Your Wedding Starts Here

Welcome to our guide to Washington's best reception sites, dress shops, and more. Plus read Q&As with wedding pros and a blog with new posts daily. Join the wedding (planning) party.

Bridal Party: A Wedding Blog

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What to Do This Weekend

Bridal events for May 8 - 11. more

The Wedding Binder

A bride tells you how she stays organized. more

Wedding Vendors

To find the best wedding vendors and resources, we asked bridal experts - and couples - for their votes. From caterers and gown shops to photographers and florists, these businesses will help make your day perfect. Plus, we've got advice on destination weddings, honeymoon planning, and more!

Bridal Party Blog

If you’re dreaming of towered cakes and first dances (or if you’re prepping to be a bridesmaid/groomsman or wondering what to wear/bring/say on a friend’s big day, or hey—maybe you just love weddings), welcome to Bridal Party, a new Washingtonian.com blog on everything wedding.

A Washingtonian Wedding: Keeping It Together. A bride-to-be’s advice on staying organized.
The Slice: Serving You Today's Wedding News. Trunk show at Hitched; Stilton cheese wedding cake.
Our Invite Must Have Gotten Lost in the Mail. The scoop on Jenna Bush's wedding.
Where & When Bridal: What to Do This Weekend. A trunk show and more!
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Meet Our Guest-Blogging Bride and Groom!

No, they're not marrying each other. But they are both engaged, and they're inviting you to follow along as they figure out this whole planning-a-wedding thing. Meet Emily and Josh, Bridal Party's two amazing guest bloggers.

Josh—The Reluctant Groomzilla. A new post each Wednesday.
Emily—A Washingtonian Wedding. A new post each Friday.

Picture This

Photographer Neal Freed gives advice on everything from fathers-in-law who want to wear white tuxes to places for awesome wedding pictures in DC. Also in the chat: Black-and-white versus color photos, having family members shoot your wedding, and more. Read his tips now. more

  1. Q&As with other wedding experts

We Want Love Stories

The Monday Love Stories column is on hiatus as we plan a special Love Stories package for the June issue of The Washingtonian. In the meantime, e-mail your own love story to mconrad@washingtonian.com. Did you meet on the Metro? Are you total opposites? Tell us in a paragraph or two, and you could be featured online.

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To Do: Savor: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience

Next weekend, some of the nation’s keenest beer aficionados will be in DC to celebrate the art and science of pairing good beer with good food. more

Local Designer Sara Tuttle Enjoys Domino Effect

One of the nation’s most buzzed-about interior designers is right here in Bethesda. more