
When High WASPs Give Wedding Presents, They Don’t Call Them “Gifts”
It’s June. For the next handful of Saturdays, couples all around the Western Hemisphere will be getting married.* If you’re attending a wedding, presents are
It’s June. For the next handful of Saturdays, couples all around the Western Hemisphere will be getting married.* If you’re attending a wedding, presents are
A week ago today, at the end of that night, I went to find my brother and his new wife to say goodbye. They pulled
The wedding was wonderful. Thursday night my mother and stepfather hosted dinner at the Foreign Cinema in San Francisco. Just immediate family, about 25 people.
Thursday my mother and stepfather hosted a dinner for immediate families, at the Foreign Cinema restaurant in San Francisco. The setting and flowers were gorgeous.
I’m done. Here are the last two items I’ve picked up for my brother’s wedding. An Alexis Bittar cuff, purchased during the week he gave
A few passing thoughts on the Royal Wedding. I found the dress boring. I couldn’t help but think that Mr. McQueen, had he been able
My brother gets married next month. True to High WASP form, he gave his fiancée a family ring when they got engaged. In fact, the
Today I am over at A Practical Wedding, giving advice to brides-to-be about why their rational, conscious mothers might behave unusually during wedding planning. It
I’ve been helping my brother and sister-in-law design their wedding. They thank me occasionally, but all I can think, is, they are letting me do
If what to wear to a wedding is one of the most asked questions of social dressing, what can you, the bride, or you, the
“But what, what, should I wear to the wedding?” Is someone you know getting married? Your brother or your husband’s college roommate? Your cousin, colleague,
My mother married my stepfather in the early 80’s. They held their small wedding, family only, at the chapel at Columbia University, where I was
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