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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.
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Let’s all gawk at Liz & Rev

I make a point not to over saturate Offbeat Bride with Seattle weddings, but every once and a while I see a wedding that I get all HOMETOWN REPRESENT! excited about and I just have to bask in the awesomeness of a good Pacific Northwest wedding.

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It’s not about the mayonnaise: stop using tired tropes when complaining about your partner

Have you ever bitched about your partner being stupid? It’s time to flip the script on complaint cliches.

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From kilts to socially-conscious suits: tuxedo alternatives for offbeat grooms

Join Offbeat Intern Becca as she ogles some of her favorite offbeat groom fashion.

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Let’s talk about Offbeat BIPOC Brides and couples of color

Based on reader feedback that it was “hard to find any weddings of people of color,” we started tagging posts that featured couples of color to make them easier to find. Tagging is how we make all sorts of things on the site easier to find: Kansas weddings, brides in glasses, grooms with long hair. We’ve got hundreds of tags. We wanted to make it easier for readers who were frustrated by the experience of feeling like they only saw white couples across wedding planning websites.