The Disney Wedding Podcast: Behind The Scenes At The Van Dyke Seafoam Circus Wedding

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April 3, 2013

Typically, this Adventures blog is a showcase for my personal perspective on the wedding planning process and the events Rebel Belle has had the pleasure of producing. Today, however, I enjoyed the rare treat of listening to RBW clients Arlene and Dick Van Dyke candidly discuss their wedding planning process on The Disney Wedding Podcast. It’s really kind of fun to listen in like a fly on the wall as Arlene details the challenges of planning a large scale wedding in short (very short!) amount of time – and on the property of the former head of MGM Studios nonetheless! You’ve read the blog posts, now you can click here to get the behind the scenes scoop from the Van Dykes themselves.

Offbeat Bride Guest Post Time!

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

If you know me, you know I’m always beyond thrilled to contribute to Offbeat Bride. Today, I’m especially excited that they’ve featured my wedding advice post on choices, decisions and the process of second-guessing yourself in “We want X, Y and Z at our wedding. Is that bad?” All hail the Offbeat Empire!!!

Trust Me I’m A Wedding Planner: Tipping Wedding Vendors

This *may* qualify as "above and beyond." Photo by Ryan Williams, Rawtography

 

Thursday, August 2, 2012

In the second installment of my “Trust Me I’m A Wedding Planner” series, I’m going to discuss the concept of tipping wedding vendors, inspired by a rant over on Bitchless Bride today that made me laugh, cry and feel compelled to respond and elaborate.

If you haven’t discovered BB yet, buckle up and enjoy. A self-described “straight forward, foul mouthed wedding planner,” BB and her contributors dish it out raw and uncensored like drunken sailors at a wedding –  which can be either hilarious or a tough pill to swallow, depending on your perspective. They vent, rant, rave and – in the process – educate the masses. Truth  is, foul mouthed or not, they are usually right on target. Perhaps in need of a few cleansing breaths and a couple of cocktails, but still – dead on.

And so it was today when the Tipping Fairy piece shredded the long time reigning wedding authority, referred to as “They Who Shall Not Be Named,” regarding their outdated, ridiculous advice on tipping wedding vendors.  Take a sec to read the original post here, then come back and I’ll give it to you without the rage.

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