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Monthly Archives: February 2014

boyfriend, Dates, family, friends, frugality, home, sisters, wedding, yale

The Best Time to Plan Your Wedding is When You’re Single

Author Violet Date February 20, 2014
As a corollary to my benediction of the wedding binder, I’d like to rant...
Tagged branford nalgene, brideday friday, davenport college dining hall, elopement, engagement ring shopping, gerard manley hopkins, go to college to get more knowledge, go to jupiter to get more stupider, he fathers forth whose beauty is past change: praise Him, orange engagement ring, pied beauty, pierson college dining hallb, say yes to the dress marathon, scouting wedding venues online, tilt at windmills, wedding binder, wedding planner, weding homework, women planning weddings early, Yale Nostalgia | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, family, friends, frugality, home, Uncategorized, wedding, yale

Benediction of the Binder: Wedding Planning Requires Heavy Homework

Author Violet Date February 20, 2014
Each new day is another attempt to baby-step into the deepening quagmire that is...
Tagged brideday friday, burgeoning beast, daiso baby, davenport dining hall, don quixote, elopement, facetime, gerard manley hopkins, he fathers forth whose beauty is past change: praise Him, hong kong, jewelry display window, johnny come lately, lisbeth levine, may broadcast upfronts week, mckayla is not impressed, mckayla maroney, mindy weiss, network executive, pied beauty, quin woodward pu, read pilots, say yes to the dress marathon, the wedding book: the big book for your big day, the wedding planner & organizer, tilting at windmills, trackvision, trapper keeper, trim to fit, tvtracker, variety insight, watch screeners, wedding binder, wedding planner, wedding planning shaming, wedding quagmire, Yale Nostalgia | 1 Comment |
boyfriend, Dates, family, friends, Invoking the Muse, Uncategorized, wedding, yale

Where Should We Get Married? Ghana’s Too Trendy.

Author Violet Date February 13, 2014
The title is a coinage by my friend Steph, a driven, hardworking and generally...
Tagged 1 in a trillion, 2009 venice film festival, anne hathaway birthday, anne hathaway is annoying, anne hathaway is awesome, arrange a getaway, atelier versace, bold striverism, bridesmaids wore wedding dresses, bridesmaids wore white, bulldogs in ghana, candid love, cheap wedding dress, cheongsam, don't shoot the shooter, elementary school picture day, expensive wedding dress, failed selfies, farmers market at the grove, film camera, flabbergasted gape, gardena is too trendy, ghana's too trendy, go to africa, insufficiently recondite, kate middleton dental tension, necker island wedding, nervous bite, once in a coon's age, photographic and photogenic, photography enthusiast, picking a venue, rachel getting married, red carpet arrivals, red carpet wear, ross dress for less parking lot, sari, selecting a wedding venue, sui generis dress, the grove l.a., unrealistic goals, where should i get married, white bridesmaid dresses, yale daily news, yalies in accra, ydn, ydn elections | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, family, friends, shopping, Uncategorized, wedding

Everyone’s a Wedding Planner! (Except Me.)

Author Violet Date February 13, 2014
Planning proceeds apace! And I’ve uncovered another home truth in the course of my...
Tagged a nuptial production, associated press video, dame elizabeth taylor, dotage-induced dottiness, dress bustling, elizabeth taylor, elizabeth taylor 9th engagement, elizabeth taylor wedding, entertainment tonight, episiotomy, event insurance, feb club, help plan a wedding, home truths, improbably sized chalice, jason winters, linen rentals, married? NO, mory's cup, now i'm going to howl, soundstage screaming, wedding planning truism, writer/director/star, z-list red carpet arrivals | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, family, friends, frugality, home, Uncategorized, violet inviolate, wedding, yale

Had We But World Enough, and Time, This Slow Wedding Planning Were No Crime

Author Violet Date February 11, 2014
Mark it down in the daybook. February 11, 2014: The day I realized that...
Tagged bathroom photo shoot, calling vendors, charlotte york goldenblatt, crude manips, endless wedding planning, engaged gif, ever-strengthening ardor, fee brothers bitters, génoise, génoise cake, getting engaged, had we world enough and time this coyness lady were no crime, high gear, jean-luc picard gif, judging dog, lavish fete, living in sin, marry in haste repent at leisure, must invite column, my vegetable love should grow vaster than empires and more slow, nuptial nescience, organza, peonies, pinterest wedding ideas, roast asparagus season, roast vegetable, sex and the city, sochi bear opening ceremony gif, the falcon hollywood, the knot, to his coy mistress, wedding budget, wedding invite list, wedding planning spreadsheet, wedding planning stress, yale feb club, Yale Nostalgia, yale sign | 1 Comment |
boyfriend, Uncategorized

More Ways Cheap Asian Stores Can Change Your Life

Author Violet Date February 6, 2014
Let’s — per usual procedure — invoke the muse: This song goes out to...
Tagged change your life, cheap asian stores, daiso japan, discount asian store, iggy azalea, iphone car mount, official monogram, phablet, proclip usa, regular type melamine sponge, valentine's day, vampire academy, warby parker vs. zenni, wooden japanese doll, zenni optical | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, frugality, home, shopping, Uncategorized

Daiso Needed That! I Dare You To Get Out of Daiso For Less Than $10

Author Violet Date February 6, 2014
I’ve written previously about my delight with the store Daiso. Deepak and I made...
Tagged $1.50 store, california girl bronzer, chinese new year, convenience store, cressida bonas scrunchie, cute japanese products, daiso japan, haul, hold my closer tiny portmanteau, iphone 5 case, japanese lunchbox, jesus in toast, kawaii, phone suitcase, shroud of turin, silicon jacket, year of the horse | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, home, Uncategorized, wedding

Plan Your Honeymoon Before You Plan Your Wedding!

Author Violet Date February 4, 2014
OK. It’s time for some good, hard self-assessment: I, Violet on Orange, put the...
Tagged België, brussels sprouts, buy your wedding dress before you get engaged, drunk in london, drunk in love, exigent travel situation, honeymoon planning, human condition, i do now i don't, mid-noughties, monique lhullier wedding gown, mushroom mochi potsticker dumpling, orangutan, prenuptial prepurchase, princess cut white gold floating halo ring, putting the cart before the horse, saving the date, setting the date, wedding dress shopping, wedding dress tulle with pickups, wedding planning | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, cooking, home, recipes, Uncategorized

Recipe: Hummus-Guacamole — Why Choose Between Dips?

Author Violet Date February 4, 2014
Did everyone have a good Super Bowl weekend? I’m not the biggest natural football...
Tagged avocados, broccoli, broncos seahawks, cauliflower, chickpeas, cruciferous vegetables, frozen desserts setting, garlic, guava mojito, hummus guacamole recipe, low oil, new england patriots, salty, spicy, super bowl, tahini, vitamix blender, why choose between dips | Leave a comment |
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