Taki Taki

Midsummer marriage

Broadsides from the pirate captain of the Jet Set

issue 15 July 2006

Rome

Frankly, this was not a cool wedding. There were no security guards, no stretch limos, no Liz Hurleys, no cutting-edge genetic technology, not even a same-sex marriage. Not very with it, I know, but there we are. John Taki and Assia got hitched last Saturday in the most magical setting I have ever seen — a Xanadu.

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