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Traditional fare…..or not. It’d be a travesty to not have something Mexican in a Southern AZ wedding. Something. Marichi for the walk down the aisle, serranas instead of nuts and mints, the removal of the sombrero instead of the garter….something. Keeping it simple we had some options for on-location catering. Including a full Mexican buffet. … Read moreKeeping PreNuptials Simple – Planning The Feast

Thanks to the savvy marketing campaign and monopolistic-type business practices originating with the De Beers diamond company of a century ago the popularity and perceived need for buying the biggest and best engagement/wedding diamonds has steadily grown. In fact; the phrase ‘A Diamond is Forever’ was coined and even named the best marketing slogan of … Read moreFoTo FriDay

Meltdowns and Related We had a near meltdown this week. The weather-guy replaced the typical 0% with a couple days of 20-30% in the precip category. Not good. Especially when 1) Plans are outside and more importantly 2) We had options for dates.  Could have picked any one of about 325 days it almost never … Read morePre-I-Do-Meltdown

Destination weddings represent over 15% of current weddings based on multiple sources. I did one–it was nice; even great. View, weather, beach, crowd, structure/format, pace….all things that are much easier to have some control over in destination weddings. Nice enough that I’ll do another.  Only this one will be better because I only need drive … Read moreDestination Weddings