Bridesville.com Web News Archive

Local churches vary in charges for weddings and funerals (The Western Star) - There’s little free in this world, and the number of things that once were are dwindling. The practice of churches charging a fee or fees for weddings and funerals can fall into a number of categories — it’s either been a long-time custom, something recently implemented or expected to be done soon.

Unconventional celebrity weddings (Times Online) - Convention is for civilians. The celebrity wedding industry is one big attention-seeking competition, where the predictable and pedestrian don’t win prizes.

Old magic missing in Russo's 'Cape' (Boston Herald) - "That Old Cape Magic" is a beach read for a bummer of a summer. Richard Russo's seventh novel is bookended by two Cape Cod weddings, both attended by protagonist/narrator...

Wedding Pros Offer Tips on Keeping Celeb Weddings Secret (Washington Post) - THE MISSION : Successfully execute a full-scale, tulle-and-tuxes wedding for an A-list client in absolute secrecy.

Autry Tech offering 4 cake decorating courses (The Enid News & Eagle) - Do you admire the beautiful cakes at weddings or the cute cakes at children’s birthday parties? Have you ever wished you could make cakes like the ones you admire?

Cinéma Vérité (New York Times) - She gets more mileage out of compressed emotion than other actresses get out of nervous breakdowns. In “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” she confessed her love to a clueless Hugh Grant , delivering the news with such an affecting blend of misery and composure that she walked off with the movie.

Corporate Cricket (The Telegraph) - Cheer your team at The Telegraph 8th Corporate Indoor Cricket Tournament presented by Royal Challenge at Space Circle, 11am. Be there on the final day of The Telegraph Weddings at ITC The Sonar Calcutta, 11am to 8pm.

How to deal with children (Chicago Tribune) - Or how to fake being good with them What with all the weddings, reunions and company picnics, this is the season to mingle with the 12-and-younger set.

It's A Good Ning (Forbes) - Social networking site Ning is sidling up to old-media outfits like Martha Stewart to build online meeting places.

Bravilor Bonamat Coffee Filter (Jersey Insight) - Professional Filter Machine with 2.2litre Serving Jug. For commercial use or dinner parties, weddings, coffee-junkies etc. Also includes hundreds of coffee filters and will even throw-in lots of unopened Kenco Westminster Medium Roast Arabia coffee to go with it (at £2 a cup, that’s nigh on £400 worth).