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Of course every bride's checklist will be different, but we have a few suggestions

Offbeat Bride recently got a shout-out by Mercury News writer Barbara Ortutay in her article, Google Docs, the perfect bridesmaid:

For do-most-of-it-yourself brides, wedding planning means lists, lists and more lists, with some spreadsheets thrown in for good measure. There are also the long, endlessly pored-over documents of vows, readings, even toasts. Did I mention lists?

Enter Google Docs, the search company's free, easy-to-use online document software. With templates for the spreadsheet-challenged and a slew of pretty Web tools, the service is like the perfect bridesmaid. She's calm, collected and full of good ideas but not overly pushy, letting you steer the ship. She's there when you need her.

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The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed me recently about the nontraditional perspective on two new wedding dress lines: Anthropologie's new BHLDN dresses and the Vera Wang designs at David's Bridal.

Have you seen the trailer for that new Bridesmaids move? I can't say if this movie's gonna be any good or not but there a few thing that I'm excited about.

Double big news: Offbeat Bride was on the homepage of CNN.com and we just launched our Offbeat Vendors Guide!

CNN ran a story this morning about low budget weddings, and got a LOT of help from OBT members. Several OBTs and their offbeat budget tips are featured in the article: Bowling alley wedding: How creativity is priceless in a bad economy.

We all know about the "wedding tax" cost increase that seems to happen with wedding supplies and services. So … should you lie to vendors about what you're planning?

A North Carolina bride is scheming an awesome marching band wedding, and Offbeat Bride is helping…

I recently did a Q&A about my book with Lavender Magazine, Minnesota's gay and lesbian glossy. I rambled about transgender weddings, lesbian weddings, and het weddings alike...