| One Giant Wedding: Eli Manning Ties the Knot
A Super Bowl championship isn't the only big event this year for New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. Manning married college sweetheart Abby McGrew during a sunset ceremony Saturday at the One & Only Palmilla resort on Mexico's Baja Peninsula. Both The New York Daily News and The New York Post covered the event, with the Daily News providing details from inside the intimate ceremony. Manning, 27, and McGrew, 24, smiled and giggled during the 16-minute ceremony. They stood on a platform in the sand as waves crashed on the rocks behind them. Manning and McGrew met as students at the University of Mississippi. Manning popped the question to her during a date in Hoboken last March, and they chose the resort for their wedding after vacationing there several times, The Daily News reported.
Carolyn Hax: Wife's upgrade of wedding ring always rankled
Dear Carolyn: I've been married more than 30 years. About 20 years ago my wife and her friend took a trip, and my wife called me one afternoon and asked if I would mind if she "traded in" her wedding ring for a bigger, prettier one. Not sure if those were her words. I said OK. But it has bothered me over the years, and I'm sure her friend talked her into it. I have not really liked her anyway and am not sure if that is part of the problem. But could be. Is that more common than I realize, that women upgrade their wedding rings? Am I being petty and immature? I have not told her how I feel, because what would be the point? She could not get her old ring back now anyway. R. Carolyn says: Carrying around a pebble like this for 20 years could mean you're petty, sure.
The Price Is Right For These Prom Dresses
Prom has become a pricey affair. A recent Conde Nast Bridal Group survey found that at least 53 percent of girls planned to spend up to $250 on their prom dresses. And that amount didn't include shoes, jewelry, nails and a special hairdo. Used to be, girls worried about getting a date to the big dance. Now, they worry about whether they can afford to go at all. Poof! Enter some local groups that, in true fairy godmother style, bring prom-primping magic to financially disadvantaged local teens. Dream-A-Dress Dream-a-Dress, founded in Tampa by Diane Jacob in 1999, has chapters in cities across the country. Here, the gowns are kept in a space donated by Bayshore Baptist Church, 3111 W. Morrison Ave. Shoes, handbags and jewelry also are available.
Does that Vera Wang come in two-ply?
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Country churches prepare for 'wedding tourists'
Picturesque villages are preparing for an invasion of "wedding tourists" after the Church of England's ecclesiastical committee approved plans to ease restrictions on the churches in which couples can be married. At present, unless they obtain a special licence from the Archbishop of Canterbury, couples can marry in a Church of England chapel only if they regularly worship there or have lived for at least six months in the parish. The changes, which are expected to be made law in September, will open churches to those who were baptised or confirmed in them no matter where they live now and those whose parents and grandparents were married or attended. .
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