APW was featured on CNN.com today! I know! I was interviewed for an article about creative and cost-saving wedding choices in a terrible economy (though I'm a fan of creative and cost-saving wedding choices in any economy). Ariel and a whole lot of Offbeat Brides were also interviewed, and they even have a slideshow of Offbeat Bride wedding planning tips (whee!) Add in a mention of $2,000 Wedding, and I think the article was a very very good thing for our small-but-growing sane and practical wedding community. Because as someone said on my Get Rich Slowly feature earlier this week, "I didn't know so many people were having practical weddings these days!" Well, they are. And they are rocking them.

I just want to point out that the article closes with a quote from the executive editor of The Kn*t, saying roughly that weddings are recession proof, and brides will always spend-spend-spend, since they are your one magic fairy princess day. Yeah. I think we're proving every day that The Kn*t doesn't own weddings, as we give brides and grooms their power back. And you know what's magic? The rest of your lives together.

So If you can believe it... and I have a hard time believing it... I was quoted in Glamour Magazine this month on, of all things, ugly bridesmaids dresses. I'm sure you're not surprised that I said something along the lines of, "Your friend's getting MARRIED for f*cks sake. Have a drink, toast her joy, and get over it (at least for the duration of the wedding). It's not like anyone thinks that orange 80's bubble dress reflects on your personal taste." Except I didn't swear. Because I'm very well behaved in mass media. And what they didn't quote me on was my opinion that your friend is going to owe you a lot of very strong margaritas with very good tequila as soon as she comes to her post-wedding senses (and who doesn't love tequila?)

And, as if that wasn't enough, reader-of-the-week* Carly got APW mentioned by the Alaska Dispatch, which said nice things about the site, and you guys:

APW features thoughtful, well-written posts about all kinds of issues that might get lost in the excitement of planning a wedding -- like what's the difference between getting married and being married? What does it mean to be a wife, whether you're in a heterosexual or same-sex union? How do you integrate the traditional institution of marriage with a contemporary feminist philosophy? Not only is the writing smart and engaging, the readers who comment are articulate and intelligent, and actual discussion (!) takes place in the comments. APW is a site I can see myself continuing to follow long after my dress has been hermetically sealed and put away for my unborn daughters to someday turn their noses up at when I offer it for their weddings.

Yay!

So. For those of you keeping track, that means that David is getting his JD the same week as I got quoted in a major women's magazine for the first time. Annnnndddddd..... the world feels like it's spinning too fast this week for me to breathe it in, to get a grip, or just read all the amazing comments. Continue reading A Big Week

Heyyyy - APW got a mention in Ready Made this month (you know, a magazine I actually *read*) along with a bunch of other fabulous women. I'm choosing to take this as an auspicious sign for the week of the re-launch... particularly since in a genus move, I picked the week I can't eat bread for the final push. Fabulous. F*ck.