Erica Ingraham and Adam Koster had a brief ceremony at Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada, in below-zero temperatures, then snowboarded away as husband and wife.
Hal Karp, who overcame drug and alcohol addiction, asked forgiveness for the pain he had caused, decades ago, to Irene Sibaja. His vulnerability led to a reconnection.
The Road to This Wedding Was Paved With Theft, Lies, Tears, Other Marriages â and Forgiveness
Hal Karp, who overcame drug and alcohol addiction, asked forgiveness for the pain he had caused, decades ago, to Irene Sibaja. His vulnerability led to a reconnection.
Irene Sibaja heard Hal Karp on the podcast “Unorthodox” in 2018. There was something in his voice that made her reach out to him after so many years and so much pain. They were married Dec. 6 at Temple Emanu-El in Dallas.Credit.Allison V. Smith for The New York Times
By Alix Wall
Jan. 8, 2021
The lessons from the love story of Irene Sibaja and Hal Karp are many, but here are some of the more obvious: The old dating adage âright person, wrong timeâ is real; forgiveness is a gift; sharing your darkest moments can have a positive outcome; and looking for an ex online can sometimes be a good idea.
The Vegas Chapels Are Open, and Waiting
The pandemic did not stop a Las Vegas tradition: the fast, budget-priced nuptial ceremony with you and your very own (socially distant) Elvis impersonator.
Kirsten Bulock and Shawnea Pryor of #MarriedInVegas Studios photographing a masked couple in November.Credit.
Photographs by David Degner
For couples seeking a quickie wedding, or a whimsical one, Las Vegas is ready.
On some days, the line at the city’s famed Marriage License Bureau where the engaged need nothing more than photo IDs and a $77 fee wraps around the block.
The bureau closed for six weeks at the start of the pandemic, but since reopening in late April, it has churned out licenses from 8 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week, including holidays. That license is the ticket to a legally valid marriage at one of the city’s dozens of chapels, which offer fast, budget-conscious services in themed settings ranging from elegant to rococo.
The Champagne Toast Takes on Extra Special Meaning
When my parents first met the man who would become my husband, they ordered a bottle of Piper-Heidsieck and waited for news of a proposal.
Vanessa Hua and her husband, Marc Puich, on their wedding day in 2004.Credit.Julie Mikos
By Vanessa Hua
When my father ordered champagne, it baffled my boyfriend, but not me.
We’d been dating for about six months, and my parents were meeting him for the first time in 2001 at brunch at a French brasserie in San Francisco. It was the first time they’d ever met any of my boyfriends.