Laurie wedding

When Duzzy and I started planning our wedding, we both agreed the important thing was that the food and music be amazing, since that's what people really remember. In our case, there was a third thing that our guests raved about long after the reception ended: our high tech photo booth!

Nothing has made me want to be back on vacation more than what I've seen online in the last 48 hours. There's so much nastiness going around, so I'm doing my best to spread happiness and remind people how much beauty and love still exists in the world.

After 5 fabulous days in Maui, our honeymoon continued with a quick flight to the Big Island, where we experienced two of our favorite excursions.

After spending 11 days honeymooning in Hawaii, I can honestly say it's one of my favorite places on the planet. We packed a lot of action into those 11 days, and while the pictures don't seem to do it justice, hopefully they'll give you a small taste of our adventure. First stop: Maui!

My wedding is just three days away now (whoa!) and just yesterday, something we have planned for our ceremony proved controversial among my coworkers.

As you get older, we all seem to hear the same questions, and I'm pretty sure I've heard most of them in the last (almost) year and a half since getting engaged. Here's my list of awkward/inappropriate/annoying/odd questions I've been asked...(and the answers I wish I could have given.)

Hard to believe my wedding is just days away, and among the last batch of plans are the details on where we'll be taking pictures! There are some beautiful places around the Jersey Shore to take wedding photos, and the possibilities are really endless, but we've created a list of 5 especially great spots!

Wedding season is underway here at the Jersey Shore, and with my own just 2 and half weeks away(!!), my brain is basically all-wedding, all the time. Whether you're celebrating your own wedding, or attending someone else's, there's going to be plenty of music! So what are the biggest songs now?

I was lucky enough to get to spend a long weekend in West Palm Beach, Florida for my bachelorette party with a few of my old college roommates, my future sister-in-law, and her cousin. And now I have a confession to make. One that I'll be dealing with for the rest of my life.

It's hard to believe it, but my wedding is just about six months away, (!!) and as the planning continues, my bridesmaids are starting to think about the bachelorette party festivities. So what's the plan?

Wedding planning has opened my eyes to a whole new world of etiquette, including what is and isn't considered appropriate or tacky. From the proper way to handle people fishing for invites to how to correctly word save the dates to my newest dilemma: whether or not to "Honeyfund."

As the wedding planning continues, every now and then I like to think about the less stressful, more fun decisions...like song choices! Duzzy and I were talking about it, and had a pretty good idea for the father-daughter dance...or maybe our walk-in song.