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Elizabeth Oakes is the braintrust behind MarriageToGo.Com, a unique marriage licensing and wedding officiation service in Los Angeles, CA. She creates and conducts hundreds of civil and event weddings per year and writes from the trenches about weddings, marriage, and our changing culture.

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Wedding flame-out? UK agencies calling for ban on wedding "sky lanterns"

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 · 2 comments

There's no denying that sky lanterns are a lovely sight. Initially developed in Asia for military signalling almost two thousand years ago, glowing...
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Book review: "Miss Manners' Guide To A Surprisingly Dignified Wedding"

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I have always been an admirer of Judith Martin's "Miss Manners" books, and was especially delighted to receive a press copy of her newest,...
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Don't say cheese!: smiling for wedding photos isn't traditional

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Many of us still have among the family treasures an ancestral wedding portrait, a single photo of a solemn couple in a studio, often with dropcloth...
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New Year resolutions for newly engaged couples

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Everyone has goals they'd like to meet, and the New Year seems to be the time when we evaluate our lives and promise ourselves that we will recommit...
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Weirdest weddings of 2009!

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Marriage is rapidly changing in our society, and so are weddings. We have become fascinated with new iterations of the wedding ritual and all kinds...
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2009's most magical marriage proposal

As a follow-up to my recent Examiner article on wedding proposals, here's a beautifully executed, simple, and...
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Holiday weddings and The Bride of Light

Holiday weddings are a natural--popular ceremony locations are already festively decked, gatherings and feasting with family and friends already...
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Watch out--it's marriage proposal season!

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...or so many major bridal outlets would have you believe! True or not, with the festive mood, gathered families, and gift-giving that takes place at...
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Celebrating fifty years of marriage and a renewal of vows

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Gary and Norma thought they were attending a nice cocktail party at their daughter's house on their fiftieth wedding anniversary but for weeks their...
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Reflections on "until death do us part"

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I went to a memorial service this weekend for a man whose wedding I officiated less than a year ago; this particular couple had an intimate wedding...
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