One of the wedding regrets expressed by couples, over the ages, is how the celebration–and, especially the ceremony–simply flies by. With so much planning, fussing over guests, and natural anxiety, many brides and grooms feel the ceremony rushes by before they’ve had the chance to experience fully the gravity associated with getting married. Likewise, as […]
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Many—many—years ago, I was planning my wedding with the prince charming I thought I’d share my life with. If only our marriage had been as successful as the wedding. A story for another day. In retrospect, I realized that I had the seeds of a Celebrant inside me, and that one of the “gifts” of
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Even the most casual elopement ceremony can have wonderful touches of home. I recently married Sonam and Mizuho at the Treehouse for Dreaming (Dene Summerhouse) in Central Park. The Bride’s parents travelled from Japan to see their daughter wed. The groom’s father and siblings, all from Nepal, now lived in New York City. While the
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It’s Tartan Week in New York City—the annual time to celebrate all-things Scottish, featuring a colorful parade along Sixth Avenue. And, we at Simply Eloped, honored Scotland with a wedding of an adorable couple at the Bethesda Arcade! Jacqueline and Alasdair came with the bride’s parents and niece for a once-in-a-lifetime elopement in the Big
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Jacqueline and Frank were a perfect couple to work with. Both special education teachers in New Jersey, they had a kind, gracious attitude that was infectious. Having witnessed a Celebrant-led ceremony at the wedding of Jackie’s sister, they embraced the possibilities of acknowledging the bride’s Catholic heritage and the groom’s Persian background, as well as
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When I came to celebrancy work, I was called by the desire to create and perform meaningful rituals, rites of passage, and ceremonies to help in the healing process. I firmly believe that the network of Celebrants, as trained by the Celebrant Institute & Foundation, is uniquely prepared to serve the eclectic mix of people
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Last weekend, I married a delightful up in the New Haven, Connecticut area. The bride and groom came to the ceremony with a number of ideas and suggestions and customizing the ceremony. Michelle and Ryan were keen to tell their personal romantic story including Ryan’s fanciful proposal of marriage in Ireland. They were keen on
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Celebrity Chef, author, and “First Girlfriend” of New York State Sandra Lee has made famous the term “semi-homemade.” In books and on the food network she promotes recipes of partially pre made items, couple with homemade additions. Hopefully this include quick, relatively easy dishes that have a home cooked feel for time impoverished cooks. I
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In the heart of Christmas season I was fortunate to officiate the German-inspired wedding of Jean and Jim. This lovely couple had a particularly sweet story, having first met 30+ years ago in a theatre group at St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church in Ridgewood, Queens (which still offers a weekly mass in German). Having found
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Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I had the wonderful opportunity to officiate Mathew & Marissa’s wedding at the beautiful de Seversky Mansion, on the campus of New York Institute of Technology. I’d married another couple there in 2011, but it was a summer wedding so it had a much different feel. This is a truly stunning
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