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Category Archives: Family
Weddings. Minus the insanity, plus the marriage.
First, let me start off by showing you this: LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. Meg at A Practical Wedding. Her blog is one of the most insightful wedding/marriage/engagement blogs. Ever. She puts The Kn*t into a state of consumerism hang-dog shame How, … Continue reading
It Takes a Community
Six months out. In any other universe–like waiting for graduation, or college to start, or a soldier to come home–six months can seem like an eternity. However, in wedding time six months is merely the indication that your hair is … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Zarconi Photography, Cupcakes for Breakfast, Fresh Start Catering, Hey Love Designs
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Tunes
David Allen is in charge of the music. And you should be glad about this. His musicality is diverse and eclectic while mine primarily hovers somewhere between a 50-year old theater professor and a thirteen year old pop goddess. His … Continue reading
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Historic Wedding Traditions
My guess is that the majority of today’s brides and grooms have no appreciation for the historic context of their own wedding traditions. Why do women wear a veil? What’s the purpose of the garter? Who decided newly wed couples … Continue reading
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Impatient is not my color
Friends: I went wedding dress shopping. I don’t know what I thought it would be like, maybe a little like Say Yes to the Dress? But it wasn’t–there was no drama, there were no pushy salespeople ignoring my budget–it was … Continue reading
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Eat local. Do good.
If you’re gathered a little something from this blog it might be that I love food. The very serious business of choosing a caterer for our wedding may have made me just as excited as getting the actual ring. I … Continue reading
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Lord, that’s good people
I’ve been pretty busy lately and that’s just the way I like it in the summer. In addition to some additional responsibilities at work, I’ve joined the Borderstan team as a freelance food, etc. writer. It’s a fun challenge to … Continue reading
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Containing multitudes
We are lucky. Really lucky. We have surrounded ourselves will individuals of enormous talent. One of them happens to be my best friend and she takes marvelous pictures. Not pretty good. Not even really pretty good. Her photographs invoke contradictions … Continue reading
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Color me this
My parents were pretty excited when they told them we were getting married–mostly because as a liberal, urban-dwelling, shacked up couple they were pretty sure Obama-care had somehow made us lose focus on the real reason for marriage: joint healthcare … Continue reading
Don’t Tell Mom: It’s Also Called Malcolm X Park
I don’t quite remember the first time we came across Meridian Hill Park. Maybe we were walking around after a date (impossible: do you know how scary that area is after dark?), or maybe it had been on my collective … Continue reading
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