At the risk of sounding like a broken record, being yourself is what's really cool (provided that the real you isn't wickedly uncool). The need to be cool (or classy or couth or cultured or cognizant) really leads to a lot of staid weddings. And that, as my almost 4-year old niece would say, is boring boring boring.

But what's cool now won't always be that cool later. While you plan the BIGGEST DAY OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE, you should take into account things like: "what will I think of these photos in 10, 20 or 50 years?", "will the many, … Read More

A survey recently done in the UK shows that the average cost of a wedding is £18,500 (or about $37,000 or a little less than one year at Duke University). And because the costs are so steep a whole lot of couples are delaying their nuptials. According to the survey 1 in 5 delay their wedding and half of those delay them because of funds. So roughly 10% of couples hold off on getting married because of cost. And another whopping 15% said they would never get married due to cost.

Evidently, the average UK wedding has become 4 times … Read More

Weddings in Mexico are expensive. In addition to the cost of all of those Mexican Wedding Cookies and Mexican Wedding Cakes (but not Mexican Wedding Cookie Cakes, that would be silly), they invite a lot of guests. It’s not unusual to see 500 – 1,000 people at one of these shindigs. They go late into the night and are quite boisterous. The gunfire is blown out of proportion, at least in comparison to weddings in Afghanistan and Appalachia.

So, these things are pricey. And being a largely Catholic country, … Read More

From The Rochester Democrat And Chronicle
By Diana Louise Carter

(November 12, 2007) — Caitlin Ormond thought a year would be plenty of time to plan her wedding with fiancé Adrian Blaszczak.

Little did she know that many brides and grooms reserve chapels and reception spots two years in advance. So when Ormond, 23, started looking into venues last summer for weekend dates in late July 2008, they were all booked.

Then she became friends with someone who had a wedding on a Thursday evening at Ormond's dream location — Casa Larga Vineyard — and an idea was born. Why not … Read More