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My Imaginary Wedding: How Dana & David rocked their two weddings

David and I knew we wanted an elegant and intimate wedding, one that was an extravagant enough affair that we couldn’t invite the world. But being actively involved in the music scene (he as a guitar player, me as a music writer), we also wanted to have a big bad rock and roll bash to celebrate our marriage. So we did both.

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Wedding circle seating

My fiance and I both want a non-traditional wedding ceremony, without the procession. The ceremony and reception will be held at an restaurant in NYC. I’ve read somewhere we could have our guests stand in a circle around us with a small wedding. However, we are inviting about 50+ people and am not sure if this could still work with this many people. Do you have any thoughts on this or any other alternative ideas to a non processional wedding?

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Vania & Joe’s crafty, vegan, island “commitment celebration”

While I am committed to my partner, I just didn’t like the politics that went with being married. So, when we decided to do something to honour our relationship, we decided to have a “celebration.”

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Indiezilla

Thanks to Cassandra for sending me a link to this New York Magazine article: Attack of the Indiezilla When getting married becomes an elaborate display of unharnessed self-expression, the result is a wedding that doesn’t look like a wedding at all. The article peeves me a bit, and it’s not just the title or the […]