One of my favorite unity rituals is handfasting. The custom can be traced to a number of different ethnic groups including Africans, Celts, and the Spanish, as well as to Pagan traditions. It is equally wonderful in a small elopement ceremony or a larger more formal wedding. For my weddings, I often include the handfasting […]
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Who doesn’t enjoy a Royal Wedding, particularly one during a global pandemic!? We were all treated, this weekend, to lovely pictures of the small, but beautiful, wedding of Princess Beatrice and her Italian beau Edoardo “Edo” Mapelli Mozzi this pass Friday. Much has been written about the private affair at the Royal Chapel of All
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Soon, very soon, we will be hosting small micro-weddings for clients in favorite locations like Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park and more. I was reminded of this gorgeous Simply Eloped couple Melissa & Robert with whom we worked a number of months ago. A newly blended family, they showed how easily one can incorporate certain
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A number of weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to officiate the wedding of this beautiful couple, originally from South Africa, courtesy of planning by Simply Eloped. Their wedding was before the first phase of re-opening here in New York City. So while the couple gathered in Central Park for their vows, I was with
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Living through this pandemic has meant that our lives are increasingly lived online, away from other people. Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, folks were spending increasing time in isolation, buried in their smart phones. Now, work, dating, worship and even marriage are filtered through Zoom or some other meeting platform. I’ve been doing “Zoom weddings”
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