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Today, Part II of the APW reader survey results (here is Part I). This part is about content, and it’s a long one….First of all, lucky for me, you guys like every kind of content I publish, more or less. The vast majority commented that you thought the mix was about right (very few of [...]

I’ve been a little bummed that we’ve had no wedding planning voices on the site since I got married, and stopped blogging about the fresh hell that is wedding planning (achem, I mean delightful relaxing time). So when reader Sarah sent this rant in, I had a very ‘sister preach it’ reaction. And so Wedding [...]

I really think the rain bonded us all together in a way that wouldn’t have happened otherwise. We were married in our reception tent, rain rolling down the tent, with everyone was in a big circle around us.

So. I’ve been getting some really emotionally weighty reader questions of late – ones that I think need addressing. I don’t want to leave you feeling sad and glum, because weddings are wonderful wonderful things (just open the wedding graduates in another tab if you need a reminder). But weddings are also big complicated things, [...]

I spent part of New Years Day curled up on our loveseat reading Miss Manners’ Guide To a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding, which was thoughtfully sent over by her publicist. I’ll have more details about it next week, just in time for you to buy it fresh off the presses (it is, of course, both excellent [...]

So. According to the endless bridal publicity emails that I find myself a victim of today is Matrimony Monday. Apparently Matrimony Monday is to weddings what Cyber Monday is to Christmas shopping (eye roll). Since, allegedly, 40% of proposals in the United States happen over Christmas/ New Years (I’m not going to say Hanukkah, because [...]