Like many who mostly eschew wedding tradition, I feel uncomfortable referring to the girls in our wedding party as “bridesmaids.” There’s such a servile connotation in that term. They are not going to be meekly following me...
Read MoreNever. Nuh-uh. No way. By no means will I ever ever ever wear a veil. So. Glad we got that sorted out.
Read MoreThe other day someone asked if I’d given any thought to what I want in a dress. I kind of surprised myself by answering no. I’ve seen countless dresses on the blogs I troll, but they all sort of just whiz over my head. Details...
Read MoreOK. Sometimes the internet sucks. More specifically, searching for venues on the internet sucks. First of all, you have your big-hitters. The guys that always come up at the top of the search engines. These sites largely...
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I’ve long been a fan of autumn in general, and it so follows that I’ve long thought autumn would...
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So we decided to concentrate our venue search in and around the Santa Cruz. Well, really, the area...
Read MoreThree little words I most hate to see on a venue’s list of restrictions. Because that means that ONLY those three items are allowed… and liquor is not.
Read MoreFirst post-engagement decision: to not get married in the city in which we live. For one, I’m not particularly attached to Santa Barbara; I didn’t grow up here and neither did the boy. Which leads us into an unsurprising point...
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