Posts tagged Weddings

• 08 Nov

  Blog: Bride-O-Rama

  The Questions Never End ...

  The annoying questions that other people ask you throughout your adult life are, well... annoying. Once you reach, say, the age of 23 or so (or younger if you don't attend college) people start with the annoying questions about your life plans. The questions usually run in stages; according to the d

• 01 Nov

  Blog: Bride-O-Rama

  I Have a Proposal for You ...

  The Proposal. It seems like such a formal word for something that is so personal, doesn't it? A Proposal sounds like some sort of business transaction between two corporatations, rather than the beginning of a lifelong commitment to a new life together. There are so many "stereotypical" proposals th

• 30 Oct

  Blog: Bride-O-Rama

  Signature Cocktails: Chocolate Martini

    Chocolate Martini Serves 4 8 oz. Absolut Vanilla 8 oz. Kahlua 4 oz. light creme Chocolate shavings for garnish Raw sugar for the rims In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, mix the Absolut, Kahlua, and creme until frothy. To sugar rims of glasses, pour the sugar into a shallow dish,

• 26 Oct

  Blog: Bride-O-Rama

  "MY WIFE IS A NAG!" and other stereotypes about Marriage

  While I was searching Youtube today for some "funny" wedding related videos to use in my blogs here at Brideorama, I started to get extremely frustrated. And not only me, but my husband; who was watching these videos with me. We would open one, give it a minute or two, listen intently awaiting the b

• 23 Oct

  Blog: Bride-O-Rama

  Quality Moments on your Wedding Day

     Remember the remake of the film "Father of the Bride?" You know, the Steve Martin version that most of us have seen. I always get sad when I watch the wedding and reception scene of that film. The father has begrudgingly gone out of his way and his budget to not only pay for his daughte

• 19 Oct

  Blog: Bride-O-Rama

  Do You Take This Bird...

  ... To be your lawfully wedded wife? To have and to place inside a cage? In sickness and in health? To feed it birdseed while you dine on sirloin and grilled veggies? That seems to be the question being asked in this second clip from the classic DEAN MARTIN SHOW. In this video, Dean Martin wants to

• 18 Oct

  Blog: Bride-O-Rama

  Signature Cocktails: Mulled Cider

  Mulled CiderServes 10 Large bowl or cooler 10 cups apple cider 2 cups bourbon 5 cinnamon sticks plus more for garnish if desired 40 whole cloves 12 orange slices 2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg 3 small apples In a large saucepan, combine the cider, cinnamon sticks, 10 clov

• 12 Oct

  Blog: Bride-O-Rama

  Signature Cocktails: Cherry Bomb Weddings

    Cherry Bomb Weddings Serves 8 Ice cubes 16 oz. gin 4 oz. Lemon juice 4 oz. Grenadine 4 oz. Sugar syrup Lemon peel for garnish Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker or pitcher filled with ice, mix or shake well until frothy. Strain into Martini glasses and garnish with lemon pe