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Christine, the Wedding Diva

The Wedding Diva

About Me

I write for the wedding industry. So if you have any questions for an industry insider, I'll do what I can to get you answers.

My Interests

Travel. Cooking. Learning. Meeting new people with interesting tales. Anything on the water.

I'd like to meet:

Oprah. Donald Trump. Margret Thatcher. Rush. the guys from Queer Eye.

Music:

Chicago Blues, bands of the 80's and Techno dance grooves. Pretty odd combination, huh.

Movies:

The Thin Man movies. Office Space.. Dogma.. The Italian Job

Television:

CSI:LV..Court TV..Survivor addict.

Books:

How about authors.. WEB Griffin, Greg Iles, David Baldacci

Heroes:

My sister.

My Blog

Favorite Favors

If you have been reading the dish for a while you will already know what I think about wedding favors. To say the very least, I am not a fan. Nine times out of ten they are useless little bits of flu...
Posted by Christine, the Wedding Diva on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:29:00 PST

I need help my friends!

I am writing an article on what's hot and what's not in wedding trends for one of the papers in the Village Voice's stable of weekly alternative papers. Who better  to ask than my friends in the ...
Posted by Christine, the Wedding Diva on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:45:00 PST

The Dish On Buying Your Gown

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BUYING A WEDDING GOWNChances are that if you are reading this then you just got engaged. Congratulations! For a lot of brides finding the right wedding gown is one of the m...
Posted by Christine, the Wedding Diva on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:18:00 PST

The Wedding Diva Is Taking The Dish On The Road

        Over the next ten days the Wedding Diva is on the road and I'm taking you with me. First stop: The National Bridal Market in Chicago. Four days of fashion, fun an...
Posted by Christine, the Wedding Diva on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:43:00 PST

The Perfect Wedding

      Last Sunday I had the pleasure of helping my friend Alice orchestrate a beautiful wedding for 350 people. The ceremony was at dusk in a very old boxwood garden in that perfe...
Posted by Christine, the Wedding Diva on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:05:00 PST

Trunk Shows

    I see a lot of chatter on the forums about Trunk Shows. I thought it was time to give you the inside story on this.     Trunk Shows are a marketing tool that is used...
Posted by Christine, the Wedding Diva on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:04:00 PST

7 Ways To Save On Your Catering

I got a message in my inbox this morning titled 7 Ways to Save On Your Catering. Great, everybody would like to save on the largest part of their wedding expense. The problem is the email came from s...
Posted by Christine, the Wedding Diva on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:31:00 PST

Fine Art Photography

This is a little off topic but I just had to rave. A little known fact about me is that I am a sucker for fine arts photography. This may be due to the fact that I couldnt take a good picture if m...
Posted by Christine, the Wedding Diva on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:13:00 PST

Customizing Your Wedding Gown

    I had the pleasure of helping my dear friends Tony and Gipsy Williams host their annual fall bridal show Enchanted Brides yesterday. What fun! It is wonderful to reconnect with all ...
Posted by Christine, the Wedding Diva on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:19:00 PST

Bustle Madness

Bustle Madness     As you all know I have been assisting a variety of different wedding vendors lately as a way of learning as much about all the many aspects of weddings as possible....
Posted by Christine, the Wedding Diva on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:41:00 PST