Archive for February, 2009

How to start your Bridal Gift Registry at Macy’s.com and in a recession

A simple yet elegant white china pattern with a robin’s egg blue border from Noritake.

We spent our Saturday starting our wedding/bridal registry at Macy’s last weekend. We knew it would take a while to work through all the possible combinations of silverware and glassware (crystal) with the china I have passed down from my family but we [...]

How to plan your Wedding & Bridal Registry in Chicago

The Wedding/Bridal Gift Registry event we went to at Crate & Barrel.

The time has come for my fiance and I to start our wedding (bridal) gift registry. (our wedding is only 4.5 months away now) We are in our mid 30’s and both own our own places to live so creating our wedding registry is a lot [...]

My Marriage and the Catholic Church

It is not surprise that I grew up a Polish Catholic in Chicago. A large percentage of people here have that exact same demographic. I dreamed of getting married in a beautiful church like St. Mary of Częstochowa in Cicero where my dad’s family is from.
Our family went to Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Darien [...]