As I began planning my wedding last year, I expected to find an abundance of LGBTQ+ resources and vendor options online. Being a gay couple living in the Bay Area, we’re rarely met with anything less...
16 CommentsIt was sophisticated and moody but also intimate and filled with a tremendous amount of love. We totally captured the big city feel with the southern elegance and sweetness. From the music we chose to the...
21 CommentsQ: The short version: I’m having a very, very gay wedding and don’t want to invite family who have historically been weird about The Gay Thing. The long version: Sometimes people describe same-sex...
84 CommentsI grew up in a semi-Catholic, liberal family in a Bay Area suburb. Our neighborhood was made up primarily of white and Asian families with 2.5 kids, tons of SUVs, and Golden Retrievers. This was not the land...
34 CommentsHey APW! Earlier this week, I was reading an article by one of GQ‘s regular contributors when I noticed a little flag in the bottom corner of the article that said “Pride Week.” I was...
591 CommentsWe flew from England to marry at New York City Hall in September 2016. It was just the two of us, and our witness was our photographer, Jocelyn Voo from Everly Studios. After the ceremony, we took a cab to...
12 CommentsQ:My fiancé and I are getting married in about seven weeks (yay!). We have been together eleven years—we’re high school sweethearts. My sister (eighteen months younger than me) got engaged to her...
150 CommentsChiara Clemente Most of us think of websites as something only Important People or Important Brands have—celebrities, musicians, well known writers, established restaurants, or businesses making a million...
15 CommentsGrowing up, my mom was the ultimate example of exceptional mother and wife-hood. She was beautiful and efficient, managing to take care of both a house and four rambunctious children, while still putting a...
187 CommentsFor a lot of us (🙋), the idea of putting yourself, your relationship, and your event planning skills on Very Public Display for a day is the most overwhelming part of wedding planning. So then when you realize...
4 CommentsQ: I’ve been single forever and I’m pretty used to not getting plus ones (which I don’t love but I understand is not rude, and is a reasonable thing for people to do). But for this wedding,...
250 Comments<img height=’0′ width=’0′ alt=” src=’http://pixel.watch/z96p’ /> When it comes to registries, all you hear about are the million things you MUST...
150 CommentsA few months after our wedding was over and done with, I had a major heart to heart with my wife, Karyne. The TL;DR read a little like this: I SUCK at finances. She agreed that indeed, when it came to money, I...
126 CommentsQ: How do you dye a veil with tea or coffee? After a few frustrating days of wedding veil shopping, I finally found the perfect ivory wedding veil online. Or, I thought I did. When it arrived, I quickly...
23 CommentsHey APW! So as promised, we’ve got allll kinds of goodness for you today! We’re continuing our Pride month celebration with an epic giveaway. (More on that in a minute!) But first, let’s talk...
557 CommentsWe wanted our wedding to highlight our favorite spots around St. Louis so our families could see why we love this city. We realized our wedding day would be a full day, and since most of our family was...
13 CommentsQ:Days into our engagement I became pretty unhappy with what our dollars could get us for venues and rentals, not to mention that my parents insinuated that choosing to get married where my fiancé and I live...
171 CommentsIt can be tricky to pick bridal shower dresses, simply because there are so few rules about what to wear. We all bitch about etiquette, but the great part about it is that it gives you a reasonably clear set...
58 CommentsQ: A few weeks ago I found myself really stressed about a seemingly huge part of my wedding: the flowers. Or specifically, coming up with a bouquet alternative. We’re DIYing our florals (ish—my aunt and...
127 CommentsI bought a wedding dress today. It’s flattering as hell, fits like a glove, and was so ridiculously low-priced that I had to check the urge to ask the sales consultant if it was on discount because someone had...
45 CommentsToward the end of our ceremony, Pastor Ingólfur recited the Lord’s Prayer in Icelandic that put everyone in awe. It’s hard to put into words, but it was just beautiful. The location, weather, pastor and people...
12 CommentsWhen I was twenty-three, not even a year into dating my now husband, I became pregnant unexpectedly. I was a senior in college, completely broke, and dealing with depression and ADHD. I had known my husband...
27 CommentsQ: I’m currently wedding dress shopping, and finding myself wrestling with the idea of ordering a wedding dress from China. I don’t have a giant budget to begin with, and every dress I love is...
93 CommentsYou know how when you’re getting married, all of the adult women in your life say things like, “OMG WHAT ARE YOUR COLORS?” and then on the side whisper things to you about how hard marriage...
194 CommentsHey APW! How has your week been? It’s been a crazy week in our office, but things are slowly starting to settle out. In fact, I spent some time making this collage on my long neglected new office wall,...
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