Who Needs a Caterer? Park Some Food Trucks Outside of Your Wedding.
Fair warning: It won’t be as easy as you think.
Who’s Killing Marriage? It Might Not Be Who—or What—You Think.
Marriage is dead, long live marriage.
Raleigh Churches Fight Back Against the United Methodists’ Same-Sex Marriage Crackdown
“I am not an issue; I am a person. If the church cannot accept me just as I am, then it has no place for me.”
Four Stories From Four (and a Half) Years of Same-Sex Marriage in North Carolina
“I remember when Amendment 1 was being passed and how inhuman my now-wife and I felt.”
Love Who You Love, Be Who You Are: The INDY’s Third-Annual Wedding Guide
Our guiding principle: All couples are uniquely beautiful and deserve to be celebrated for who they are, no matter who they are.
Your Wedding Cake Doesn’t Actually Have to Be a Cake
Let them eat … uh, donuts?
Your Wedding Jewelry Doesn’t Have to Be Standard. Staci Sawyer Phebus Can Help.
Nobody needs to tell you how huge jewelry is within the massive wedding-industry scheme. There are some companies that are happy to have you believe that the bigger the diamond, the stronger your love. But it doesn’t have to be that way, of courseyou may find yourself more interested in getting a one-of-a-kind, meaningful piece…
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An Illustrated Gender-Neutral Guide to Suits
Much ado is made about wedding dresses, and understandably so. They can be gorgeous, intricate works of art as much as they are functional garments. But what if you don’t want to wear a dress? Suits, too, are an essential part of wedding wear. The finer details of suits and their accessories are myriad, from…
Cake Boss: Edible Arts Bakery’s Todd Mozingo on Some of His Wildest Creations
Many long-established wedding traditions are being altered, twisted, and revamped to accommodate the interests and aesthetics of a new wave of couples. That goes for cakes, too. We talked to Todd Mozingo, the owner of Edible Arts Bakery, the oldest dessert bakery in Raleigh, about some of his bakery’s wildest custom creations and how the…
Where to Find Last-Minute Wedding Gifts in the Triangle
For the couple with a sweet tooth: Videri Chocolate: The area’s best chocolate is made in Raleigh. Videri offers everything from bitter sea-salt bars to creamy milk chocolate. For the best variety, choose the fifteen-piece confections box full of bonbons and caramels. 327 West Davie Street, Raleigh For the garden enthusiasts: The Zen Succulent: A…
Where to Take Your Out-of-Town Wedding Guests
It’s never easy dealing with the inevitable nerves that emerge as your wedding day approaches. But keeping a needy group of family and friends busy can crank your stress levels to epic highs. Here are some ideas to keep the fam occupied for hours, if not days, while you’re preparing for your own big day.…
You Can Get Hitched in the Jail, or Above I-40, or at a Lot of Weird Places
The Durham County Detention Facility isn’t the first place you’d think of to get hitched. Unless you’re Natalie Spring and Harris Carpenter, that is. The Durham couple had vowed not to get married until same-sex marriage was legalized in North Carolina. In 2008, they had a commitment ceremony that wasn’t conventional either. The ceremony took…
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