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A master class in giving a wedding toast
Rarely, VERY rarely, do we run across an impeccable best man toast. But we stumbled across this one on YouTube (above), and it’s worth a closer look, as this gentlemen delivers a wedding toast master class. As we’ve written before, the best wedding toast should make your guests laugh and cry. Humor and sentiment are…
The Great American Songbook
Will singers still be singing Taylor Swift songs fifty to a hundred years from now? Time will tell. Time HAS weighed in on a canon of American songs dubbed “The Great American Songbook.” These are songs that have withstood the test of time. The Great American Songbook Foundation defines these songs like this: The “Great…
What to include in your wedding website
On Monday, your co-work Susie asks you what time is your wedding. On Tuesday, childhood friend Mindy calls and asks what the dress code is. On Wednesday, Aunt Martha calls and asks what hotel to stay at. How do you cut down on all of these calls? Your wedding website. Yes, your website is a…
Should you bake your own wedding cake?
The quick answer is no. You should not bake your own wedding cake. A Florida bride who DID bake her own wedding cake last year created a social media firestorm with her home-made five tier wedding cake. Lilly Mendoza decided to bake her own cake for a simple reason: she wanted to, and she knew…
Is the bouquet toss history?
The bouquet toss isn’t the staple at weddings that it once was. A survey by The Knot reveals that less than 4 out of 10 weddings feature it anymore. It seems a declining number of single women just aren’t interested in participating in this ritual anymore. And yet it provides such great photo/video ops. It…
Is cash crass?
Should a wedding invitation be viewed as an invoice? Of course not, but it’s hard to think otherwise when couples ask for cash wedding gifts instead of traditional, tangible gifts like china, toasters, and bath towels. Some wedding couples grouse that their cost per wedding guest is x dollars each, so the gift they receive…
Usher vs. Toby
Two music giants were just in the news. Country star Toby Keith passed away a couple of weeks ago after a cancer battle. And R & B star, Usher, performed at the Super Bowl halftime show. Mr. Keith was a big deal in country music circles, selling over 40 million albums. Although he never had…
Elvis tops Taylor and Ed
Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeren are 2 of the biggest stars around. Nonetheless, a long dead rock legend headlines the list of top first dance songs of 2023. Yes, Elvis Presley’s 1961 hit love song, “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” knocked Ed Sheeren’s “Perfect” off the top of the list, according to the Real Weddings…
The not-so-big wedding
Twenty-five years ago, architect Sarah Susanka authored a fascinating book titled, “The Not So Big House.” In many ways, her thinking is a natural complement to a post-pandemic trend, the ‘not-so-big wedding.’ Susanka points out that the 1980s sparked what she called the “‘starter castle’ complex, the notion that houses should be designed to impress…
The wedding vow from hell
Your life pivots on your wedding vows. Nothing is (or should) be the same thereafter. It is THE moment in your life which calls for reverence, since marriage symbolizes the instant two lives become one. Nothing destroys the essence of a wedding ceremony faster than a bad wedding vow. Almost all couples understand this. Many,…