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You know what really stresses us out? Wedding planning. No one here is getting married any time soon, but we did get an email alerting us to The ULTIMATE Engagement (capitalization ours, for emphasis) Bridal Show at Gotham Hall next week, and practically needed to pop a klonopin from just reading about it. More»

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Dixie Feldman and Jeffrey Laite: Ma The couple met on the R train in NYC (not your typical romantic setting). She was going through a break up and depressed, on her way to Agent Provocateur, he was reading "History of Philosophy, Volume IX." They started an email relationship and realized that opposites attract.

[Introducing "The Wedding Party"]

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[Introducing "The Wedding Party"]

Valerie Durollari and Ken Biberaj: Children of Albanian immigrants, Valerie and Ken met at a huge Albanian wedding in '04. After the first meeting resulted in little interest, more was to come from these two as time went on. Their outing became competitions to see who knew the most about NY. Storytelling at the Moth, Carnegie Hall, etc. More»

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Let’s take a look at the weddings that made the headlines this week. Do you know of a fun, interesting wedding? Drop us a line and let us know about it!

[Introducing Guest of a Guest's "The Wedding Party"]

Allison Sliverman and Adrian Jones (Pictured above) Married Feb 21st at the Players Club in NY, Allison, the executive producer of "The Colbert Report" was all smiles on the dance floor. She met Adrian at a Christmas party in '01 where she was on a quest to meeting three new people before the evening's end. "Our relationship is a big collaboration," said Mr. Jones, a theater set designer, who compared their approach to marriage with improvisational comedy (which Ms. Silverman has often performed). "It might not turn out how you anticipate, but it might turn out better."

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Let's take a look at the weddings that made the headlines this week. Do you know of a fun, interesting wedding? Drop us a line and let us know about it!

[Introducing Guest of a Guest's "The Wedding Party"]

Jes Gordon and Bill Marmor: (Pictured above). "By the time Jes Gordon was 15, she was already working as a florist. At 25, she was juggling multiple weddings every weekend at Tavern on the Green. And eight months into that job, she transferred her blazing energy and her contact list into her own wedding- and event-planning business in New York." This ADD party planner and a divorced TV commercial editor met on the treadmills at a gym in LA, they couldn't have guessed that they had found their life partners. They were married in Santa Barbara, CA.

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Let's take a look at the weddings that made the headlines this week. Do you know of a fun, interesting wedding? Drop us a line and let us know about it!

[Introducing Guest of a Guest's "The Wedding Party"]

Beth Leachman and Josh Gadbaw (pictured above). married December 30th in Boulder, CO. These two spunky, free-spirited, musically inclined individuals were both patiently waiting to meet their better halves. They met, he sang "Silent Night" without squirming, and the rest is history. They both love traveling in Europe with no reservations, scouring thrift shops, and long breakfasts. The couple have a habit of dancing. "They have their own free-for-all styels, but they're perfect together." Said the sister-in-law.

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Let's take a look at the weddings that made the headlines this week. Do you know of a fun, interesting wedding? Drop us a line and let us know about it!

[Introducing Guest of a Guest's "The Wedding Party"]

Marianne Van Pelt and Jonathan Self (pictured above). They met three years ago in Grand Central Terminal after numerous attempts via email and long distance phone calls. Marianne became intersted in Jonathan, a writer, after reading his book "Self Abuse" and being urged on by a mutual friend. Jonathan, who does NOT believe in love at first site, but he described their first encounter at Grand Central as “an every-fiber-of-my-being kind of moment.” They tried to exchange vows at the exact same spot they first met, at exactly the same hour as quickly as possible before police moved in.

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Let's take a look at the weddings that made the headlines this week. Do you know of a fun, interesting wedding? Drop us a line and let us know about it!

[Introducing Guest of a Guest's "The Wedding Party"]

Rochelle Lichtman and David Deckelbaum (pictured above). After 3 tries of a long series of on-again/off-again painful dating, Rochelle had more than 500 reasons she said yes to David. Her head and heart were finally in the right place. Says David: "I knew in college I wanted to be with her forever," Mr. Deckelbaum said. "It took her eight years to catch up with my thought process." She concurred: "He always knows what's good for me before I know." On December 20th, "amid a sea of flickering votive candles at the Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Arts in NYC" they finally exchanged vows once and for all.

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Lately, it seems like everyone is tying the knot. Misery loves company, and in this economy, if you aren't splitting up, you're getting married. Today, we would like to introduce our newest feature: "The Wedding Party" where each week, we will look through some of our city's weddings. So, if you know of a wedding you think is worthy of covering, send us a line. We are ready to send our gofg photographers to capture the fun!

Today's selected weddings below: