The Sofitel's New Menu is a True De-Light

I am not a foodie. I don’t know my spices vs. my sear marks vs. my baking pans, I just know what tastes good, and what, well, doesn’t. And don’t even get me started on wine. It’s just sad. But, I’m working on it.So, luckily, last Wednesday, the Sofitiel Los Angeles invited me to try…

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Ask Liz: Honeymoon vs. Your Wedding vs. Your Budget (Los Angeles Wedding Planner)

This week’s advice column is up on The Broke-Ass Bride, take a look: Dear Liz, My fiancee and I have six kids – I have four and he has two. None of the children live in our home but their visits often mix with each others.  Our oldest two children  have explicitly asked to be…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday – October 3 (Los Angeles Wedding Planner)

Every Wednesday, I bring you the best wedding stories, events and deals in Los Angeles and from around the web. And we call it Wedding Wise Wednesday. Welcome! Cool Wedding Thing of the Week: Ooh. Doesn’t it just make you feel pretty and serene just looking at it? Martha Stewart Weddings pinned this Peony based…

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Divorced Parents and How to Swing Them

I’m getting a lot of divorced parent management questions this week. I tackled it in an article last year on the Broke-Ass Bride, and the post got, well, a LOT of emotional responses. What do you think? Divorced Parents and How to Swing ThemAugust 12, 2011, by Liz You’ve been dreading it since you got…

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Empanadas – Reason #1818 to Love This Gig

So, yesterday morning I got a frantic call from Juliana. She’d been planning a low key-civil ceremony in front of friends and family at their house in Glendale – but she lost her officiant. Was I available?Not only that, but since I had a first consultation earlier, I was already all dressed up for it.While…

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Ask Liz:

September 28th, 2012 by liz  Every Friday, I write a wedding advice column for The Broke Ass Bride. Got a wedding question of your own? Go to the contact page and let us know what’s up! Dear Liz: What do you do when you don’t want certain members of the immediate family at the wedding,…

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Yes, Weddings Make Families Do the Wacky

I have a tough “Ask Liz” question, coming up on The Broke Ass Bride, which inspired me to repost an article that I wrote for the The Huffington Post earlier this year: There’s your Mom, critical of every single wedding decision the two of you have made, from the flowers to the invites to the…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday – September 26

Every Wednesday, I bring you the best wedding stories, deals and events in Los Angeles and from around the web. And we call it Wedding Wise Wednesday. Welcome! Cool Wedding Thing of the Week: Isn’t this awesome? I found this pic by Andris Sprogis on Weddingish’s Facebook page. The Events: Thursday, September 276:00 – 10:00pm…

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Quick Los Angeles Wedding Fixes (Los Angeles Wedding Planner)

I’ve been getting a lot of random questions this past week, and luckily, they all had relatively simple solutions: Ceremony room is wider than it is long:In other words, the traditional aisle with chairs lined up on either side is not possible. So, how about having it in the round? $5 Chiavari Chairs in Los…

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Just Do The Placecards. (Los Angeles Wedding Planner)

Martha Stewart Weddings re-pinned this on their Pinterest board, which is how I got ahold of it: The idea is to scrap place cards and just put balloons over each table, and guests would have FUN finding their seats, looking for their name admist all the different balloons. And, you know what? No, absolutely not….

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