The beau recently joined a couple of fellow teammates to discuss the goals of the upcoming rugby season. Being ruggers, nature dictated that they meet at a bar. What nature got blindsided by was: Weddings. “They asked me...
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1984: Maybe it was some Orwellian thing.
Read MoreI’ve followed David Malki!’s wonderful Wondermark webcomic for a while, which is always a quality read. But I really snapped to when I read today’s post, in which he highlighted some of the creative aspects of...
Read MoreTomorrow the beau is delivering the contract and cheques (yeah, I’m temporarily Canadian) to the venue. He would have done this today, on his lunch break, but it turns out the Santa Barbara Historical Museum is closed on...
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Instead of the usual rehearsal dinner at a fancy restaurant with the wedding party and parents,...
Read MoreYou just have to have a bit of patience. So excited! I just found out today that the effort to bring the Polaroid instant camera and film back has paid off. After a somewhat noisy campaign by a group of Polaroid ex-employees and...
Read MoreWe picked the venue. It’s going to be the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. Happies! It’s what we both loved, but we were hesitant because didn’t love the price. Yet it meets 8 of the 10 things we were...
Read MoreThe other day I came home to find an Amazon box lurking on my front porch, despite the fact that I hadn’t ordered anything from Amazon recently. Surprise, it was a gift from my dear friend and brigadier of honor, who saw...
Read MoreThe beau and I ran into a number of acquaintances this past weekend at Oktoberfest and, as people do, they invariably asked what’s the haps with our wedding plans. At one point this girl and I found ourselves on the...
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, while the beau and I were in Michigan visiting my family, my mom presented me with a tome titled “The Bride’s Year Ahead: The Ultimate Month-by-Month Wedding Planner.” Note that the bride...
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All that talk about oh, Santa Barbara, I don’t wanna get married there? Oh, Santa Barbara,...
Read MoreI have a confession to make: I want to get married on the anniversary of a national disaster. If I had it my way, I’d get married next year on October 9, but this isn’t Burger King. And this goes way beyond just me, too. It’s a...
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