So You’re Going To Be a Bridesmaid
I’ve been a bridesmaid three times. Four, if you count the time I was nabbed at literally a minutes’ notice to attend the bride in a spur-of-the-moment vow reaffirmation in the middle of an historical...
View ArticleTwo Tips for Tuesday
As I write this, I’m engaged in helping a friend plan her upcoming wedding. My job, simply put, is to find inspiration — links to wedding gowns for tall girls, pictures of backyard barbecue receptions...
View ArticleTake The Plunge? I Think I’ll Pass.
I have to ask: Have you seen The Plunge? Yet another wedding planning site for grooms has emerged, and this one is pretty flashy compared to its peers. Unlike most wedding sites geared toward dudes,...
View ArticleYet Another Tacky Idea to Help You Have a Wedding You Can’t Afford!
Um… youbuyMYWEDDING offers a unique service where you can invite your wedding guests to help by paying money for your wedding day expenses instead of buying items from a more traditional gift list –...
View ArticleThe Element of Surprise?
We get a lot of press releases here at Manolo for the Brides. I mean A LOT of press releases, which is why my inbox is always getting wicked backed up and I am way tardy in answering some reader...
View ArticleWedding Websites – No One Has to Click Them, Right?
Once upon a time, the bride and the groom might have their own wedding website if they were web designers, wanted to cough up the dough to have someone design a wedding website for them, or they were...
View ArticleTen Tips for a Great Outdoor Wedding
I love an outdoor wedding. Heck, I had one myself! In fact, I never once considered having it indoors. Thing is, though, that there are aspects of having an outdoor ceremony and reception that might...
View ArticleI Wonder if Fred and Wilma Got Married Here, Too
Ever dreamed of getting married among the dinosaurs? Apparently Scott and Amanda Peters did more than dream. They got married among the dinos in Cabazon, near Palm Springs, and had their picture taken...
View ArticleIf Mohammed Won’t Come to the Mountain….
… then the mountain must come to Mohammed, right? And if you’re in Las Vegas and don’t feel like going to the wedding chapel, well, now there’s a wedding chapel on wheels that will come to you. The Las...
View ArticleGoing To the Courthouse and We’re Gonna Get Married
Reader Elaine asks: Can you put together a post with some suggestions of how to make a Justice of the Peace or courthouse marriage a little more special? That would be great (and timely)! First off,...
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