AP. My office was located close to Lincoln Center and Yirong was playing beautiful music nearby. As soon as I saw her, and listened, I was immediately attracted and approached her when her performance ended. Seven years married, and many more living in sin as my late aunt Chiquitica would say!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZCeWV28f5A&feature=youtu.be
Take a look and see if you can ID some of the media movers and shakers, including #CBSNews, #FoxNews, #Univision, #AP, #Telemundo, #VOA… etc.
Finally, our wedding pledge
https://cimages.me/content/yirong-and-roberto-soto-wedding-pledge