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Skating Champ Johnny Weir is a Married Man

1/3/12 4:50pm by @jschonb
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Skating champ Johnny Weir

One of America's most outspoken and colorful sports figures is officially off the market.Three time U.S. national skating champion Johnny Weir, 27, married his boyfriend, Georgetown Law graduate Victor Voronov, 28, in an early morning ceremony on Friday in New York, said the skater's spokeswoman Tara Modlin."I'm married!" Weir Tweeted. "No more livin' in sin!"  Read more >

Feeling the Love in The Magic Room

12/28/11 9:30am by sassymonkey
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Bridal Boutique

In Jeffrey Zaslow's The Magic Room: A Story About the Love We Wish for Our Daughters he takes inside that most magical place -- the bridal boutique. He uses the backdrop and history of Becker's Bridal, a bridal store in Fowler, Michigan that has been owned and run by the same family for three generations, to examine how that room and the pedestal on which a bride chooses her dress says so much about our daughters and the love that we want for them.  Read more >

The Real Truth about Meeting the Parents

11/14/11 5:15am by BLR8577
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Andrew Morrell (Flickr)

There have been movies about about it: "Father of the Bride", "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and most recently (and probably the most popular) "Meet the Parents." We laugh when viewing these movies and think of them as merely entertainment. I am here to tell you that there is a lot of truth to the old saying, "art Imitates Life" when referring to meeting the parents of your child's future spouse.  Read more >

Whatever Happened to Just Throwing Rice?!

10/19/11 6:10am by BLR8577
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Andrea Reynolds (Flickr)

When she got married, people threw rice at the newly married couple as they left the reception. She didn't dwell on what rice symbolized at the time, but she knew its importance as part of tradition. These days, though, nothing is traditional. Every bride wants her wedding to be unique. As she helps to plan her daughter's wedding, she can't help but ask herself: has tradition been replaced by creativity or insanity?  Read more >

How I Knew I Chose the Right One

3/13/11 1:06pm by erin margolin
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Hurricane drink

My belly sloshes, full of too many bright-red, sticky sweet hurricanes. Orange slices teetering on the edge of the glass and Maraschino cherries stabbed on a tiny plastic sword. Pat O’s serves them in a tall glass I get to take home with me. I save it and fill it with trinkets and Mardi Gras beads, a plastic flower from the St. Patrick’s Day parade last year.  Read more >