As an American expat in Italy who married a descendant of the Roman gods a guy from Calabria, I had the luxury of a ready-made wedding theme when we tied the nodo in 2007. Although we got married in Texas, we looked for ways to infuse his southern Italian culture into our Big Day and...Read More
It is no secret I’m somewhat, oh, what would you say? Addicted to weddings. Seriously. I. Love. Them. I do. (get it?) I love the pre-planning, the planning, the execution … even the stress. I’ve worked in the industry, I’ve written about the industry and I’ve even played along – just for fun. So it...Read More
They say the best surprise is no surprise, but I can’t quite say I agree. I mean, seriously. Who thought of that? The best surprise is returning to your new country and your new husband after spending five weeks away, walking through the door and finding an oversized package covered with hearts with your name...Read More
This Marriage Meme was sent to me by a friend who found it on Kerry’s Khaos. What fun! And, how appropriate for this week’s installment of Love Thursday! 1. Where/how did you meet? We met in the burbs of Paris in 2000. We had seen each other around for a few months, and were officially...Read More
the new Mr. and Mrs… Isn’t that fun to say?? I mean, uh, write?? It is! It is! And, on this, our two month anniversary, it only seems fitting. Well, as you know good-ole-dad was able to attend the wedding, and other than a few centerpiece mishaps, a Maid of Honor shoe issue, and Peppe...Read More
fell in love…” This is one of the newest “wedding expressions” out on the market, and, while I must admit it does remind me somewhat of a sappy old Brad Paisley cawntrey song…it is nice to hear, especially when planning one’s wedding. I also liked “And, They Lived Happily Ever After!” But, ultimately fell for...Read More
since I left Italy more than three months ago, that I am having a hard time narrowing down an appropriate point of interest on which to write. Not so much due to inactivity on my part, but more so, perhaps from the lack of daily writing…which most writers know, increases skill and focuses a writer’s...Read More
“Ne di Venere Ne di Marte non si sposa ne si parte!” Welcome to Part One of a Five-Part Series about le nozze, i matrimoni or, as we say in English, WEDDINGS! On the board today… Tradizioni Italiani! Wedding traditions, in both the US and Italy, date back further than Martha Stewart, Preston Bailey, or...Read More
Birds are singing and bees are buzzing – love is in the air. As in America, summer is the season of love, and with that love, comes marriage, and before you know it, a baby carriage. Oh, wait. I got ahead of myself. Anyway, you might remember a few weeks ago when I was lamenting...Read More
Or, at least I will be in a few days. Peppe’s best bud is getting married this weekend in a little ole town near Naples called Benevento. And, we are making the trip! We have no choice, ya see…WE are the testimone, or the witnesses, or for lack of an even better term – the...Read More
