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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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Inside the mind of “The Bridezilla”--part two

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

The classic “Bridezilla”--a woman in a white dress whose crazed, narcissistic behavior is mythically monstrous--has quickly become an...
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Inside the mind of "The Bridezilla"--part one

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 · 1 comment

Since the first appearance of the term “Bridezilla” in 1995, the dominant cultural image of The Bride has shifted from a young, demure...
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How to spend millions on your wedding!

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Online articles and video segments about cutting wedding costs are appearing ad nauseum these days, and I for one am tired of seeing them--especially...
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An iPod wedding: should I or shouldn't I? (part two)

Saturday, June 20th, 2009 · 11 comments

"Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." --Charlie...
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An iPod wedding: should I or shouldn’t I? (part 1)

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The phrase “iPod wedding” has been popping up so frequently it now shorthand for the do-it-yourself sensibility taking over a huge segment...
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Wedding industry flailing as recession kicks its bridal behind

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Some of you may remember this exchange from the opening number of “Fiddler on the Roof” (music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick,...
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Improv group throws surprise wedding reception for random NYC couple

I loved this event by Improv Everywhere (those people behind NYC improvisational art happenings like the motionless...
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Bridezilla vs. SuperBride!

Every time you encounter a narcissistic bride-to-be who can’t stop yammering on about her wedding day, or have the misfortune to run afoul of a...
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Love, death, and Proposition 8

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Like everyone else in California who is a strong believer in marriage equality, I was up nights over Memorial Day weekend stressing about "The...
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Can I ask for cash instead of wedding gifts?

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Can you ask for cash as a wedding gift? Short answer: NO.Why not? Long answer: because etiquette dictates you’re not supposed to ask...
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