Bridesville.com Web News Archive

Something new: S.J. Weddings section (Courier-Post) - Brides-to-be will find aisles of local style in South Jersey Weddings, a special section coming Thursday in the Courier-Post.

CAROLYN HAX (Washington Post) - Dear Carolyn: I have never been a drinker. My mother and two groomsmen have drinking problems and I do not like to be around them when they drink. My fiancee's family has about half a dozen people who get falling-down, shout-at-the-DJ drunk at most weddings. The all-time loveliest, happiest, coolest...

Big Budget Weddings Continue to Boom (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Despite recent news of economic gloom, stylish couples planning to attend next week's luxury Designer Wedding Show appear undeterred.

Hispanics, businesses that serve them hit hard by downturn (Orlando Sentinel) - Alma Valdez sat alone in a backroom of Foto Estudio Azteca, a Mexican party-supply store in Apopka that sells items for baptisms, weddings and quinceañeras.

Caterer goes belly up (Bucks County Courier Times) - A couple weeks ago, Larry Ott had about two days to get caterers for three weddings.

CAROLYN HAX: Wedding bliss lost in alcohol debate (Detroit Free Press) - Dear Carolyn: I have never been a drinker. My mother and two groomsmen have drinking problems and I do not like to be around them when they drink. My fiancée's family has about half a dozen people who get falling-down, shout-at-the-deejay drunk at most weddings. The all-time loveliest, happiest, coolest wedding I ever went to had zero alcohol on the premises. I casually mentioned this to the ...

Economy, enforcement slow illegal immigration (Pioneer Press) - ORLANDO, Fla. — Alma Valdez sat alone in a backroom of Foto Estudio Azteca, a Mexican party supply store in Apopka, Fla., that sells items for baptisms, weddings and quinceaneras.

Bridal show Sunday in Bradenton (Bradenton Herald) - BRADENTON — Gulf Coast Weddings and Events will host its first bridal show from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Bradenton Municipal Auditorium.

Carolyn Hax: Booze gives groom the blues (The Kansas City Star) - DEAR CAROLYN: I have never been a drinker. My mother and two groomsmen have drinking problems, and fiancée’s family has about half a dozen people who get falling-down drunk at most weddings. The all-time loveliest, happiest, coolest wedding I ever went to had zero alcohol on the premises. I casually mentioned this to the bride and her family.

Hindu-Muslim Family in Queens Chooses Cremation, and Faces Criticism (New York Times) - A family?s decision to cremate their son?s body has become the object of a tug-of-war over religious freedom and obligation in Jackson Heights.