It was our immense pleasure to stay at this villa for the duration
of our wedding week in Malibu.
I'm looking forward to the rest
of wedding week.
A theme you'll likely see carry through to
some of my wedding week looks.
So, with no more delay, here are my favourite bits from the world
of weddings this week.
Not exact matches
Most expensive
wedding planned: $ 350,000 Biggest
wedding (by attendance): 700 Smallest
wedding: 19 Number
of weddings planned per year: 20 — 25 Average planning time per
wedding: 1 year Shortest planning time: 5
weeks
He and his wife went to a
wedding in Hawaii and took a full two
weeks of vacation to do so (they arrived two days before the
wedding which was on a Saturday).
«My MIL wrote her son a letter a
week before we got married telling him to think very carefully about what he was doing, as he needed to be sure he was marrying someone he loved and trusted... She later walked out
of our
wedding in tears, drove home (seven hours away!)
To celebrate what would be her and John Lennon's 44th
wedding anniversary last
week, Yoko Ono tweeted out a photo
of the murdered singer's bloodied glasses to promote gun control laws.
Anyway, I'd enjoy writing a guest article after I survive the next few
weeks of work and
weddings.
I attended a friend's
wedding a couple
of weeks ago and two more are just around the corner.
He and Grace, approaching their 20th
wedding anniversary, spoke with CT associate editor Katelyn Beaty and Her.meneutics writer Marlena Graves about strong foundations for marriage, as well as the steamier sections
of their book, out this
week.
Though most Americans believe employers should be required to supply birth control in their health insurance plans, they are split down the middle on whether businesses should be required to provide
wedding services for same - sex couples, as well as on whether transgender people should be allowed to use the restroom
of their choice, says a study released this
week by the Pew Research Center.
Counseling
of this variety is very different from what is often meant by «pre-marital counseling» — i.e., one to three instructional interviews preceding the
wedding by a few days or
weeks.
About a
week before I found out that I was pregnant with my first child, one
of my college roommates and best friends asked me to be the maid
of honor in her
wedding.
He
wed Anne Jones, his partner
of 40 years, on Friday and an announcement was due to go out later this
week about the marriage.
Three
weeks after an unarmed Bell was shot 50 times by police officers in the early morning hours
of his
wedding day, African - American New Yorkers flooded 5th Avenue shutting down traffic in the middle
of the Christmas shopping season.
Ford described himself during these meetings as invariably
wedded to some single «correct» or self - evident interpretation
of a line
of Whitehead's text, whereupon John would gently, dialectically, raise questions about possible alternatives that, as Ford would subsequently admit, seemed more in keeping with interpretations
of other passages to which Ford himself had, in preceding
weeks, assented.
Stephen Prothero wrote an article a few
weeks back talking about the caste system and it's possible roots in hinduism which was linked to the killing
of a girl who wanted to
wed outside
of her caste.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Conservative rabbinic group issues guidelines for same - sex
wedding rituals The Conservative movement - affirming that same - sex marriages have «the same sense
of holiness and joy as that expressed in heterosexual marriages» - last
week established rituals for same - sex
wedding ceremonies.
The
wedding itself had to wait a few
weeks while things got sorted out subsequent to the death
of the Elector, and the terrible massacres
of the peasants.
In our family, we went to Mass every blessed Sunday
of the year, and here and there you would have to go to Mass during the
week because
of funerals or
weddings or Days
of Obligation or Masses to Open the School Year or Masses in Memory
of the Faithful Departed.
A couple
weeks before our
wedding I decided to do Alisa Vitti's four - day detox, and this bok choy salad is based on a very simple one that she shares as part
of the cleanse.
Also, February 19th is our first
wedding anniversary, so we decided that we're going to celebrate a whole
week of love!
It's been a bit
of a crazy couple
of weeks between two days
of funeral services for my dear guardian, then a weekend away for a
wedding a day later, then the next day flying over to Portugal early in the morning.
I am the maid
of honor in my best friend's
wedding on May 2nd and I threw her a bridal shower last Sunday (a DIY from the shower coming this
week)!
Well not much besides the fact that we all know I love to entertain and the
week of my
wedding is no exception.
This
week Jared and I celebrated our second
wedding anniversary and in honour
of the occasion I thought I'd share a little something from the
wedding here on the blog... our...
Even though I won't be posting on the blog for the next couple
of weeks, I'll be keeping you up to date on the pre-
wedding,
wedding and honeymoon food on my instagram!
I know there's no excuse for my lack
of blogging, but between work and
wedding planning we also went to the Dominican Republic two
weeks ago with my work which was so great to disconnect for a bit and escape the cold Portland weather.
So with that being said, I'm back on the «
wedding diet» for the rest
of the
week.
This
week I've linked up 150 favorite brunch recipes (originally shared for Mother's Day, but they work for any brunch — graduations,
weddings, anniversaries, etc.) and while that sounds intimidating, 100
of those are brunch - worthy bread recipes via two roundups.
Truth be told, I actually got the deal the
week of my
wedding back in early October, and I've been sitting on this news / cranking on some bomb recipes for almost 6 months.
The site is several states away and we are arriving a
week early to help out with decorating, etc so I wonder if I make and freeze these ahead
of time, defrost them the day before, would it be better to just reheat them in crock pot, or would it be better to freeze them after browning and cook the day
of the
wedding in the crock pot (not sure how much time I'll have) Thee will be about 140 people so would need a few crockpots!
The posting
of this Vietnamese noodle bowl recipe has been slightly delayed because two
weeks ago we decided to plan our
wedding in four
weeks!
I got engaged last
week and the excitement
of planning our
wedding has already started to give me too much adrenalin.
I'll be sharing all the details with you over the next couple
weeks but it was an effortlessly elegant party and I know one you are going to want to recreate this time
of year with all the
weddings and baby showers and such going on so I've got all the details from the recipes down to the decorations to make your next party absolutely perfect!
The most notable almost - menu was braised short ribs over polenta, which I'd chosen, only to find out, by frantic text message from Jill, that one
of the guests had served just that at her
wedding, two
weeks before.
A couple
of weeks ago I posted a recipe for Mexican
Wedding Cookies and asked y ’ all what other Paleo Christmas cookie recipes you would like me to share.
They were admittedly not at full strength this
week after celebrating for the
Wedding of former Teammate, Ben Lazarov (congrats to Laz!)
Wayne Rooney's night
of shame crashing a
wedding on England duty has already been doing the rounds in the papers for a
week, but it shows no signs
of going away.
Last
week he announced he'll
wed his girlfriend
of three years, Kai Thompson, on Valentine's Day.
and it'll be ready to enjoy in two
weeks... but ya know... I might have to sample a few
of them a few days early... (snicker...) What sucks is that I'll be in Philly for a
wedding on St. Pattie's Day, so I'll have to set and record everything ahead
of time...
Want to send an early Congratulations to Captain Laura Zeligman on her
wedding in a couple
of weeks!
Needless to say, it was a difficult and unpleasant rest
of the
week and the following four months that we lived together before our
wedding night.
With all the fake divorce alerts certain media want to put out there — everyone from Brad and Angelina to Ellen and Portia to George and Amal to the seemingly forever - divorcing Will and Jada — it was hard to give any weight to rumors
of Ben and Jen splitting until they announced it last
week, a day after their 10th
wedding anniversary (financial reasons?
Back now and settled after the last
of the book tour /
wedding madness
week, which took me from NY to Vegas to Portland to SF - to land back home with a deafening crash.
It's looking like we will be flying for a family
wedding when our baby is about 6
weeks old, so I'll be sure to contact the airline and explain the situation ahead
of time and try to get something in writing that will help us not get hassled when we get to the airport for our flight!
In fact, just 2
weeks ago, as a surpirse at my brother's
wedding, we did a Groom's Cake
of the Starship Enterprise!
The first
week was shared with my entire extended family as we celebrated the
wedding of my younger sister.
This
week we've added a whole new set
of categories and sub-categories on Folksy to tie in with two growing markets: personalised products and
wedding thank you gifts.