Wedding Guide

At 27 years old, I’ve attended eight weddings, served as a member of the wedding party in three and a best person in one. In the coming year, I will attend another three. It seems that an avalanche of weddings is a part of reaching your late twenties. I now have dressing for weddings down […]

With its pastoral vistas and old-timey charm, happy couples wanting to get hitched have been flocking to Ferndale for years. Several colorful and rambling Victorians operate as bucolic bed and breakfasts, offering the ideal location for an intimate wedding or romantic getaway. But another treasure of the Eel River Valley lies beyond the charming townscape. […]

A wedding comes to life with music. On the big day, your song can make the moment or get the party started, but it doesn’t have to break the bank or — for a smaller wedding — take up the whole room. Hiring a solo musician can be a relatively economical, logistically simple and aesthetically […]

For centuries, wedding traditions have been borrowed from across cultural lines to ensure luck, happiness, fertility and fortitude. Most wedding customs Americans hold dear are rituals that in fact come from somewhere else. The tradition of a bride wearing something old, new, borrowed and blue stems from Victorian English times. The classic American wedding cake […]

While styles are fleeting, the meaning behind a wedding is timeless. A public celebration of a very intimate relationship, a wedding is designed to reflect a couple’s unique history and individual personalities. What better setting to tell this story than your own home? Seasoned DIY-er Jennifer Nolen married her sweetheart of 10 years, Brian, at […]

It’s nice to think a wedding gift might hold the same potential for permanence as a marriage. In our break-and-replace society, this notion is challenging at best. However, if carefully considered, the items on your bridal registry will put you on course for building a practical and enduring domestic armory. We’re not just talking housewares. […]

Everything is coming together for a celebration as unique as you are, but that big, tiered, white frosted cake that is oh-so-traditional just doesn’t excite you. Consider some fun alternatives. First question: Do you really love cake but just don’t like the size and shape of the traditional tiered one? Cupcakes might fill the bill. […]

Stock-the-bar parties have been around — for housewarming or welcoming a new bartender into the fold — but recently there has been a lot of buzz about them as wedding showers. Guests bring two bottles (one for the party and one for the couple’s bar) or bar-related gifts. The host sets up food and mixers […]