Kelsey: Engagement As Marketing
When we took our engagement pictures, I planned to be drunk. A decade of research has shown me that my photogenicness enjoys inverse correlation with my level of sobriety. However the good lord does...
View ArticleKelsey: No Homo
Monday through Thursday, from 7AM–4PM, I am the clinical director and social worker at a high school in Denver. My school has a strong focus on mental health, which is why I’m here. Every incoming...
View ArticlePride Week Open Thread: Planning Your (Gay) Wedding
When you are planning a wedding, and you are a part of the lesbian/gay/trans/otherwise queer community, the planning has some particular challenges. I know. You’re thinking, “Kelsey, you big...
View ArticleAsk Team Practical: The Tax Man Cometh
Q: My fiancé and I are a straight couple who will be getting a registered domestic partnership this summer. The reason we’ve opted for the partnership, instead of a federally recognized marriage, is...
View ArticleHow We: Did It Ourselves
Susie, Food service design consultant & Caitlin, Personal Assistant One sentence sum-up of the wedding vibe: Our wedding was like the best parts of going home—relaxed, easy, and most of all, FUN!...
View ArticleThe Marriage of Roots and Wings
Two weeks ago today, I got married. The day was absolutely perfect. June in Colorado gave us a cold snap, dreamy fog, and temperatures that granted us lit fireplaces. We stood at the feet of...
View ArticleMarriage Equality, Colorado, and Limbo
When we got engaged, along with multitudes of other same sex couples all over the country, one of the discussions we had to have was about what we wanted to do about the actual getting married part,...
View ArticleHow We: Planned Our Intimate Malibu Wedding Weekend
Terri & Lily One sentence sum-up of the wedding vibe: An intimate semi-destination wedding weekend at a Malibu Mansion with only the people we wanted to be there, the best food, twinkling lights,...
View ArticleA Baltimore Neighborhood Wedding
Kate, Public Librarian & Erissa, Specialty Coffee Maven One sentence sum-up of the wedding vibe: A neighborhood crawl full of love, dancing, and pizza. Soundtrack for reading: “Parentheses” by The...
View ArticleAn Intimate Wedding In Washington, DC
Wesley & Brian One sentence sum-up of the wedding vibe: A bunch of different worlds and chapters of our lives colliding because our friends wanted to be there for our special day. Soundtrack for...
View ArticleOur Wedding Wasn’t Just Another Party
KELSEY, HIGH SCHOOL CLINICAL DIRECTOR AND APW INTERN AND JULIE, PERSONAL TRAINER AND FITNESS ENTHUSIAST ONE SENTENCE SUM-UP OF THE WEDDING VIBE: Glitter-covered fun with happy tears....
View ArticleHow We Planned A Food Truck Wedding
Kelsey, High School Clinical Director and APW Intern and Julie, Personal Trainer and Fitness Enthusiast One Sentence Sum-Up of the Wedding Vibe: Glitter-covered fun with happy tears. Planned Budget:...
View ArticleWhen Your First Gay Wedding Is Your Own Gay Wedding
Jordan & Michael People love weddings. They are so ready to show up and show their support for you. My partner Michael and I asked all our best friends and our entire family to travel from all...
View ArticleThe Making of Our Romantic, Irish-Serbian Wedding in Palm Springs
Katie, PR Director & Minya, IT Consultant Minya and I met in 2006 while volunteering, and it was love at first sight. She was serving lasagna and I was doing a bad job of not being obvious while...
View ArticleHow We Planned Our Sri Lanka Destination Wedding & Pool Party
Helen, Business owner, copywriter & Keren, business lady One sentence sum-up of the wedding vibe: Friends who are family and family who are friends on an island that smells of cinnamon. Planned...
View ArticleA San Francisco City Hall Wedding 8 Years in the Making
Kate, Interior Designer & Em, Kindergarten Teacher One sentence sum-up of the wedding vibe: Cozy, stylish, thoughtful, and community-oriented. Soundtrack of the day: We made a wedding soundtrack...
View ArticleEloping on a Tuesday Night
Tania, Graduate Student & Rachel, Development Professional One sentence sum-up of the wedding vibe: We wanted the wedding to be a representation of who we are individually and as a couple....
View ArticleHow Can My Parents Ignore My Wedding?
Q: I’m getting married to my partner of two years in five months. We’ve both come a very long way in coming out to our families (in my case it took multiple times), meeting each other’s relatives as...
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