Wine for the Big Day

Wine for the Big Day

Caterers and wedding halls normally offer limited (and average) wine selections, so as you plan the most memorable reception you will probably ever give, your best move is to inquire about outside purchasing. Since you'll be buying in bulk, bringing in your own...
The Kilted Groom

The Kilted Groom

It’s called the sgian dhub. That’s the knife you stick in your sock. Of the wedding photos, that’s the one that makes young boys, otherwise bored with the whole ordeal, stop and stare. Yeah, yeah, yeah, men in skirts—but once you throw a knife...

Complacencies of the Peignoir

That somewhat reluctant, terse sensualist William Carlos Williams wrote a coyly eroticized poem in 1917 entitled “The Young Housewife.”  In the poem, Williams hints at his attraction or infatuation with the eponymous housewife by cataloging her...

Taking

I saw an old friend, John, whom I hadn’t seen in about five years, at Co-op Power’s Sustainable Energy Summit at UMass Amherst last weekend. He and I had been Green Party members in 2000, and were among the handful of faithfuls who gathered monthly,...