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Oops, We Forgot to Get Married! Bring On The Premarital Honeymoons

Author Violet Date September 2, 2014
On the heels of our latest vacation, I must dispense with a burning question/update....
Tagged bound 2, engagement ring photos, engagement ring shopping shame, four seasons wedding, gabrielle union wedding, pinboard, pinterest, popping the question, premarital honeymoon, south coast plaza mall, tiffany blue boxes, turkish skin shade, united miles devaluation, we forgot to get married | 2 Comments |
boyfriend, Dates, Invoking the Muse, Travels, Uncategorized

Rome If You Want To

Author Violet Date September 1, 2014
As is becoming tradition, I will now flit back with nary an explanation nor...
Tagged anacapri, ancient rome, aperol spritz, bistecca alla fiorentina, broken heart locket, capri, colosseum, erupting with excitement in pompei, eternal city, florence, how the sausage is made, i've made a huge bistec, in medias res, italian wedding, la prosciutteria, lido del faro, naples, national hagiographic, pompeii, roman busts, roman statues, rome, sicilian bronte pistachios, tiberian, tiberius villa, toric lenses in the tyrrhenian sea, tourist trap, vatican, venice, we have gelato cover | 1 Comment |
boyfriend, family, frugality, home, sisters, Uncategorized, violet inviolate, wedding

Hold Up, Wait a Minute. Put a Little Blog In It

Author Violet Date May 8, 2014
OK, the Oscar blog post cannot remain at the top of this page while...
Tagged battle of the bands, chandeliers, cheap, chinese and indian wedding, crawfish boil, crustacean, diversion, feedback noise, hanging with the sisters, houston tx, inflated wedding venue costs, latham & watkins, lawrocks, nixon presidential library, privileged communication, rose garden, sunset strip, very tired, virginal, voluble, whisky a go go, world figures in bronze | Leave a comment |
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Wedding Planning Excel Models Hath Wearied Me So Sore

Author Violet Date March 6, 2014
Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind, But as for me,...
Tagged administrative fees, anne boleyn, banquet hall timberwolves, bupkis progress, dana carvey as tom brokaw, excel financial modeling, excel formula skills, excel-intensive job, gerald ford died today at the senseless age of 83, he was torn apart by a pack of wolves, henry viii wife, indian wedding, kissing babies, per-consumption basis wedding drinks, perfect southern california wedding venue, progress bar, saturday night live, sir thomas wyatt, sticking tongue out, tax and gratuity california, teetotaler wedding guest, the vain travail hath wearied me so sore, top-shelf liquor bar, vain vanity shot, wedding cash gift, wedding planning excel, wedding venue spreadsheet, weddingbee forum, whoso list to hunt, yelp wedding venue review | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, Dates, family, home, Uncategorized, wedding

Mea Maxima Culpa! I Forgot to Blog Because …

Author Violet Date March 5, 2014
Oh dear! Well, I’ll just soldier on as though I haven’t been absent for...
Tagged cakewalk, california real estate license, castle green pasadena, dilettante blogger, dog ate my homework, grandmother comments, haggling with inscrutable managers, hard hat tour, lack of blog posts, marble minarets, new home construction, pyrrhic battle, pyrrhic victory, quelle surprise, real estate license exam, taj mahal, trying to move, wedding planning ate my blog post, wedding vendor haggling, wedding venue search | Leave a comment |
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 |
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