Being excited about your wedding is normal, but when you let it become an obsession, it totally takes the fun out of the experience! Too many brides allow their big day to become their all-day, everyday reason for living -- annoying everyone around them in the process -- and often,...
1 Comments | Posted January 5, 2012 | 01/05/12 01:36 PM ET
"We were looking for an independent officiant to perform our backyard wedding, and one contender sounded great... until we met with him and discovered that he would wear a bright purple robe, assign us a symbolic animal and ask the nature gods to bless our marriage. We moved on to...
Posted December 28, 2011 | 12/28/11 12:27 PM ET
Leave raising the roof to the reception, and host your engagement party, rehearsal dinner, bridal shower, bachelorette party, after-party or wedding morning breakfast on the roof. Rooftop party settings are the new, hot trend, providing an elegant setting with a spectacular view, in a style that's purely you.
When Nick...
Posted November 7, 2011 | 11/07/11 02:26 AM ET
"Hey, why am I at Table 4 when they're at Table 3?"
Any guest who complains about which table number they 'made' has issues you can't do anything about. Table numbers aren't rankings of importance ... they're there so that the servers know which entrees to bring...
Posted November 3, 2011 | 11/03/11 01:56 PM ET
Today's mothers of the bride and groom often find themselves caught between what they thought their roles were going to be in the wedding plans and what they're being asked to do by the bride and groom.
Things have changed a lot in the past 10 years...
Posted October 3, 2011 | 10/03/11 02:08 AM ET
It always makes me cringe when brides say they plan to ask their friends to take their wedding day pictures, or have their aunt make all of the food for the wedding. Yes, it's a financially-strained time for brides and grooms -- with the average wedding cost over...

Posted February 24, 2012 | 02/24/12 04:47 PM ET