Bridesville.com Web News Archive

More brides angle for cheaper weddings (The Pantagraph) - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Brides are still saying “I do” in 2009, but they’re saying “I don’t” to lavish weddings.

Bridal Store Boom: The Wal-Mart of Weddings (ABC News) - David's Bridal isn't feeling the pinch of the recession.

Anniversary of Same-Sex Weddings in SF (KGO AM 810 San Francisco) - Gay rights supporters have commemorated the anniversary of the first same-sex weddings with a gathering in San Francisco; about 50 people attended the event at the First Unitarian Universalist Society's church Monday night.

Weddings resistant to economy's difficulties (Deseret News) - On MormonTimes.com: An Associated Press poll shows that the rituals of attending weddings and giving the couple gifts are...

MacDowell: 40s are awkward for a leading lady (AP via Yahoo! News) - "Four Weddings and a Funeral" star Andie MacDowell says her 40s were an awkward time partly because Hollywood filmmakers didn't know how to cast the veteran American actress.

South Brunswick photographer captures more than just weddings (MyCentralJersey.com) - When the film "Wedding Crashers" came out in 2005, one of the promotional tag lines was "Hide Your Bridesmaids." Jeff Tisman's friends were convinced it was true in his case.

Method for AP-Brides.com poll on weddings (AP via Yahoo! News) - The Associated Press-Brides.com Poll on weddings was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from May 28-June 1, 2009. It is based on landline and cellular telephone interviews with a random sample of 1,000 adults, including 939 adults who have ever attended a wedding and 530 adults who have attending a wedding within the last two years. Interviews were conducted with 800 respondents on ...

Getting Hitched: Taking the (cup)cake (The Washington DC Examiner) - The cupcake craze has spawned a slew of cupcake-specific bakeries in the Washington area, cupcake cookbooks, even a cupcake bake-off on the Food Network. And weddings aren’t immune from the trend.

Writer recalls relative's wedding-night abduction nearly 90 years ago (Minnesota Public Radio) - June is a popular month for weddings in Minnesota. It's been that way for years. This evening, commentator Peg Guilfoyle plans to celebrate the anniversary of one unusual wedding that made headlines 90 years ago.

Reserve county garden for weddings (The Bernardsville News) - The Horticulture Department of the Somerset County Park Commission is accepting reservations for wedding ceremonies and photos for the Perennial Garden, the Rose Garden, and the Colonial Park Arboretum. The fee for each site is $75 per hour.