Erin & Jay’s queer Jewish Dominican wedding
This pair has an awesomely diverse community willing to celebrate and totally donate their time and energy into making this wedding rock. And boy, did it. In addition to the bride’s handmade dress (out of a sari!) and groom’s kick-ass suit, there was wedding party aisle dancing, ukulele toasts, and a giant group hug right after the ceremony.
Worst wedding ever: how I handled wedding day disappointment
Is it normal to be unhappy on your wedding day? Because I was. Right after my wedding ceremony, the only thought in my head was “this wedding would never be good enough to be on Offbeat Wed.” I was dealing with wedding day disappointment, BIG TIME.
Reader roundup: “Victories of awesome”
There must have been something in y’alls water this week, because we got a LOT of these victorious moments of awesome. From double fisting in the most wedding-iest of ways to feisty bridesmaids, to a little friendly competition between newlyweds. To the victor goes the spoils of this weeks reader photos…
Magdalena & Jared’s Brooklyn brunch-and-bar wedding
To give their guests the Brooklyn experience they love, this couple’s going out for brunch, walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, having cocktails at their favorite bar, and eating crepes from a food truck wedding was the way to go. Their pebble beach ceremony with a breathtaking view of Manhattan and beautiful wedding walk across the Brooklyn bridge made for some fantastic photos — for them, and for tourists to the Big Apple!