Fall Wedding
Before I actually started officiating at weddings, I always assumed that May and June are the preferred months for people to marry. May and June are such pretty months, after all: budding trees and flowers of all kinds … Read More
Venues
Venues
Dear engaged couples,
One of the great things about being a wedding officiant is all the different places I have the opportunity to visit. YOU keep coming up with new venues, or landowners keep making new dramatic landscapes, historic buildings … Read More
Hannah Graham
Dear Engaged Couple—This past Friday, I pulled into Pippin Hill’s parking lot and through my windshield saw directly in front of my car, walking in the grass, two police officers and a search dog. The dog looked to me, more … Read More
A Barn Raising
Dear engaged couple, Last week I officiated at a wedding which I think you will agree, when you read on, was in the nature of a barn raising. That is to say, as is so common among country folk, many … Read More
The Happiest City in the US
Dear Engaged Couple-Everybody in Charlottesville (where I live) is talking about the results of a study just out. The results of the study have been on the CBS evening news, and published in Good Housekeeping and on the Huffington Post, … Read More
“What is the turnover rate of employees at your establishment?”
Dear engaged couple, when you and your significant other go looking for a venue you probably are armed with a set of questions you intend to ask the wedding coordinators with whom you meet. You will want to know, … Read More
We have a policy….
Dear Engaged Couple, maybe you saw the article in the Washington Post on June 27th—it was in the Style Section. Seems that a couple attempted to say their wedding vows before an officiant in the Smithsonian’s National Museum … Read More
Mount Ida Farm
Dear Engaged Couple, I have written about Mount Ida Farm before, but it has been several years. I don’t think you will mind if I figuratively and literally revisit it—which I did last week. I finally, finally, had the thrill, … Read More