Wedding Advice

Do It Yourself Weddings – For the Ultimate Stressful Expeerience

Do It Yourself Weddings – For the Ultimate Stressful Expeerience

  With over 35 years in the wedding industry and approximately fifteen-hundred weddings under my belt, I have seen just about everything that can happen at a wedding – both good and bad. My purpose in writing the essays that follow is to encourage the good things and help you avoid the bad. Bear in mind that, even when a few things go awry (there is always something that does not go according to plan), nearly every couple still ends up married and has a good time. Stress can be a Wedding Killer. It can suck the Joy right out of your day. Please understand: there is a certain amount of...

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How to get the best tuxedo deal

How to get the best tuxedo deal

How to get the best tuxedo deal: No matter what you pay for formal wear, if it doesn’t look good on your groom or grooms men or your dads, it is not a deal.  So let’s start with that. Go to a shop where they know what they are doing; where the sales people are not high school kids on a summer job, but trained professionals who know how to dress themselves (and you) correctly. Select a jacket style for each man.  Do not take a “one style fits all” approach.  The tall thin man and the short round man can not wear the came coat and both look good.  Use matching...

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