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Mar
10
2010

Wedding Wednesday: How Twitter Made for a Dream Wedding

A 19-year-old Michigan resident is getting the wedding of her dreams, courtesy of a special Hollywood Twitter connection.

Former Tonight Show host Conan O Brien’s terms of departure from NBC famously preclude him from appearing on TV for 8 months. What’s a multi-millionaire funnyman to do? In part, O’Brien gave in and joined Twitter, an act he’d previously eschewed. He refused to follow anyone and noted things like his napping schedule and the squirrels in his backyard. One day, he proclaimed he was going to follow someone at random.

The dreammaker

The dreammaker

He chose Sarah Killen, who had thousands of followers within hours. Her Twitter feed revealed she was planning a wedding, and the freebies started pouring in - a designer dress and shoes from a New York boutique, wine from a California vineyard, a free limo, designer wedding bands, and more.

Killen says O’Brien’s Twitter patronage changed her life and transformed her wedding from a can-barely-afford-it affair to a ceremony fit for royalty (or Hollywood royalty, at least.) And Sarah’s more than willing to give back in entertainment what she’s gotten in swag - she says she and her boyfriend are willing to get married on O’Brien’s new show, if he has one by their big day.

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Mar
03
2010

Wedding Wednesday: Dress Hunting in the Digital Age

intro_imageWe hear that finding the perfect wedding dress can be a little like the proverbial needle in a haystack. Only in this version of the fable, the needle will cost thousands of dollars when you do finally find it! Yay!

All joking aside, if you’re at a loss and need some help narrowing down your dress options, try the main_imageknot’s interactive photo dress search. Whether your perfect dress is long-sleeved, short-sleeved, or no-sleeved, you can filter through a host of dress options to find the one that calls your name.

Search by designer, or by silhouette, or neckline - or the all-important price range. It’s a little idea, but it’s an overdue one!

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Feb
23
2010

Over A MILLION People Are Doing It! Are You?

Everybodys doing it!

Everybody's doing it!

If A MILLION PEOPLE jumped off a bridge, would you?

We hope not.

But if A MILLION PEOPLE signed up to get spa discounts and travel deals all year round, find out about major giveaways like diamond necklaces and wedding gowns, and to get the latest news about a full week of nothing but $50 spa treatments…coming April 12-18… would you?

We sure hope so!

We’ve got over 1,000,000 people signed up for our Spa Week® newsletter… if you’re not yet part of it, here are 3 diverse sign-up options, depending on your personality, of how you can hop on the million-strong bandwagon:

1. SIMPLETON: You can keep it simple and enter your info in the right hand column.

2. SPA-LOVER: You can register to browse our full Spa Directory, where you’ll find all our participating Spa Week® spas.

3. SWAG-GRABBER: While you’re registering anyway, you might as well enter to WIN SWAG in our legendary monthly beauty, spa and wellness giveaways.

However you do it… we can’t wait to have you join our community! Seeya in your inbox.

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Feb
17
2010

Nice Day for a White Castle Wedding

whitecastleFile this one away in wedding news of the weird! Several couples around the country got married on Valentine’s Day in that most romantic of wedding locations, White Castle.

The fine purveyor of tiny hamburgers ran a contest open to couples all around the company. Winners had the whole wedding shebang provided to them: dress, rings, tux, and of course a vast selection of sliders, chicken fingers, and fries.

Two of the White Castle newlyweds were a Newark, New Jersey couple who have been engaged since 2006 but could never seem to find the time to make the wedding happen. The bride told press outlets, “I am thrilled to be marrying the love of my life. I would marry him anywhere.” (admit it: that’s a little aww.) For a glimpse of their White Castle happy future, they need only to look to the couple in St. Louis who renewed their wedding vows at their local franchise on the same day–because they’ve spent every Valentine’s Day at a White Castle for the 33 years they’ve been married.

I’d definitely rather go to a wedding at a place like White Castle, especially one that reflects the couple’s personality, than a generic wedding. Plus, burgers. Way more people should incorporate burgers into their weddings. So, good luck to the White Castle couples!

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Feb
10
2010

Anti-Wedding Wednesday

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For Wedding Wednesday today, we’re going to look at the dark side of weddings. (Consider it a V-Day backlash.)

Reason #8743 not to get married: German courts just ruled that in-laws can demand gifts given to their children’s spouses back in case of divorce. Imagine: you have a great wedding with all the best intentions for your life together, and your mother-in-law gives you a toaster. I mean, we’re talking a really nice toaster - the kind that poaches an egg to go on your toast, too. And for six months you enjoy the toaster and your spouse, too. And then things go horribly wrong, as they sometimes can, and you end up getting divorced. You’re heartbroken!

And then, the straw on the camel’s back: your ex-in-laws take the toaster away. Because they can.

We can imagine no worse insult to the injury of divorce than losing your toaster (or dishes, or microwave, or other household gifts.) So this week’s installment of Wedding Wednesday is a warning: don’t get married in Germany.

In honor of the V-day backlash, what’s your best Valentine’s Day horror story?

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