When I was growing up and my mom would talk about when she was younger, anything she said that seemed odd to us or unlike the current day and its ways, she would explain it away by saying, “It was during the war.” Apparently the fear of never seeing the guys from the neighborhood […]
weddings
Every Wedding Needs an Aunt
Wedding cookies obviously made by an overachieving Pittsburgh wedding aunt. I’m going to Baltimore soon for my niece’s wedding. Emily is my sister Reenie’s first baby. And even though she will be wearing a stunning J. Crew wedding gown when I see her next, I’ll still picture her as a big-cheeked, whispy-haired baby whenever […]
Wedding Rites and Wrongs
My sister Pam and I were talking the other day about how cool it is that brides get to do whatever they want now. It wasn’t always this way, you young, blond, perfect-skinned newlyweds. Did you know that back in our day, we weren’t allowed to have the color black anywhere within the diocese […]
Brides of New York
Thanks to Vindicator reporter and my new Facebook friend Shelby Schroeder for pointing out that the New York Times has its wedding stories online now. This has made my day, my week and quite possibly my 2009. I foresee my future spent in front of the computer reading about rich New Yorkers marrying other rich […]