On the weekends, lisa sobieniak and david ongley often ski over the flat, dim snow at the edge of town to a bend in the natural gas pipeline beyond the airport and stop there for a romantic kiss. it’s the spot where they were married last april. not many outdoor weddings happen in barrow, on the shore of the arctic ocean, and even fewer happen wh

Your wedding day is supposed to be sacred, but several dreams have been ruined after a houston venue suddenly closed down, leaving couples out thousands of dollars. it's a seemingly attractive venue where karina villanueva had planned to exchange vows in october. "it's terrible i just don't wish this on anybody," villanueva said. this bride-to-be s

Like her marriage proposal, katie mccarthy’s wedding will be steeped in meaning. the 25-year-old from south boston accepted chris gorczyca’s proposal hand-painted inside a mug of tea, and the pair will celebrate in june at the taj, where mccarthy marked many other special occasions, including her ninth birthday (it was then the ritz-carlton), w

With hundreds of thousands of syrian men killed in warfare, and an uncertain number fleeing conscription and economic hardship, syrian women are maintaining cultural traditions in the ways that they still can. the wall street journal interviewed a number of women who have recently hosted a wedding celebration without a groom by their side. accordin

Michael lascuola and his wife did it in their living room. robin tapp and her husband did it at the top of wilkerson pass and jennifer schafer and her husband did it in the forest outside winter park. what did they do? got married all by themselves. no priests, pastors or judges. no guest list drama, no "chicken dance," no venue rental and no worry

Farmers who host weddings in their backyard cannot refuse ceremonies where two people of the same sex are trying to get married, a new york court has ruled. the court's decision affirmed the state's division of human rights (dhr) ruling against robert and cynthia gifford, owners of liberty ridge farms, after they declined to host a "wedding" for a

You've found the person you love, picked a wedding venue, and selected a date. now it's time to invite guests to your wedding! sending out wedding invitations brings up all sorts of questions, from who to invite to when and how, so we've asked our experts to answer some of the most common wedding invitation questions to help make the process a litt

A latest study has suggested that a wedding band could be an effective treatment against cancer as married individuals have reportedly witnessed better life expectancy after cancer diagnosis. study researchers found that married people apparently have a marked survival benefit. they found that male cancer patients who are single had a death rate 27

This year's oscar nominees are regrettably monochrome. nonwhite actors have been ignored. prominent starsand creators, both white and nonwhite, are angry. the academy of motion picture arts and sciences presidentwants change. so what does that change look like? after yet another year of #oscarssowhite, it's clear the status quo will not stand — a

One of the most romantic days in canyon county, second only to valentine's day, took place saturday. the idaho wedding show, a longtime event where engaged couples spend the day wedding planning, took place at the ford idaho center. hundreds of people walked through the center looking at vendors, drinking wine, tasting cake and booking party venues