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Author of three editions of the Offbeat Bride book and its sequel (From Shitshow To Afterglow, the ultimate offbeat breakup book) Ariel Meadow Stallings is the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire web properties. She lives in Seattle with her son. To read her latest writing, follow @arielist on Medium.
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Top 5 reasons hyphenated names are awesome

Offbeat intern, Becca, and her sister brainstormed why their hyphenated last name kicks ass. Here’s our top five reasons!

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What’s to love about BHLDN and Vera Wang at David’s Bridal

The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed me recently about the nontraditional perspective on two new wedding dress lines: Anthropologie’s new BHLDN dresses and the Vera Wang designs at David’s Bridal.

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I feel left behind by my engaged friends

A bunch of my friends got just got engaged, and now they’re all planning weddings. As a happily un-partnered woman, of course I’m excited for them, but I can’t help it … I feel left behind.

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Sueños Tulum: the venue that made me wish I’d had a destination wedding (or at least a tropical honeymoon)

So, there I was in Tulum, about an hour and a half south of Cancun on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. I was not working.

…And yet I couldn’t stop thinking about weddings.