It's Curious City producer Maggie Sivet. And one of our colleagues are Sally Gomez-Aldana. Well, she's been really busy over the last year. But I'll let her tell you about it.

Yeah, I've been planning a wedding, a destination wedding in Mexico. I've always wanted to get

married in the same church my parents got married in, but I've heard it's really, really complicated

to transfer all the official paperwork from country to country. So I have to get legally married here

in the States. And so we're doing that in marriage court in downtown

Chicago. So when Curious City got a question about how many people actually get married in

Chicago every year, I was excited to find out the answer and spend some time at marriage court,

you know, for curiosity's sake and, well, practical reasons. My fiancé loves this about me.

When I think about getting married, I imagine the things I've seen on telenovelas or rom-coms.

You know, like the white dress, the reading of the bows, all the bells, the piano playing that here comes the bride's song, you know, the bridal chorus.

But what I found out, it's not necessarily like that, at least not for the people who choose to tie the knot in marriage court, especially in Chicago, since it's located in the dark basement of the city

clerk's office.

Sir, Sally, let me open it.

Oh, okay.

Oh, you look pretty.

Thank you.

I was going to say, it's a very important day for me.

Yes.

Because I am interviewing you and I'm getting married.

Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, um, driver's license. That's next.

I have social security guard with me.

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