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Warning: This photo is about to make your heart race and your palms get sweaty.
One Photo Sums Up The Most Stressful Part of Modern Dating
22 Thursday Jan 2015
Posted in Mic
Author Archives: emigdol
12 Absurd Conundrums All Twins Have To Reckon With
15 Monday Sep 2014
Posted in The California Aggie
Add this to the list of exciting things that have happened to me: I was featured in the BuzzFeed Community!
Anyone can write and publish a post using BuzzFeed’s Community tool. After you write your post, you can suggest it to be featured on the BuzzFeed Community page. BuzzFeed Commmunity editors select their favorite submissions and post them on the Community page. This ensures that people will actually see your post (otherwise, it will only be seen by those who you email the link to).
Call it beginner’s luck or my own natural BuzzFeed abilities (*dusts off shoulders*), but my very first post was selected to be featured on the BuzzFeed Community page! Check it out here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/emigdol/12-absurd-conundrums-all-twins-have-to-reckon-with-80rv
112 Weddings: Filmmaker Reveals What Really Happens After the Ceremony
07 Monday Jul 2014
Posted in Inside Weddings
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Originally published on Inside Weddings
While filming 112 weddings over the course of 20 years, videographer and documentary filmmaker Doug Block found he couldn’t shake one simple question: After the cake was cut and the gifts were opened, whatever became of these couples’ marriages?
That question inspired 112 Weddings, a documentary that explores how life and marriage have changed for 10 couples since Block filmed their weddings years earlier. Juxtaposing footage from the couples’ wedding days with candid present-day interviews, the film reveals which marriages thrived, stumbled, and, in two cases, ended.
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“Wedding Island” Star Sandy Malone Shares the 12 Most Common Mistakes Brides Make
09 Monday Jun 2014
Posted in Inside Weddings
Listen up, brides: Sandy Malone’s wedding-planning class is now in session.
The star of TLC’s Wedding Island, Sandy is the founder of Weddings in Vieques, a destination-wedding planning company located on Vieques Island, off the coast of Puerto Rico. Prior to launching the company in 2007, she worked in marketing, journalism, and media strategy in Washington, D.C.; and her down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach to wedding planning has become her signature.
With more than 400 weddings under her belt, it’s tough to find a type of bride or disaster Sandy hasn’t experienced. Below, she reveals the 12 most common mistakes brides make – and how to avoid them.
Las Vegas Headliner Matt Goss Reveals How to Get Your Guests Dancing
13 Thursday Mar 2014
Posted in Inside Weddings
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Originally published in Inside Weddings
Matt Goss wants to help you say “I do.”
Formerly the lead singer of British rock band Bros, Matt is currently headlining at Caesars Palace’s Gossy Room in Las Vegas (yes, the venue was named after him), and last month released his EP I Do as well as his latest single: a joyful, jazzy ode to marriage proposals also called “I Do.” We recently caught up with Matt to discuss the inspiration behind the song and his advice for putting on toe-tapping wedding entertainment.
What was the inspiration behind “I Do?”
I’m a hopeless romantic. I started thinking – what’s the quintessential song for a man or woman to propose to? And I wanted to write a song that was utterly inclusive of all demographics. I thought, there isn’t a song you can definitively propose to. I was engaged before and I remember my knee gave out. It’s a beautifully submissive place to be, looking up at your lady, asking “Will you marry me?” I wanted to write a song that was powerful, authentic, glamorous, and romantic. I had a couple days at the piano and then I thought, “I’ve got the song.”
Meant to Be: A Los Angeles Romance
03 Monday Mar 2014
Posted in Inside Weddings
Originally published in Inside Weddings
Jenny Petrosino and Dane Lupe went to Bentley University in Massachusetts together, but the seeds of their relationship were actually planted in Australia. It was there that Dane, who was studying abroad, revealed to Jenny’s friend that Jenny was his “dream girl.” Jenny’s friend didn’t forget that sweet remark, and she took Jenny to a party at Dane’s house a few months later where they immediately hit it off. “He was a little nervous [at the party], although he will not admit that, so I went up to him to see if he wanted to have a drink with me,” Jenny remembers. “We were pretty inseparable after that.”
A Little Bit Country, A Whole Lot Gorgeous
03 Monday Mar 2014
Posted in Inside Weddings
Originally published in Inside Weddings
Lisa Harman and Chuck Wakefield’s bohemian North Carolina wedding was an event 30 years in the making. The two met in 1980 and dated for six months, and although the relationship didn’t work out, Lisa says she never forgot Chuck’s kindness and sweet, gentle nature. Their paths crossed again 30 years later when Chuck reached out to Lisa as a friend. “I was always in love with her and never forgot her after 30-plus years apart,” Chuck says. They began a long-distance friendship, which evolved into love over the course of one year. Chuck proposed by handing Lisa a Taco Bell salsa packet that read, “Marry Me” – and Lisa happily accepted.
Celebrating Love Under the New York City Skies
19 Wednesday Feb 2014
Posted in Inside Weddings
Originally published in Inside Weddings
Marc Gann and Joey Scaletta say that after they were introduced by a mutual friend, their relationship went nowhere – until they met again a few months later at a watering hole in Baltimore and bonded over Marc’s punk rock t-shirt. This time, the relationship stuck. The two carved out as much time together as they could while Marc completed his surgical residency, then after almost two years of dating, Marc found a job at a hospital in rural Kansas. They continued dating long-distance for the next nine months, seeing each other once every four weeks. But it eventually became clear that they were missing out on too much of each other’s lives, so Joey moved to Kansas in 2008.
Get To Know Dreamy New Singer Cody Karey
14 Friday Feb 2014
Posted in Inside Weddings
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Originally published in Inside Weddings
If your iPod is peppered with songs by Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, and Jackie Evancho, you’ll find lots to love about Canadian tenor Cody Karey’s self-titled debut. The 23-year-old’s collection of soaring ballads doesn’t exactly break new ground, but Karey’s powerful voice and heart-melting lyrics will more than satisfy fans of the aforementioned masters of operatic pop (in fact, all have worked with famed producer David Foster).
Those searching for a wedding first-dance song will find plenty to choose from here, as virtually every track sounds tailor-made to accompany a waltz between newlyweds. Passion radiates from the achingly beautiful “You Are the Song,” while the guitar in “If Ever I Fall” is an unexpectedly pleasant accompaniment to Karey’s classically-trained voice. Even non Italian-speaking couples will appreciate “Tu Sei,” which nicely highlights Karey’s operatic range. This newcomer proves himself to be a welcome addition to the Grobans, Bocellis, and Evanchos of the world.
A Love Affair With Country Beginnings
14 Friday Feb 2014
Posted in Inside Weddings
Originally published in Inside Weddings
When Meredith Dulaney and Brian Escobedo met in November 2010 at a country music concert in New York City, you might say it was fate that brought them together. That’s because although Meredith, a Mississippi native, was a country music fan, lifelong New Yorker Brian was not. But when Brian’s coworker offered him a ticket to the concert, he thought, “Why not?” The two ended up hitting it off, and at the end of the concert Brian asked Meredith for her phone number. He called the next day to ask her out, and the rest is history. “New York boy meets Mississippi Delta girl at a country music concert in NYC…who would have guessed!” Meredith marvels.
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