I snapped this picture yesterday evening as I was on my way home from work.  The opulence of the wedding entrance was a bit shocking.  The actual event must have been a spectacle.

According to the Washington Business Journal:

The father of the bride put in his fair share of wedding work, filing the pile of paperwork needed to legally put on the production.

He worked directly with the Department of Homeland Security and seven other agencies to close the streets and got permits from the Department of Health and Department of Consumer Affairs.