Announcements Sheepshead Bites Brought Them Together. Now They’re Getting Married Mariya Yudkevich and Lenny Markh are getting married this weekend. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Every great couple has a great story about how they met. Lenny Markh and Mariya Yudkevich — who tie the knot Sunday — have one of those stories. And Sheepshead Bites is happy to take credit as
colson patisserie Mayor de Blasio Presides Over A Latte Love Macchiatos, the mayor, and a marriage! A sweet interaction over pastries between a barista at Colson Patisserie (374 9th Street) and our resident Mayor Bill de Blasio led to his honor officiating a wedding this past weekend. The Post reports that the cafe’s Edouard Houilliez, who proposed to his
gay marriage Comedian Patton Oswalt Endorses Diane Savino For President Based On Her Marriage Equality Speech Patton Oswalt (Source: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia)Long before Facebook made supporting marriage equality cool, New York State Senator Diane Savino gave a stirring speech on the issue back in December of 2009. It was both moving and humorous, and Savino respectfully laid out her case for marriage equality. The speech
alexander teperev Local World Trade Center Victim’s Family Disputes $1.4M Inheritance Dennis Vinichenko and his new family via FacebookEvgueni Kniazev came to the United States in 1992. He then met, paid $5,000 and married Irina Dubenskaya, who was already a U.S. citizen. When Kniazev died tragically in the 9/11 attacks, his wife collected $1.4 million from the
marriage More and More People Living in Sin The happy couple, from Wikimedia About 60% of couples live together before getting married, says a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While that sort of statistic used to negatively impact the length of marriage, but now that data, based on a survey of about 22,
couple Street Photography: A Funny Thing The beginnings of a happily ever after. Photo by Erica ShermanI received an email the other day from a gentleman wanting to know: “did you take this photo of us on the sheepshead blog,” with the link to this post pasted below the query. I’d be lying if I
