Cops and Robbers

Two couples. Two proposals. Both made the news. Both involve the police. Both ladies said yes.

One might make you question why.

Stool Pigeon

St. Mark's Square in Venice is considered by many to be one of the world's most romantic wedding destinations. The centuries old church offers a stunningly gorgeous ceremony site from which the happy couple can burst forth, showered in rice thrown by the wellwishers, leaving behind an impromptu wedding feast that is quickly gobbled up by the Square's some 40,000 resident pigeons.

Venice's mayor is considering a ban on the rice. No, he's not worried that the pigeons might blow up. In fact, it appears that would be a welcome outcome after learning that the local rats with wings population is directly responsible for the slow but steady erosion of the Square's most treasured landmarks. A handful of rice is thrown, pigeons eat and multiply and happily instruct their young to use the church exterior to sharpen their beaks, just like mommy and daddy do. Banning the rice is thought to be one method of curtailing the problem after "lacing the rice with contraceptives" didn't seem to do the trick.

Um, scusi?

Please Stand By

To the patient few of you who read this blog, my apologies for the dwindling posts. We're in the midst of handling a family emergency and the joys (and agonies) of starting a non-wedding related business, so my time just really isn't that anymore.

I promise to be back soon, and to bring some funny with me.

Unless Someone Like You

I've been spending more and more of my time on etsy, the online indie wonderland of handmade items and built-in excuses for never needing to shop elsewhere again.

And then I find storefronts like this that rouse me from my procrastination and send me straight to the garage to continue work on my time machine back to 2005. This has to be one of the coolest wedding invitations I have ever seen. What's even cooler? Leslie Hamer of Unless Someone Like You can create a razzle dazzle invitation with your likeness as well. Or what about a sketch of that fave wedding photo for an anniversary present? Or maybe a drawing of the world's cutest baby for her father who hopefully won't be reading this entry?

Pop over to Leslie's storefront to check out all her work. Lucky you won't even need a time machine.