For an upcoming segment on ABC News’ Nightline — they want to talk about you and your engagement ring: Was/is your engagement ring too small? Were you/are you embarrassed to show it off? Is your engagement ring so big sometimes it makes too much of a statement – so you take it off? Do you/or [...]

A Long Island couple who love each other and the Mets got hitched at Citi Field this past Saturday, March 27th, according to The Daily News, making them the first to marry at the new ballpark.   Francesco Caputo and Jacqueline Scotti held the ceremony at the Church of Saint Aidan in Williston Park, then [...]

Here’s my most recent article in Newsday’s Bridal Planner — look for the hard copy with more photos in Sunday’s paper (March 28th). Topping Off your Bridal Look with Sparkle Dazzling alternatives to a long, heavy veil March 26, 2010 by CLAUDIA G. COPQUIN. / Special to Newsday Remember that colorful bird Carrie Bradshaw mounted [...]

Stay with this — what an adorable couple!

When looking for your “something old” to wear on your wedding day, do ask your immediate family if anyone has something special you can add to your wedding ensemble — this will make your day even more unique.   But suppose your great grandmother hands you her antique wedding  veil, which you’d love to wear, but [...]

Another original proposal idea — Adam Frohlinger of Woodmere wanted a special way to pop the question.  So he got in touch with the Port Authority, because, well, who’d expect a proposal on a bus?  Not Leora Feigenbaum, who on March 18th  had just gotten to the Manhattan bus terminal to board a bus headed [...]

Looking for a special and unique space to have an elegant, small-scale wedding reception?   Consider The Mansion at Deer Run.  This East Islip private estate offers a lovely, Grecian-inspired outdoor garden setting — 3.5 acres –  complete with fountain and gazebo.   For rental information, contact Cordially Yours All Occasion Network at 631-277-7627.

Here’s a unique way to propose:  On a Broadway stage!   That’s just what Stony Brook University grad student Deepjot Anand did on March 13th, right after a showing of  Twyla Tharp’s Frank Sinatra musical “Come Fly Away” at the Marquis Theatre.    According to Newsday, Anand,  and now fiance Erica Ravin of Smithtown, had their [...]

Long Island resident supermodel Christie Brinkley has auctioned off the wedding ensemble worn for her fourth wedding –  a white, Giorgio Armani floor length skirt and jacket –  to raise money for the Red Cross’ Haiti earthquake relief effort.  The suit was auctioned off on the website ClothesoffourBack earlier this month.   There were five bids, [...]