Weddings
How to Choose a First Dance Song
Based on doing at least 1,000 wedding receptions as a bandleader, my opinion is that the first dance should only be as long as the
10 Emerald Weddings Ideas Inspired By Pantone's 2013 Color Of The Year
Trend watchers everywhere giddily await the annual announcement of Pantone's Color of the Year. After all, Pantone's decision will influence trends in weddings, home decor,...
Foodzilla
When people find out you're a food editor, they immediately bombard you with questions about your favorite places to eat and if you even think...
Let Them Eat Vegan Cake
The debate is raging: Is a wedding the couple's day or should they prioritize what would most please their guests?For my own wedding, my wife...
Armaweddin'
There aren't a lot of how-tos for planning a wedding at the end of the world.My fiancé and I chose the theme early on, and...
Our Top 10 Geeky Wedding Rings
Here at Bespoke Bride we are well reknowned for loving things a little Geek chic so imagine my excitement when my boyfriend sent me this...
Feel Like the Monster-in-Law?
Your son is in love and marrying the girl of his dreams so... what do you do if she is the girl of your nightmares?...
Get Down The Aisle And Step On It!
After what seems like a lifetime of planning, it's finally the Big Day. Looking in the mirror, you couldn't be more pleased. Dressed in a...
If The Shoe Fits, Marry In It
As I jumped up and down in heels, rain soaked, obnoxiously knocking on the side window of my apartment complex's leasing office Tuesday morning, I...
The Wedding Shoe Heard Round The World
As a woman in my 30s, it is my inalienable right -- obligation, really -- to be moved to tears by certain things. My best...
Why Should I Care About This This Weird Holiday?
What's This Weird Holiday and Why Should I Care? The holidays are coming! This month, it's the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (the...
How To Break Up Like A Celebrity
Not everyone can afford a celebrity-caliber wedding. But breaking off an engagement like a star? That's another story. Unlike a wedding, it doesn't cost a dime...
Switching to a Better Man
First I was married to a man who was totally wrong for me. He hid behind the newspaper for hours and ignored me when I...
Opposites Do Attract
"What are you thinking?" is a booby-trapped marriage question. I know this, but I can't always resist its shiny lure. My husband John and I were...
Monogamous S*x Is Hotter Than You Think
Most men and women I know want to have a lot of sex. Hot sex. Passionate, interesting, refreshing sex is what we want. Passionate sex: Both...
10 Signs You're Ready to Marry
There are a lot of lists out there for women about how to find The One -- that special person you could build a life...
Signs You've Met The "One"
He's everything you've ever wanted. He's handsome, smart, witty, charming, and your friends and family adore him. He arrives on time and calls when he...
Readers Share Their Grandparents' Wedding Photos
For many of us, our grandparents helped raise us, loved us and showed us what it takes to have a long and happy marriage. In honor...
The Night Before My Friend's Wedding, She Told Me A Secret
We were sitting across the table, my friend and I, in a small New Hampshire town the night before her wedding. We were at one...
5 Reasons Kim and Kanye Should Marry
Kim Kardashian is already hearing wedding bells for her and current beau Kanye West. But is it really a good idea for her to get...
What I Learned About Love From My 8-Year-Old
Some people look to their parents as relationship role models. I look to my daughter Maya and her man Axel. They’ve been together since kindergarten. Everyone...
Planning Your Wedding Toast
"Simplicity is the glory of expression" said the great American poet, Walt Whitman and after a long, Labor Day weekend of weddings, rehearsal dinners and...
Couple Rescued From Lake Huron After Proposal
A Detroit, Mich. couple's private marriage proposal ended up being very public after their canoe drifted too far from shore on Saturday, causing them to...
Family Stars In Proposal Video And Doesn't Know It
Australian independent filmmaker Glenn Triggs may have turned his lens on a variety of subjects, but he never made a video about his girlfriend, Bethia...
The Secret Waste That Weddings Make
The best kept secret at a wedding isn't that the groom slept with one of the bridemaids, it's that a wonderful celebration about love and...
Wedding Planning, Purchasing, And Partying
We look forward to weddings as ceremonies of love and commitment, a gathering of friends and family, and hopefully, a rockin' dance party. But beneath...
Tips To Plan Your Dream Eco-Chic Wedding
As an engaged couple, you have a nearly infinite number of choices to make. Incorporating earth-friendly elements takes little, if any, additional effort when you...
Atlanta Jeweler Offers Free Rifles With Engagement Rings
One jeweler may have found a sure-fire way to get hunters to propose marriage to their girlfriends. Mike Geller of D. Geller and Son, a jewelry...
The Best Ways To 'Reuse' A Bridesmaids Dress
I have one fool-proof, icebreaker, conversation-starter line that works with every group of women I encounter anywhere, anytime, in life. "I have some excellent suggestions for...
M.O.B. Company Policies
Once upon a time, the Mother of the Bride (MoB in wed-speak) planned every aspect of her daughter's wedding. And Father of the Bride (FoB)...
Creative Ways to Handcraft Your Own Wedding
When I was planning my wedding and looking for ideas and inspiration, I was disappointed in what I saw -- row after row of generic...
The Most Awkward Celeb Smooches Of The Summer
Famous people would probably like to be photographed looking flawless all of the time. Unfortunately, that doesn't always happen. And sometimes they share kisses with their...
Twitter Marriage In Turkey
Some women use social media to plan their weddings. Turkish bride Candan Canik used social media to tie the knot. Canik and her husband, Cengizhan Çelik, a...
Jennifer Aniston Has Found Her Prince
Jennifer Aniston has finally found her prince, and it wasn't easy. After several failed, and very public, relationships, her boyfriend Justin Theroux, whom she had...
"Til Death Do Us Part": Alexey Bykov Faked His Own Death To Propose
One Russian man's marriage proposal had his intended bride thinking more about "'til death do us part" than "I do." Orange News reports that Alexey Bykov...
The Life Of A Hipster Bride
You might think hipsters don't get married because it's too mainstream. But guess what? They do. And while their weddings are often very pretty, we couldn't...
Take the Bad Bridesmaid Quiz!
It can be stressful being in a wedding. You’re happy for your friend, but then again you want to keep some time and money to...
What A Wedding Represents
Under a grey sky, I drove from Louisville to Frankfort, Kentucky. Dry grass rolled out across the hills on both sides of my small, red...
Australian Man Proposes With LEGOs
Adam Porter's marriage proposal to girlfriend Naomi Burgess hit her like a ton of bricks. A tiny, colorful ton of LEGO bricks, that is. Porter submitted his...
8 Dangerously Wrong Conventional Solutions
Marriage, the loving partnership of two people, easily fits the words that the author Charles Dickens once famously penned in his book A Tale of...