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Last Updated: August 2026

We love May weddings, so when we saw...

Last Updated: August 2026

The first time I stood in the Main Hall at Union Station watching a bride get married under that soaring gold ceiling, a groomsman in a rented tux was doing the Cha Cha Slide next to a bronze statue while a Marine Corps buddy heckled him from the bar. Nobody in that room looked like they ...

Last Updated: August 2026

My cousin got engaged in Leeds in the spring of 2025 and immediately asked me one question: was she supposed to be buying a facial gadget or booking a med spa membership. She had seven months, a shortlist of hydradermabrasion wands, and no idea whic...

Ask a couple what their wedding theme is these days, and more often than not, they’ll pause. Not because they haven’t thought about their day, but because they’re not thinking in themes anymore. Instead of building a celebration around a color palette, motif, or era, more couples are starting elsewhere: a feeling.

It’s a beautiful approach, but a trickier one to...

Last Updated: August 2026

Last September, I sat with a couple at a coffee shop in Bristol going through their venue shortlist. He was relaxed, scrolling through photos on his phone. She had a spreadsheet open with three tabs, a calculator app running in the background, and the particular tight-jawed calm of someone who has done the maths four times and doesn’t...