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Gossip site Gawker has a Sunday feature Altarcations, in which couples featured in The New York Times' Weddings & Celebrations are scored and rated by Gawker writer Phyllis Nefler.  It's usually pretty funny, and not at all as mean-spirited as our little description might unintentionally imply.

This week's installment of Altarcatiosn (we love that title!) featured that fabulous photo you see above, and included this letter to Phyllis:

"Dear Gawker,
On August 16, we were subjects of Phyllis Nefler's Altarcations nuptial scoring.

Having not met the other couple, but realizing we were in the same neighborhood, we arranged to meet for beers and bratwurst.  It was quite an enjoyable time – visual evidence is attached.  Many thanks for making the introduction."

We love it!  This weeks installment also features other couples, fun photos and links to videos.  Check out the entire Altarcations post here.

Reception seating can be one of the most challenging aspects of wedding planning. Since your wedding is, in some ways, a giant party, you want to make sure everyone invited is comfortable and seated at a table with people whose company they enjoy. Of course, you also want to make sure you follow wedding etiquette.

We spoke to party and wedding experts about what they would recommend -- check out what they had to say, read the full article here.