Showered with Fun It’s your first shot at hosting a wedding shower, and you don’t want to travel down the same prenup path as your mother’s generation. No nibbling dainties and playing “what’s in the bag” for you and your girlfriends–you want something that’ll have the gang instant messaging for days, something that will depart [...]

Showered with Love and Other Things Here’s one item on the wedding checklist that’s hands-off for the bride: the bridal shower. It’s hosted by the maid of honor, one or all of the attendants, an aunt, or a gang of close coworkers, and the bride’s only obligation is to show up, open gifts, and have [...]

Throw a Betrothal Bash You were beginning to wonder if your son was going to remain in a perpetual state of bachelorhood while you resigned yourself to raising dachshunds rather than helping to raise grandchildren. But hes surprised you again, with a lovely future daughter-in-law. Naturally, you want to celebrate. Well, congratulations, because youre the [...]

The Wedding Feast Heres food for thought: What kind of menu will add flair to your wedding reception? For many newlyweds-to-be, this is one planning task thats as delicious as it is imaginative. Your reception repast can run the gamut from a lavish five-course dinner to nibbles and champagne, all depending on your budget, venue, [...]