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Your Wedding Bar and How to Swing ItAh, yes the bar at your wedding. The thought alone, brings a smile to your face. It’s the place where the party gets pumped up, where the corks are popped and the glasses clinked. It’s where your groomsmen can be found at any time during your wedding, and where a chunk of your reception budget… |
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Maggie's Rule – Saying NO to the DressTrue Story: One of my brides asked me to come with her to go shopping for her dress. This was a couple of years ago. She’d already been to two other salons without me, and we were set to visit two more that I had recommended. Maggie (not her real name) is built like a… |
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Ask Liz: Feeling Good About Your WeddingThe lists, the timeline, the pressure to have a beautiful, perfect day..the distraction of the shiny new thing on your finger. It’s wonderful, it’s overwhelming. It’s a whole lot of “GAH, how do I deal with all this??” Here are my best tips and cheerleading to help you take a deep breath or two on… |
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Ask Liz: A Four Hour Wedding?Dear Liz, We’re getting married next Spring. We found your venue, and we really love it, but the rules are a problem. With our contract, the earliest we can have our ceremony is 5:00pm, but the venue is in a residential area, so we have to shut the music off by 9:30pm. That only gives us… |
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Ask Liz: The (Gift) Envelopes, Please?Dear Liz: My wedding is next week, and My mom is convinced that a lot of our guests, or at least our side of the family, will be giving us cash as gifts, in envelopes, I guess? How does that usually go, would they hand those to us? I don’t think I want to carry… |
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Ask Liz: Food Trucks and How to Swing ThemDear Liz, I love the one that comes to my work, so we’re having a food truck at our wedding. There’s going be over 100 guests, and I’m worried that it’s going to get crowded. How do I make sure it doesn’t get too crazy? Signed, Feeding Frenzy Dear Frenzy, I wish a food truck… |
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18 Things That Surprise People About WeddingsI love being a wedding planner. It’s a great gig – it’s fun, it’s prettier than anything, and at the end of each night, I’m surrounded by love, joy and a really great party. But I am always surprised by what surprises people about weddings, theirs and everyone else’s. Consider yourself forewarned and thus,… |
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Ask Liz: Marriage and How to Swing ItDear Liz, We’re planning a big wedding in October. I was my best friend’s bridesmaid in February, and since then, she’s told me that they’ve been having problems. She says that they’re fighting a lot, and the last time we all went out together, they didn’t even look at each the whole night. They were… |
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Wedding Wise Wednesday: Stay Cool and HAPPY!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 Buzzfeed Weddings – I don’t know about where you are, but here in Pasadena it’s been HOT. 90 – 105 degrees… |
Ask Liz: About Holiday Weekend WeddingsWe’re moving this weekend, I’m officiating a wedding this weekend. And it’s Fourth of July Weekend. Oy. I’m punting: Here’s a column I wrote for the Broke Ass Bride a while back: Dear Liz: We live in Los Angeles, and got officially engaged last month. We finally decided to get married out here, although we… |