Marriage in the time of Sparta

Just last week I was teasing a 20-year-old guy/man/kid about getting his news from Mad Magazine, and here I am regurgitating something that ...

Why do we wear engagement rings?

Ah, Romance! Harriet here, jumping in to disillusion you about yet another romantic wedding tradition! Everyone loves a great engagement st...

Men's wedding dress from around the world

Fellas, I'm not ignoring you. I know the bride tends to be the focus, but it takes two people to make a wedding. Here are some things a ...

Liz Hurley's multi-cultural wedding

I don't really know much about Liz Hurley, but I do know that she's a lovely lady and she had a fabulously cross-cultural wedding. L...

Traditional Bridal garb

The last two days, I've written about different wedding traditions. One similarity to almost all customs is the bride's ornate dress...

Pakistani Wedding Traditions

Can you believe that it's September already? Where does the time go? Today's focus is on wedding customs from Pakistan. They traditi...

Japanese Wedding Customs

I'm going to do something a bit different for the next few weeks. This week, I'm going to explore some wedding customs from around t...

Beautiful mehndi

I have always loved mehndi - as a kid one of my friends had a huge party thrown for her and she had henna on her hands and feet before the c...