Tag: weddings

Destination Gloucester….celebrity run in.

Posted on by Nichole S.

As if some steamers and a good drink at Halibut Point with a great friend isn’t excellent enough….last night I happened across a wonderful party of about 20 diners out to celebrate a wedding of dear friends.  While we didn’t chat long, the happiness exuding from their large table was palpable and I was so happy to have had the chance to meet them.

The fact that I met them at all stemmed from the fact that some of the younger-than-me wait staff recognized one of the guests as a very handsome actor. Doing my due diligence as a GMG contributor (who happened to be wearing my GMG baseball hat…go figure) I introduced myself and got a bit of the scoop.

Yanic Triesdale, a Canadian actor, also adored in the United States as Michael on The Gilmore Girls in addition to other series and mini-series, is in town to celebrate the destination wedding of dear friends Isabelle Lafleche and very soon-to-be-husband, Patrice.  While, maybe not as recognizable in person to those dining at Halibut, Isabelle is the fantastic, and incredibly beautiful, author of the novels J’Adore New York and J’Adore Paris.  I can’t get to Barnes and Nobles fast enough.  She also happens, as it turns out, to be good friends with GMG’s own, Kim Smith.

They were completely charming and talking with them made me smile.  I was, for the record, incredibly happy to learn that my own dear friend, while recognizing that I was mildly intruding on a rehearsal dinner of sorts, bought the table a couple of bottles of wine in thanks for humoring me.

Excellent examples of friendship on both sides of my iPhone last night.

Cheers to friendship….mine, Kim’s, everyone’s.  Cheers to Isabelle and Patrice on a glorious wedding and a lifetime of happiness. How special that they chose Rockport, of all places, to seal the deal.

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Gloucester – Best Wedding Photo Opportunity

Posted on by Manuel F. Simoes

Gloucester has so many great wedding photo opportunities, this one was at Stage Fort Park.  

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Weddings- Oh The Hypocrisy

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I’m sure many of you have seen the TV show Bridezillas.

Well I’d just like to reflect on the rampant hypocrisy I see most times when it comes to weddings.

It’s the bride’s day, right?

Right.

4 out of 5 bridesmaids will bitch about how much it costs to be a bridesmaid. Bridesmaids will bitch about how they would have picked out less expensive bridesmaid’s dresses and shoes. They will bitch about the pressure that the bride has put on them to throw the ultimate bachelorette party. They will bitch about the bride wanting them to do ridiculous amounts of preparation and how much the bridal shower cost them.

Then……………..These Same Bridesmaids………………Become…………….. Brides-To-Be.

And Guess what?

The Brides-to-be pick out expensive bridesmaid dresses and shoes for their friends to buy. They will pressure their bridesmaids to throw the ultimate bachelorette party. They will bitch about the bridesmaids not wanting to do ridiculous amounts of preparation for the wedding, and they will want a fancy expensive bridal shower.

Dont Be This Bride
Don't Be This Bride

So bridesmaids- either suck it up and be helpful and fun and enjoy the experience and honor of being selected as a bridesmaid or kindly say you’d rather be left out.

Brides- remember the amount of positive energy and effort you put forth for your friends or relatives weddings that you were part of and try not to be a huge pain in the ass.

Don’t be the person that bitches about having to travel for someone else’s wedding or pay a ton of money for all that goes along with being involved in a wedding and then when it’s your turn to get married make everyone else do exactly what you bitched about all those years.