Q: We are getting married in the next couple of months and there has been some strain over whether or not to provide an open bar. Both of us are professionals (lawyer and doctor) and think it would be kind of...
89 CommentsThe summer before my senior year of college, I stood in the back of the living room of the cabin my family had rented for a week in Whistler, B.C., and listened to my uncle make a speech about my...
11 CommentsIf you’re planning a wedding in New York City, and you don’t already know about Queens-based Corey Torpie Photography, then hold the damn phone. Because no one in New York (or anywhere for that matter) shoots...
2 CommentsI recently got what turned out to be one of the best group texts I’ve gotten in a zillion years, from one of my super-long-time besties, asking me and her sister for advice on proposing to her boyfriend....
158 CommentsSometimes, when I'm browsing through images online and looking at wedding images in particular, I think "Damn, I might be able to pull that off." But the problem is, it's hard to find women that reflect what I...
8 CommentsHey APW, I got to spend just over twenty-four hours in Orange County last weekend for a family wedding. It was a huge and amazing Orthodox Jewish Wedding (the kind where a guest list of 250 is considered...
667 CommentsSome of my favorite things at the wedding came from what a great bang for buck/effort they were, like the shave ice truck. The first truck I found was a bit... uglier... than I was hoping for, but this...
22 CommentsQ: My fiancé and I both grew up in a church where our parents have lots of friends and there were all sorts of people that helped raise us or contributed to our childhoods in some way. The number of people...
76 CommentsAs a kid, Bollywood strongly influenced my interpretation of what a relationship should be and what romance looks like. I always thought when I got older, a young handsome man would see me in a crowded bus and...
24 CommentsQ: I’ve managed to actually convince my family that my twenty-guest wedding is a good idea! Considering what social butterflies my parents are, this is a huge feat! We’re having the ceremony in a...
42 CommentsThis summer, I got a chance to take a mini-moon to New York. (A mini-moon what I like to call any trip I get to take with my husband and without my kids these days.) So in the interest of science APW, we...
14 CommentsWith so many of my friends and family getting married right now, I find myself having a lot of the same conversations with relative frequency. Wedding planning is the worst. My family is being ridiculous. But...
215 CommentsQ: Dear Amy, My cousin just got engaged and I could not be happier for her. She’s my best friend, and within a few days of being engaged, has already asked me to be her maid of honor. I want to preface...
182 CommentsWhen you decide you want to officially make your person your person forever, it’s not unusual to make a compromise or two, or… twenty-five. Sure you wanted to marry someone who didn’t leave...
2 CommentsQ: Do you have any advice on how to deal gracefully with being called a Bridezilla? I have been really chilled through the whole planning process and still had people bandy about the term, because I’ve...
86 CommentsAs tattoos become ever more mainstream (much to the chagrin of my very Catholic family), I am seeing more and more couples commemorating their nuptials with permanent ink. (Maybe we can blame it on Bey and...
9 CommentsHey APW! How was your week? My son started Transitional Kindergarten (aka public school) this week, which involved a lot of crying on my part… though he’s settling in just fine. At work though,...
560 CommentsMichal and I both work in the wedding industry in catering and event planning, so we thought we could do all of it. I should have hired a day-of coordinator to help with the processional and ceremony portion...
12 CommentsQ: I'm getting married (a while from now) to the most spectacular man in the world. I love him to death... for being (often) the exact opposite of me. We balance each other out, and usually we can keep our...
185 CommentsLet me share a very carefully guarded secret with you: pregnancy is not always a walk in the park, contrary to what all the beautiful pregnancy photos on Instagram might lead you to believe. Though, if...
10 CommentsQ:I don’t know what to do about my dad giving me away. Don’t get me wrong—I love wedding traditions, I really do. My wedding will include communion, the white dress, the walk down the aisle—the...
115 CommentsMy first job after grad school was working for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as their traveling schoolteacher. Living on a train and teaching circus kids was out of this world, but quitting the job...
11 Comments<img height=’0′ width=’0′ alt=” src=’http://pixel.watch/ei97′ /> Last month I helped plan my sister’s bridal shower from across the country. And you know...
45 CommentsQ: Hey APW, can we talk about what makes someone willing to be a destination wedding guest? I’ve fallen in love with a wedding and reception venue that is in Los Angeles, which is where I live now....
92 CommentsThis is supposed to be fun.” The florist might as well have said, “What is wrong with you?” and handed me a wearable sandwich board reading “DEFECTIVE BRIDE/WOMAN/HUMAN.” I was sitting...
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