It's that time again: Altarcations, one of our favorite wedding blogs. The gist is, Altarcations is feature at Gawker in which Phyllis Nefler reviews The New York Times' wedding section. It's lots of fun.
This week's Altarcations involves horseradish as a wedding trend, doing shots at the altar, cubs marrying cougars, dissections of "power couples" and a lot more!
The New York Times published an article this week called The First Marriage, all about how the Obama's personal relationship is being affected by their professional and political life, and influencing other modern marrieds. It's an interesting angle to explore: Can a couple truly be equals when one of them is the President?
Check out the full NYT article here.
Okay, very few of us will ever be (or be married to) a President. Still, it's an interesting scenario to compare against the different responsibilities and power dynamics that exist in all marriages.
We're not a political blog at all; we just like to talk about love, romance, wedding planning and married life... and we think their married life looks pretty cool! However you feel about Obama as our President, you have to admit that it's kinda great that he's keeping "date night" alive in spite of his schedule, and his opponents attempts to turn his life with his wife into something political they can attack.
It looks like quickie weddings in Vegas are on the rise...
The New York Times' Devan Sipher reports that elopements have jumped recently, but they're still spending on their real weddings as well.
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