Showing posts with label weddings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weddings. Show all posts
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Thursday, January 30, 2014
quicko: wedding speeches
Well now that WE'RE ENGAGED!!!!!!!!! there may be a few wedding-y quickos to come and spice up this now-rejuvenated blog. Such as: wedding speeches in Australia are a pretty big deal. As in, they're usually made by the best man, maid of honor, parents of the bride and groom and also the groom as well as possibly a handful of others. Or something like that. I'm looking into it.
(Americans usually do the toast by the best man/maid of honor, but not all the others.)
(Americans usually do the toast by the best man/maid of honor, but not all the others.)
Thursday, March 14, 2013
quicko: pseduo-bridal photos
It's a funny pet peeve to have, but I've been getting annoyed lately with all the brides I see around the Sydney Observatory. Oh, it's not the real brides that bother me. They're happy and glowing and perfectly entitled to be there. It's the fake ones.
How do you know they're fake? You know they're fake because you see them on a Tuesday afternoon. Or a Wednesday. Or a Monday. With a groom, a photographer, perfect lighting and no one else. Real brides come with entourages. On weekends. Regardless of it's perfect lighting or not, because they picked the day months prior when they couldn't guarantee it wouldn't rain at 5 pm.
No, the brides I see are the ones running about getting fake photos before the real event -- in fake dresses!! Dresses that can be rented for the photo shoot (photos from which will most likely appear at the actual wedding, say, in the order of service or on placecards or something)! For goodness sake, you want the real dress -- and that's why you take so many photos on the actual, real day!
I'm all for photos on real wedding days -- but no more of these highly orchestrated hoaxes. When you see a girl in a bridal gown, you ought to be able to gush because you know she's a real bride -- not an imposter who's getting a whole 'nother day to herself two months down the track.
How do you know they're fake? You know they're fake because you see them on a Tuesday afternoon. Or a Wednesday. Or a Monday. With a groom, a photographer, perfect lighting and no one else. Real brides come with entourages. On weekends. Regardless of it's perfect lighting or not, because they picked the day months prior when they couldn't guarantee it wouldn't rain at 5 pm.
No, the brides I see are the ones running about getting fake photos before the real event -- in fake dresses!! Dresses that can be rented for the photo shoot (photos from which will most likely appear at the actual wedding, say, in the order of service or on placecards or something)! For goodness sake, you want the real dress -- and that's why you take so many photos on the actual, real day!
I'm all for photos on real wedding days -- but no more of these highly orchestrated hoaxes. When you see a girl in a bridal gown, you ought to be able to gush because you know she's a real bride -- not an imposter who's getting a whole 'nother day to herself two months down the track.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Friday, July 20, 2012
quicko: engagement parties
Engagement parties are reasonably typical parts of Australian culture, particularly when there is a long (or undetermined) span of time between the engagement and the wedding. They're usually afternoon/early evening sorts of affairs with family and assorted friends from various places (church, work, sports teams, etc.). Children may well be invited as well to the mix-and-mingle event. Presents are happily received but (I'm hoping) not required. I've personally had a run of engagement parties to attend recently and am pretty sure I haven't mortally offended by only taking a card to each of them ...
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
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