This is Maria Estrada and Nelson Tello, who are only two hours away from getting married. A taxi brought us from the Luxor Hotel to the Clark County Marriage Bureau where the lucky couple applied for their marriage license that would be needed before they went to the Little White Chapel to get married. And then during the eighth hour of the evening on the eighth day of the eighth month in the year 2007, Maria and Nelson became husband and wife.

I would have liked to have posted a photo of the marriage ceremony, but the rules are such that no photography is allowed except by a trained professional from the Little White Chapel, so those photos will be mailed to Nelson and Maria within the next few days.

After the wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Tello visited the Stratosphere Tower for a view of Las Vegas from 1000 feet above the desert. The next stop was Noodle Asia in the Venetian Hotel for dinner and their first attempt at eating dinner with chopsticks. Following a two-mile walk down Las Vegas Boulevard with a stop at Caesars Palace, passing the fountains of the Bellagio, going to the Excalibur Hotel and Casino, and the New York, New York, it was after 2:00 in the morning and time to call it a night back at the black pyramid of the Luxor Hotel. Congratulations, Nelson and Maria, and best wishes for a long and happy marriage.