Melanie Warner Spencer

Question: My fiancé and I are working on invitations. We are the first in our friend group to get married. Some of our friends are in long-term relationships,

Question: Should I include registry information with the save-the-date, shower and wedding invitations?

Question: It’s time to send out our wedding invitations and we are of course including an R.S.V.P. card. Do we have to include a return address and stamp on

Each Wednesday, we tackle wedding etiquette. At times, it’s a reader question or one from a colleague, friend or family member and other times we’ll cover a

Each Wednesday, we tackle wedding etiquette. At times, it’s a reader question or one from a colleague, friend or family member and other times we’ll cover a

It’s pumpkin spice season, which means sugary, caffeinated bliss for coffee drink lovers. Meanwhile there are the soda die hards who dare not go a day without

Question: My cousin is getting married in a few weeks. She and her fiancé put “your presence is our present” on the wedding website and as an insert in the

If autumn wasn’t already everyone’s favorite season, my guess is this year it will reach peak popularity. Every year, I’m beyond glad when cooler temperatures

Do you think road trips are the work of the devil or do you have tips to share for ways to make road travel easier and more deluxe?

Spend one hour talking with fitness, wellness and sports performance expert Mackie Shilstone and you’ll come away feeling motivated to start a fitness routine

Each Wednesday, we tackle wedding etiquette. At times, it’s a reader question or one from a colleague, friend or family member and other times we’ll cover a

For years, Tales of the Cocktail has been overtly boozy and primarily geared toward hospitality industry insiders, but this year organizers added a new twist

Each Wednesday, we tackle wedding etiquette. At times, it’s a reader question or one from a colleague, friend or family member and other times we’ll

Question: My niece got married four months ago. I had lunch with her and her new spouse a few weeks after the wedding and they thanked me for the wedding

Question: A few years ago, I attended a family wedding in which the couple opted for a cash bar at the reception. Many of my fellow attendees grumbled about

Each Wednesday, we tackle wedding etiquette. At times, it’s a reader question or one from a colleague, friend or family member and other times we’ll cover a

Weddings have always made me cry. My own wedding was a simple and intimate affair, which is good, because at 25 years old, my event planning skills weren’t

Question: What if an R.S.V.P. doesn’t include a return date?

The holiday season is in full swing and for the first time in nearly a decade, my husband and I won’t be in New Orleans for Christmas. This year, we are

Recently a friend posted to social that the time change was setting him back (#sorrynotsorry) in his still somewhat fledgling stage of morning personhood. He