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L’Shana Tova

This beautiful chuppah picture was sent to me by the thoughtful Kathryn over at Snippet and Ink. It's so simple, and exactly what we want!

On that note, I won't be blogging tomorrow for Rosh Hashanah. To all my Jewish readers, L'shana tova. I'll be back on Wednesday with a stunning reader wedding.

Photo by Jenny Jimenez
And as a FYI, to those of you who think about such things, I won't be blogging Jewish wedding images during the days of awe.

Today's wedding is such a beautiful invigorating wedding, that the pictures make me want to get up and dance. This wedding is a bit more traditional then many of the weddings I feature, but having a traditional wedding doesn't mean that you can't have a wedding just as vibrant and practical and inspiring as someone having a quirky and offbeat bash. You'd never guess from the pictures, but Betty and Juan had a limited budget, and got married in New York City (where TRUST me, everything is much more expensive). But they were not going to let that stop them from having one fantastic party. These photographs were taken by the talented Jen Huang.
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A Joshua Tree Wedding
I know I normally don't post on the weekends, but guyyyyys, does it *get* better than this? This amazing Joshua Tree wedding comes from the stunningly artistic wedding of the force behind A Desert Fete, with extra pictures from East Side Bride, go check them out.
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Happy six month blog-o-versary to me! Well, -ish. It’s really tomorrow, but you all know I don’t blog on the weekends.

Six months! It's so odd, it feels like six days ago when we were out for our *achem* power walk and I was actually weeping little tears about wedding planning saying "It's so crazy! With the crazy! And the $10 invitations and the $5,000 dresses, and the color matching, and all the pressure. Nobody is like me and nobody shares our values, and whatamIgonnado?"

I was, if I do say so myself, pathetic.

So then, my fiancé, and smartest guy around, suggested maybe I should start my own blog and call it “A Practical Wedding” and then I could write about doing my own thing, and be happy. I sniffed a bit and perked up "I do have a lot of IDEAS!" I said. "I do have a lot of OPINIONS!"
Continue reading Happy Six Month Blog-o-versary! (errr, to me)

Wedding Sneak Peeks
There are many many good things about writing this blog, but one of the very best things is some of the amazing women I've come to know via the Internets. So, in honor of that, I'm giving you a few wedding sneak peeks.

First up is my internet-wedding-soul-sister Aimee. She emailed me the first time way back when I was collecting Jewish wedding inspiration, and has since gotten married with a jewel-toned, interfaith, no nonsense - lots of community bash. I'll be bringing you more details of it soon, but in the meantime, I had to show you this picture of her non matching bridesmaids looking steller. I know that so many of us get an ear-full when we decide to let our attendents (gasp) dress themselves. But! Never fear. You girls will not look cheap, or mismatched, or like clowns, or any of the nonsense people prattle on about. They will look wonderfully, fabulously like themselves. Hurrah!
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The scene: My friend Kate (the first ever reader of this blog) and I are at the gym.

Me: You know, if I could have one vain thing for the wedding, I'd like a really toned back. I like how my back looks when I've been swimming.
Kate: You know, you should really look at The Knot they have really great diet....
Me: (freeze mid lunge and sloooowly rotate my head to fix Kate with a death stare)
Kate: (collapses into a fit of giggles) I'm sorry, I couldn't get through that with a straight face.

The scene: I'm sitting at the table at my in-laws after finishing off dinner, half a loaf of challah, and some tomatoes, working on some grapes with my eyes on a box of cookies. I'm small, but I like to EAT on vacation. And the rest of the time. My father-in-law (I refuse to use the FFL acronym) is eying me with some understandable confusion.
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