wedding issue
Wedding issue not colorful enough
Published on Nov 27th, 2012
7 comments Reading your [October 18] Weddings special insert, out of your 12 couples, I didn't see a single person of color getting married. In fact, I only saw one black guy in any of the photos of groomsmen...
The wedding issue
Published on Jun 29th, 2011
7 comments The summer edition of the Hook's spectacular quarterly wedding guide is here, and in addition to its presence as a special insert inside the June 23 edition you can read it in a digital edition....
Fun bride guide now viewable in all its glory
Published on Jun 24th, 2010
3 comments Former UVA track athlete Ariane Sloan peers out from the cover as a bride-in-training. –->VIEW THIS SECTION AS FLASH OR PDF The Hook's latest guide to all things bridal is the first of our...
Will you marry me?
Published on May 1st, 2003
0 comments Before there's a wedding, there's usually an engagement. The Hook asked some well known locals to share their love stories, and we got an earful. From love at first sight, to broken fingers, to "...
Unveiled: Wedding tales beyond legend
Published on May 1st, 2003
0 comments Did you hear the one about the groom who stood up at his wedding reception and asked the guests to look under their chairs, where each found an 8x10 glossy of the bride and best man in flagrante...
The most unusual place we've done it
Published on May 1st, 2003
0 comments The question's been popped, the ring's been accepted, and the day's been designated. Now all you have to do is pick the place. But you're Jewish and you're fiance's Baptist, or maybe you're both...
Bachelor parties Guys, rum, and strippers what more can you ask?
Published on May 1st, 2003
0 comments We've all seen Bachelor Party, right? You know the one: Tom Hanks acting all crazy, hookers and mistaken identities, coked-up donkeys, etc. Nobody I know really has the cash for renting out fancy...
Prenups: The death of romance?
Published on May 1st, 2003
0 comments With a staggering 50 percent of marriages ending in divorce, prenuptial agreements have become standard fare for the rich and famous. While wags wonder whether Nicolas Cage or Michael Jackson might...
Newlywed advice
Published on May 1st, 2003
0 comments It's impossible to prepare for every contingency when planning your wedding, but the advice and memories of locally married newlyweds should provide food for thought (at $60 a head).   Shelley...
Legends: Local weddings through the ages
Published on May 1st, 2003
0 comments Published May 1, 2003 in issue #0217 of the Hook While today's fashionable Albemarle weddings happen in a humble barn with decidedly unhumble catering (and a bluegrass band), it hasn't always been...
2-ring circus: Reality TV feeds urge to merge
Published on May 1st, 2003
0 comments In the beginning, Rick took Darva to be his lawfully wedded wife. Could it have been only three short years ago? It seems like an eternity since the oh-so-desirable Rick Rockwell (he of fake fortune...
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