Entertaining As Always! Weddings & Events

by Alexis Casamassima

When you think the word “wedding”, many different things come to mind. Bouquets, dresses, invitations, venues, and even the word stress may pop into one’s head. When all of these things are put together, a one of a kind wedding day springs to life. Your wedding is a day you will never forget, ever.

Napkin rings may not be the first word that comes to mind when you think “wedding”. After all, they are just small objects that keep your napkins tidy and presentable. Maybe you saw them being used to create an intricate napkin design at a prior event or perhaps you took no notice to them. What you probably didn’t realize at the time you spotted one, is the impact they can have. Napkin rings don’t only have physical importance but they hold value.

Napkin rings probably have less than a minute to catch their audience’s attention. Their audience sits down, locates their napkin, gazes in awe at the design, and then removes the ring to place the napkin on their lap. What happens to that napkin ring after it is removed? Well, a great idea would be to let the guests take them home! After all, you don’t want that hard earned money put towards your wedding thrown away. Napkin rings can be used in every home and by every person. From that moment forward, every time your guest uses that napkin ring your wedding will spring to life in their head. Memories of that day will rush back and a smile will come over their face. This is the moment Remarkable Rhinestone creates for their customers.

Dress your table up with our napkin rings and let your guests bring home a piece of your wedding.

Alexis Casamassima

Remarkable Rhinestone

242 West 36^th Street

New York, NY, 10018

212 810 4050

www.remarkablerhinestone.com

remarkable.alexis@gmail.com

by Kye Harman

Now while you might well be wondering how one apparently small question could have such massive repercussions just bare in mind what this day means to the lovely lady in question. Most guys have never really given much thought to their future wedding but for many women it is a day they have pictured from their earliest memory. When you were scuffing your new school shoes chasing a ball your bride-to-be was already dreaming of her future Prince Charming (although at the time he was probably wearing a cape rather than your favourite trainers and T-shirt). It’s an over used phrase that it’s the most special day in a girl’s life but it is true. And what’s more she expects it to hold the same significance for you. So while she’s buying a newsstand’s entire stock of wedding magazines and showing you the 27 different ways she’s thinking of wearing her hair she’s hoping that thoughtful look on your
face relates to your own ideas for the wedding rather than whether you’ll get to sneak out for a quick 18 holes this weekend rather than go to yet another wedding fair. Oh yeah… and she’ll wear a dress that will cost the price of a small family car. And then never ever wear it again.

Communication is key. Despite your beloved now having turned into bridezilla, in the words of Rudyard Kipling you need to “keep your head when all about you are losing theirs”. She IS going to get stressed. She IS going to get upset. You WILL have arguments concerning the wedding day. All this is perfectly natural and doesn’t mean you love each other any less it just means you’re planning a wedding and researchers say this is one of the most stressful events in a persons life. Especially for the bride.

One of the biggest complaints brides have is that their husband-to-be doesn’t seem to get involved enough or show enough interest. Yes there is an impossible list of questions to get through; What kind of flowers? What colour tie? What gifts do you get the bridesmaids? Should you sit Cousin Albert near the door in case he has one of his “moments”? While it’s true that what font you use on the place settings isn’t going to end world hunger or bring about piece in the Middle East these small details can make all the difference on the big day so get involved. Your wedding should be an extension of your personalities with all the quirks and idiosyncrasies that make the two of you so different. That doesn’t mean you have to dress as Smurfs or walk down the aisle to Iron Maiden but it means you should both be have a say in how you want the day to play out.

But you will need help to. Any bride has a whole support network buzzing around her keen to help out at every step and dress fitting. Us guys are never quite as willing to look for help but it’s not a bad idea to have someone on hand you can call when you need to head on a “fact finding mission” of you own to the nearest watering hole. Make sure your best man is the right man for the job who will sit with you and help you let off some steam when you need and also be the kind of friend that can help take some of the load off your shoulders when it comes to researching cars, musicians, DJ’s, etc.

So don’t just sit back ignoring the chaos, it isn’t going to go away and you’ll only add to the bride’s stress levels and if you bury your head for too long you might wake up on the day to find you’re travelling to the church in a pink stretch limo in a lime green suit. Make decisions, enjoy the process because despite some of the potential sticking points it should be enjoyable. After all this is going to be the most significant day of your lives, its your big day too.

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by Amisha Mulji

The wedding day is coming up In a few weeks/months.  Often, there is quite a bit of stress prepping for the event. So much so, that the wedding party, especially the bride and groom forget to take care of the most important things…themselves!

Here are a few helpful tips for the wedding party, and anyone else for that matter, to reach their goals under a stressful schedule. Please note, these are suggestions for those with a time constraint on their schedule.  These exercises can be added to an existing workout.

1. Set a realistic time frame of 4 weeks to make headway to your goal. It takes about 4 weeks to really notice a difference in your body as well as feel the effects of your workout. This is a real difference that other people notice in you in addition to what you see when you look in the mirror. Write the date down on a calendar and make sure to keep up with your workouts!

3. This is the most important step. In order to be efficient with your time and effective with your workout, it’s useful to multi task your movements. Similar to talking on the phone, and stirring the pot for dinner, saving you time, doing one exercise in another’s movement will challenge your body, save time and still be effective.

4. Choose 2 of the following to work on each day, paired with 10 minutes of jogging or jump roping and followed by 30 to 45 minutes of cardio. Cardio can include, walking, jogging, running, swimming, skating etc. Anything that can raise your heart rate and can be done continuously with only short 2-3 minute breaks in between.

5. “Multi Tasking Exercises”- Each Exercise should be done 15 times and in 3 sets each

a. Bicep curl and Lunge- 5-10 lb dumbbells for women, 10-15 lbs for men

b. Step Up and Shoulder Raise- 3-10 lb dumbbells for women,  10-15 for men

c. Lying leg raise and chest press: 10-12 lb dumbbells for women, or 10-15 lb bar/ 15-20 lb dumbbells for men, or 25 lb+ bar

d. Tricep Extension and Squat: 5-10 lb dumbbells for women, 10-15 lb dumbbells for men

e. Hip Raise and Lateral Raise: 5-8 lb dumbbells for women, 10-15 lb dumbbells for men

f.  Front Raise and Back Fly: 8 -10 lb dumbbells for women, 10-12 lb dumbbells for men

6. If unsure on how to do any of these movements, YouTube has many exercise videos that can help or you send me a message at salubriousco@gmail.com and I’d be happy to help.

7. Last but not least, and vital to a great workout. Pick at least 20 of your favorite songs and put them on a workout playlist! There isn’t any better way to pass the time quickly than by listening to some great music!

8. Enjoy your workout and Love the Way You Feel!

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Amisha Mulji

Salubrious Company 

www.salubrious.com