In a few weeks I\’ll turn 33 and, sadly, I realize I\’m long past being anything \”for my age.\” I\’m no longer cute for my age, talented for my age, a good reader for my age. All qualifications and special considerations have long passed. There\’s nothing I can get away with now because, \”After all, your honor, he\’s only 33.\”
Your best friend is soon to wed. You\’re in charge of the prenuptial ladies fete but your buddy is an iconoclast and so are you. If you\’re looking for bachelorette parties that score points for originality, you might consider these unusual substitutes.
Between the drinking, the gambling and the legalized prostitution, Las Vegas just might be the most romantic spot on the planet for the biggest drunken gamble of them all: marriage. But while making your inebriated way down the aisle in this marriage mecca is as easy as pie for the average citizen, you have to look a little harder for the perfect wedding package if you\’re one of the tribe.
Because while that bright-light city might set your soul on fire, it sure doesn\’t make it easy to rustle up a rabbi on a moment\’s notice. They tend not to cruise the strip. Slowly but surely, however, area hotels and chapels are breaking into the Jewish nuptials game.
You\’ve honored your closest friends and most cherished relatives with a special place in your wedding party. As bridesmaids, they\’ll throw you a shower, plan a bachelorette bash and attend other pre-wedding event, which means you\’ll be spending a good deal of time with them in the coming months. But weddings have a way of bringing out people\’s true colors. And, like an ugly bridesmaid dress, those colors aren\’t always flattering. So what do you do about an attendant who\’s out to steal your spotlight? Or the one who complains all the time? Easy! Just use our baffling bridesmaid behavior decoder and follow our keep-the-peace guide.
The bride circled the groom under the chuppah. The groom stomped a wine glass at the end of the ceremony and was greeted with shouts of \”mazel tov.\”
Despite these traditional touches, this wedding was not performed by an Orthodox rabbi, and therefore not registered by the Chief Rabbinate, which has sole authority over Jewish marriage in Israel.
The term \”boyfriend\” is like the knee joint on someone who is morbidly obese. It is being asked to do way more than it was designed to do. It is buckling under the pressure. Where it once could do the job, it is now carrying too much weight
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Just remember: The most important parts of planning an event is having fun and enjoying the benefits of all your hard work.
Both brides were beautiful and the dress was a focal point each time, thanks to the loving restoration work by dressmaker Camila Sigelmann, who made it possible for Amee Huppin Sherer to be married in Grandma Marian Huppin\’s 1925 wedding gown.
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