Bridesville.com Web News Archive

Blogger gadfly enjoys dissecting N.Y. Times weddings (Belleville News-Democrat) - The New York Times is like the prom queen of the media industry: Everyone's interested in it, and everyone loves to put it down. In addition to the blogs that rip apart the Times' news stories and food reviews, there's the deliciously vicious Veiled Conceit (www.veiledconceit.com), whose only mission is to mock the blue bloods in the Sunday Times' "Weddings and Celebrations" section.

At weddings, the best party favor is love (Times Herald) - This past weekend, we attended our first wedding of 2006. If all goes as expected, we'll RSVP for five more before the year ends.

Pricey gold puts damper on Afghan weddings (USA Today) - Take pity on the Afghan bride. Or maybe just as appropriate take pity on the groom. Centuries of pageantry and tradition combined with a recent 26-year high in gold prices are taking a toll on the amount of jewelry a bride here can expect to wear on her wedding day.

Beautiful. Enthusiastic. Brilliant. A Scholarship Student. A Hardworking Government Worker. And Barely Legal. (About.com) - Together, several of my sister friends would make a fascinating poster-group for some of the nicer ripple affects of immigration. She's been to weddings in Indian saris and henna tattoos;...

Vow to Make the Most of Your Wedding Ring Investment (El Dorado Times) - (ARA) - Tying the knot is one thing. Getting tied up in knots about your wedding rings is another. At an average wedding cost of $20,000, approximately $40 billion is spent on more than 2.5 million weddings in the United States each year, according to Sell More Weddings.

This Week in Weddings: (KRNV) - All my close friends are guys. What do I do about the bridal shower, the bachelorette party and, most importantly, the wedding party? Click through for Carley's answer!

Kirk faces gay 'weddings' split (BBC News) - The Church of Scotland will debate whether ministers should be allowed to conduct same sex civil partnerships.

Weddings - May 21, 2006 (Texarkana Gazette) - Alexis Joy Brooke McKellar and Shawn Mikel McGilberry were united in marriage at 5 p.m. May 6 at Garrison-McLain House. The Rev. Jerry Monholland performed the ceremony.

Forget it, Jalopnik: It's Chinatown. Cuting Up American Iron for Asian Weddings (Jalopnik) - We spent the weekend in San Francisco, gorging ourselves on gourmet foods, figuring out how many of the finer things in life we could wring out of our meager budget. And we have to admit, we did...

Uganda: Wedding Show Exposes Lack of Ugandan Designers (AllAfrica.com) - It is estimated that about 200 weddings take place in Uganda's main towns every weekend. This, according to General Elly Tumwine, proprietor of The Creations Limited and guest of honour at the official opening night of the Wedding Show Uganda on Thursday May 18, this year.