Category: weddings

‘Wedding Capital of the World’: Las Vegas Plans 70Th Anniversary Party

By Sean Hemmersmeier From Las Vegas Review-Journal Las Vegas—Clark County has big plans in September to celebrate Las Vegas being known as the “Wedding Capital of the World” for the past 70 years. The county plans to host a mass vow renewal ceremony at Caesars Palace for hundreds of couples and a vintage-Vegas style production…


This SC City Is the Best for Outdoor Weddings in the US, New Ranking Shows. Why Is It So Special?

By Sarah Claire McDonald From The State Columbia—It’s no secret that South Carolina is known for its many beautiful attributes and accolades for ‘best of’ nationwide. This time, a Lowcountry destination has been awarded as the best overall city nationwide for an outdoor wedding this year. With outdoor wedding season beginning to speed up, Lawn Love,…


Award-Winning Places to Have Destination Weddings and Honeymoons

By Juan Antonio (Oso) Osecuera From TravelPulse If there’s a wedding in your future, there are many decisions to make. Have you already decided on the dress, the banquet place and the party list? If you are in the middle of all these details, it’s also a time to dream about what comes next: the…


Bridezilla Begone! Wedding Etiquette for the Happy Couple-to-Be

Wedding planning is extremely stressful. Don’t let the near-constant choices, budget constraints, and resulting passionate emotions lead you into making any of these common faux pas. Invitation Protocol Nothing shouts “Tacky!” faster than putting your registry information on the invitation. It looks like you’re only inviting them for the gift. Your guests will ask where…


Till Debt Do Us Part

It is difficult to imagine: Our wedding cost a whopping $200. I borrowed my dress and veil; I made the bridesmaid’s dresses; a friend made and gifted the cake; we had one bouquet for the church; and our fathers (both ministers) performed the ceremony. We opted for the photographer’s monthly special ($100 for eight 8x10s)…


Summer, Shakespeare, Mendelssohn, and Weddings

Two works of art in the same medium can often be connected like pearls on a string, one leading to the creation of another, and then another. However, just as often, several works of art in different media can be interconnected in something more like a three-dimensional nexus. That can be fascinating to explore from…


Good Manners, Good Sense, and Wedding Gifts

You know it’s wedding season when the invitations pile up in your mailbox faster than you can return the RSVPs. Who doesn’t love a wedding? OK, I see those hands, but you are clearly in the minority. The challenge is buying gifts for your betrothed friends and relatives—or their kids—that they’ll appreciate but that won’t…