前段时间（大概两三个月前）在关注中国婚庆方面信息的时候，偶尔看到一个网站www.theknot.cn。当时该网站显示的还是”coming soon”。今天因为一时好奇，再次打开该网站，发现内容已经相当丰富了，虽然还是能明显地看出网站仍处于起步阶段。

这个公司中文名叫爱结（ ijie.com ），翻译成英文就是knot of love的意思，根据他们网站的介绍于2010 年 1 月成立于北京，是全球婚庆资讯品牌 The Knot, Inc. ( www.theknot.com ) 的中国分部。简单介绍一下The Knot, Inc：

The Knot是一家在纳斯达克上市的媒体公司（股票代码KNOT），总部于1996年成立于纽约，主要为准备结婚、同居或计划要小孩的情侣、夫妻提供多媒体内容。公司主要收入来源于在线广告，商品销售，注册服务以及出版物。The Knot目前为美国婚庆第一品牌，并被美国版《Vogue 》票选为“信息服务类最时尚网站”。

个人认为目前the knot在中国业务基本属于美国业务的翻版，服务内容基本相似。不过我还是相当看好这个公司。可能她是在中国第一个与国外知名婚庆咨询公司合作的。

刚又扫到一条信息：广西卫视明晚10点即将开播首期婚恋节目《大嫁光临》。该节目由广西卫视与the KNOT共同合作，明晚播出的第一期主题为“我的野蛮新娘”。不知道从什么时候起，约会、相亲、婚恋类的节目在国内风行起来，譬如江苏台《非城勿扰》，赚足了收视率。我个人虽然从未看过国内这类节目，不过周围有很多朋友都有看，而且男生也都有看呵呵。（我觉得看美国版的”the Bachelorette”更加有意思些，帅哥美女众多，赞！）

期待看到爱结的发展，希望他们有一些自己的创意，并且能够真正的融合中西方的文化！

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WEDDING LOCATIONS

Brazil #5

Cânion da Fumacinha, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia

Centrally located in South America, this waterfall wedding destination is packed full of great hideaways and beautiful picturesque scenery.

Photographer: Alex Uchoa - click on photo to contact him

You might have heard from seasoned vacationers that frequent Brazil, that its a trip you HAVE to plan…What better planning would there be than to make a trip for a destination wedding?  This hidden waterfall is fit snug into the mountainside and with its 1,020 foot drop, the water mysteriously evaporates creating an eerie yet refreshing mist that engulfs the inner cavern. There are many areas throughout Brazil that can be at the top of many vacationers dream, but we believe this to be a great wedding location since you can also find other spectacular environments within the same region.  If you’re planning a wedding then Chapada Diamantina should be on the list of definite possibilities. Once the wedding ceremony is complete, why not head over to Poço azul for a refreshing dip in the lake…did I mention the lake is actually a mountain cave system? Yes indeed, this area of Brazil is a must have in your list of possibilities.

Photographer: Alex Uchoa - click on photo to see his work

Belize #4

Butterfly Falls

Hidden Valley Inn - Butterfly falls

This little gem can only be seen by guests who stay at The Hidden Valley Inn. Not only will you and your guests enjoy over 90 miles of secluded trails for hiking and mountain-biking, you can also take advantage of horseback ridding, canoeing, and exploring the Maya Mountains. This reserve is situated on 7200 private acres, and the luxurious accommodations will have you feeling like this eco resort has always been a part of your natural surroundings.  If scenery with a touch of romance is what you are searching for in a destination wedding, then Hidden Valley should be on your wedding list of possibilities. Do you know of many places where you have the ability to reserve a waterfall for a day? Talk about romance…

Mindanao #3

Tinago Falls

Tinago waterfall

Located within the “city of waterfalls” on the second largest island in the Philippines, this beautiful waterfall takes a bit of time to get to, but well worth the effort.  As you make your way to the top of the “winding staircase” you begin to feel the power and energy of the falls. Knowing you have to descend 300-500 steps to get there is not half as bad as knowing you have to trek back up once you’re ready to leave. With that said, you will be amazed as you reach the bottom, and your wedding party will feel the effort it will take to leave, slowly escapes their mind.

On the island you will have plenty of things to do, many places to explore, and a great deal of memories just waiting to be made. A wedding ceremony in the Philippines might be a great idea especially if you consider having it in the city of waterfalls.

Arizona #2

Havasu Falls

Havasupai Tribe - click on photo to learn more

The Havasu ’Baaja better known as “the-people-of-the-blue-green-waters” have fought very hard to reclaim their land over the years which is located within the Grand Canyon. Although they have not been able to claim 100% of their original land, they do have some of the most beautiful surroundings.  The Havasupai Tribe has opened their land to tourist and the havasu falls is believed to be the most photographed falls throughout the world.

Here you will be able to see all that the Grand Canyon has to offer, with the added bonus of learning the tribal history of the Havasupai.

China / Vietnam #1

Detian – Banyue Falls 德天瀑布 – 板約瀑布

Ban Gioc Falls thác Bản Giốc

Detian waterfall - travel-china.net

This breathtaking waterfall can be found either by traveling into the Karst hills of Daxing County in the Chongzuo prefecture of Guangxi Province in China, or by traveling through Trung Khanh, Cao Bằng province in Vietnam. No matter what country you decide to travel through to get there, this magnificent waterfall and surrounding landscape should be a great contender on your list of waterfall wedding destinations. If you look closely at the photo you will see there are walkways and bridges connecting all flat land surfaces…This means you can position your wedding ceremony in any direction you would like, in order to capture any aspect of this gorgeous scenery.

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婚礼应该选择哪些日子?

1、选择润年润月。中国人对结婚日期的挑选非常讲究“润月”、“润年”，即每隔两、三年便会出现一个润年，即该年有两个“立春”，一个“润月”。选择结婚吉日，最好在有润月的年份。

2、嫁娶择日法。婚姻嫁娶的择日原则是，以新娘方的出生日期为主，并参考新郎及其他人的出生日期，中国俗语讲：“子靠出生时，女靠行嫁年”。

1)  女命出嫁年禁忌（请对照最后一行，例如午就是马年）

兔相人忌子年 虎相人忌丑年

牛相人忌寅年 鼠相人忌卯年

猪相人忌辰年 狗相人忌巳年

鸡相人忌午年 猴相人忌未年

羊相人忌申年 马相人忌酉年

蛇相人忌戌年 龙相人忌亥年

起法：从卯上起子，逆数到本年太岁止。遇何属相，即是忌婚年，不宜出阁。

2)  男命禁婚年

男娶婚所忌者，当年太岁前五相是也。即：

蛇相禁子年 马相禁丑年

羊相禁寅年 猴相禁卯年

鸡相禁辰年 狗相禁巳年

猪相禁午年 鼠相禁未年

牛相禁申年 虎相禁酉年

兔相禁戌年 虎相禁亥年

3)  女命出嫁大利月

正七迎鸡兔※ 二八虎合猴

三九蛇共猪 四十龙合狗

牛羊五十一 鼠马六十二

此指属相为鸡和兔相的人，正月七月结婚吉利，其余属相仿此。

相对照：子鼠、丑牛、寅虎、卯兔、辰龙、巳蛇、午马、未羊、申猴、酉鸡、戌犬、亥猪

4)  真正婚嫁日。如果你决定将注册与结婚仪式的日期分开，最好这两天都是择日行事。如果要取舍的话，应该以进行迎亲及摆酒的传统礼仪当日为准，选在吉日举行，因为中国传统始终视这天为真正婚嫁日。

5)  良辰吉日计法。有些人认为还应该有更严格的良辰吉时计算方法，即用新郎、新娘的出生日期时间推算出最吉利的婚嫁时日。不过这种做法相当繁琐，更多人宁愿去看黄历选日子，或听研究周易之人的建议。

6)  12 好日子的定义。不管怎样，对于“好日子”的定义总是各有不同，不管选择什么日子，尽量选择那些大家都满意的日子才是上好之选。

婚礼应该避开哪些日子？

1、避开三七九。结婚吉日最好避免在农历的三月、七月和九月，因这三个月份分别适逢“清明”、“盂兰”和 “重公”，均为传统的“鬼节”，不宜办喜事。而在月初圆的“中秋节”月份，即农历八月是最适合办婚礼的月份。

2、避开三娘煞。相传月老不为三娘牵红线，使她不能出嫁。基于报复心理，三娘喜与月老作对，专门破坏新人之喜事，故每月的三娘煞之日，即初三、初七、十三、十八、廿二及廿七，不宜结婚。

3、不选父母生辰。在传统习惯中，父母生辰不应与结婚吉日相同，其实只是指父母生日的正日不宜嫁娶，在该月份内结婚却绝对适宜。

当然选日子的时候还应该考虑很多实际问题，比如亲朋好友时间的配合等等。很多时候，中国人办婚礼会配合法定节假日，有人认为这样比较有纪念意义并且款待亲朋与家中过节合而为一，既省钱又喜庆，但是假期结婚的人通常比较多，好一点的酒店基本都要提前一年预订。

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Seo for the wedding industry can be very complex.  With many search engines changing their algorithms on a constant basis its hard to know what trends to stay on top of.  Although your website might have great page rankings (PR) today, those ranks tomorrow can drop drastically.  So how can we, as wedding professionals make sure that we’re doing the right things to obtain better rankings? or, how can we make sure we aren’t doing the wrong things that will get us penalized or banned from certain directories? The only people that could give you that exact information, are those who work developing the algorithms (and they will not divulge that information).  So, if we remember to stick with the basics, in the long run, your wedding site will gain better (PR) rankings and could potentially outrank those who are ranked on page one for any key word or phrase dealing with the wedding industry.

Lets face it, we all want to dominate search engines for key words such as “wedding” or “wedding dresses” (or whatever your area is within the wedding industry), and if we looked closely at the few wedding websites on those search terms we can note one thing – SOME DO NOT DEAL WITH THE EXACT SEARCH TERM – If you actually sold wedding dresses, or in fact owned a venue wouldn’t you feel more confident knowing you can be ranked for your actual key word terms, more so then companies that only offer a website that offer other websites? Wouldn’t it be nice to find those types of sites only when you search for terms like “many wedding websites” or “wedding website directory” or “best wedding website for one stop shopping” or something along those lines? This way if someone typed in the term “wedding dress” they would find a list of designers, or manufacturers, or individuals who are selling bridal gowns. Well according to some, that’s exactly what’s going to start happening.

We are in a unique position as many of those larger companies implemented tactics that are starting to be recognized as “black hat” techniques.  In their defense, most website owners and technical staff did what they could to climb the ranks by finding weaknesses and shortcuts not knowing that it would set a trend that would keep directories forever changing how they seek out relevant information.  Not only do algorithms change constantly to help the directories find relevant information, but they are able to find the weaknesses other tech-savvy individuals like to exploit – and once found, those “top ranked” sites, wind up paying a penalty in the long run, either by loosing page rank, or getting dropped from a directory (like google, or yahoo). How is this beneficial to you? this means if you start working on your seo and do it the right way by sticking to the basics, your website could start gaining more visibility for key words or phrases in the wedding industry.  You will begin to notice the companies that dominated key words or phrases that did not directly relate to them will start to loose credibility and therefore page rank.  These ever changing algorithms are trying to find YOU!

So, what can be done, and what should you do to capitalize on this now?

lets go over …

Wedding seo basics

• Wedding seo

  Make sure each page in your website is optimized for search engines.  For example, if you own a website that deals with wedding shoes and only have a one page website, then that first page title, meta tags and data should reflect exactly what can be found on that first page. If that is done properly then its optimized. If your website has multiple pages you must use the above system to optimize each page, making sure all pages have the right (title, meta, and data) pertaining to the content of each individual page.

• Directory submissions for wedding websites

  Once you have completed your wedding Optimization, focus your attention on submitting your link to directories. First target the larger well known directories like Google, Yahoo, and Dmoz.  After submitting to those, you can focus on directories in other countries, or specify your search criteria for directories just within your niche.  You will begin to notice there are many directories you can add your link to. Some directories are free, and others charge a fee or ask you to endorse them by giving them a link within your site. Research the best direction for you and your website and submit your link.

• Wedding links and linking with wedding related sites

  In this next step there are a few ways you can go about getting links to your website. The above method not only helps you obtain links, but it places your website within directories. Also you can speak with other website owners within your niche and ask them if they would like to share links – or – you can ask if they have a wedding links page, and if they do ask them if they would be willing to add your site.  Once you’ve completed that step, you can move onto submitting comments on blog posts that also pertains to your niche. Make sure when you seek blogs to comment on, that they are DOFOLLOW blogs so that when you post your comment you can also attach your websites url.  This tells the spiders/crawlers that your site is within the same industry/topic and over a period of time will start to help your rankings. (example: finding a blog post about wedding dresses, and reading the post and making a comment within the line/scope of the topic with your wedding dress company web site attached – gives your site credibility) Building links the right way, will not only encourage others to be active with you and your brand – but it will help your website climb in rankings.

• New wedding content developed regularly

  In order to keep your page rank moving upwards you need new content. The best way to not only help your self but others is to create a DoFollow blog so that each time you write new content others will be able to comment on your site. This actually helps your website much more then it can hurt – not only will you be building fresh new content for the spiders to find, it will also help you develop key words and phrases that will attract the attention of individuals searching for those key terms.

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  Following the basics of “wedding industry search engine optimization” will help you increase your page rank, and help those who are searching for you be able to locate you amongst the crowd of unrelated websites. Try not to fall for the “next” big shortcut, or “tech-savvy” way of getting around the basics, because that could hurt your rankings at some-point in the near future.

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Wedding Diet

While you’re out scouring local bridal shops trying on wedding dresses, the thought  of those few extra pounds quickly take center-stage.  You begin to fantasize how much better that perfect wedding dress will look, if only you were able to squeeze into a smaller size.  No worries, many soon-to-be-brides have felt the same way.

The real questions then become;

What is the right diet plan to be on, in order to get the best results? and how much weight loss can you realistically see at the end of your fast weight loss diet?

Although those two questions seem very straight forward, they leave a myriad of other questions that need to be addressed simultaneously while still searching for the answers to the initial questions… If that’s not confusing, try to Google the word “diet“.  You will quickly see just how confusing a diet plan can be, and more so, you will quickly become confused on what diet will work best for you.  Since there are millions of sites pitching their diet, is the best diet to be on,  I hope to help you find a quick, yet simple approach that will work for most people.

This Post is not intended to give medical advice, nor should anyone ever take a websites approach to weight loss as a #1 method.  Please consult your physician prior to changing your diet and training.

You know, time is of the essence when trying to diet for a wedding, and if you’ve been let down by some of these crash diets before, then you know all to well how discouraging it can be to start all over again.  So, what source is the best? who’s advise should you take? what diet plan is the right one for you? How much weight do you want to loose? and what is a HEALTHY approach and target to loosing a realistic amount of weight for your big day?

First lets start with the basics…

What your diet should not consist of:

- Soda

-Chips

-Candy

-Fried Food

Now consider the time you have for dieting.  A very healthy approach to weight loss is loosing about 1-3 lb. a week.  Remember the closer you get to your target weight the harder those last few lb.  will be to shed.  Also keep in mind the first 8 – 10 lb. will be gone very quickly once you start physical training, as your body will be shedding stored water weight.  The key to weight loss is simple, eat less (or better/healthier foods) and train more then your daily calorie consumption.

If your going to eat carbs try to eat them only in the morning or early afternoon limiting the amount you consume (try not to eat carbohydrates past 2pm). Throughout the day have a small meal or snack every 2.5 -3 hours, this will help keep you full throughout the day and also get your metabolism going.  Every hour you should be consuming a few tall glasses of water (have a glass every 20min or so).  Proteins should be consumed at least 3 times within any given day (this not only helps speed up recovery from training, but it also builds lean muscle while helping to burn fat).

So what does this kind of diet look like as an example?

Monday:

8:30am 1cup of plain oatmeal

10:30am hand full of mixed nuts

12:30pm protein shake/ or bar

2:30pm 1cup of multi-grain rice,  5 oz. grilled chicken breast

4:30pm 1 cup of steamed vegetables

6:30pm 7 oz. grilled salmon, sweet potato

Throughout this day you should have consumed 24 glasses of water. If you need to snack one more time before you stop eating for the night make sure you do it before 8pm (AND DO NOT….I REPEAT…DO NOT eat anything bad, if you’re going to snack eat chicken, or greens, or a handful of mixed nuts)

Another great way to loose weight is to eat more catabolic foods. These items actually use more calories to digest, then they are able to produce. “For example a medium sized apple (which is catabolic), would provide an average of 85 calories, however your metabolism would require an additional 99 more calories to metabolize it.” therefore you will be burning calories while eating.

Try to avoid the quick fat loss schemes, I know it will be hard to do, but think of it like this…

If you shock your body to much in a short period of time, the body will respond back with a bigger shock to you…That could be in the form of health issues, or even an extremely quicker weight-gain.  Be safe in your diet, consult your primary Doctor, and train responsibly.

Remember anything worth having, takes time, patience, understanding, and most of all dedication. Something you should be use to by now…after all, you are getting married.

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- A little commentary

- some extremely funny jokes and puns(warning – may cause embarrassing snorting)

- An original take on something not original.(Like the opposite of Home Alone 4…poor Macaulay Culkin)



Man In Japan Weds Anime Game Character

Alright, so for the scoop on this one, I shall give you the facts.

1.) Sal9000 has found the love of his life. While her name is Nene Anegasaki, and she lives inside of a Nintendo DS video game called Love Plus, its true love at first level up.
2.)At the wedding, there was not only his mom, whom he must still live with in the basement, but a live audience, an MC, the bride’s virtual video game girlfriend, and a real human priest. ( She gave a speech too… :0)
3.) While this marriage might have the normal kinks of any relationship, I see a bright future! Fighting should be kept to a minimum, there will never be that vasectomy talk, and they will both comfortably fit in bed without fighting over sides.



Watch the actual ceremony digitized below…



So, probably not your thing huh? The idea of saying “I Do” to a polygon creation little bizarre?


But wait! Sal might be as much a man of smartness and thriftiness as an anime enthusiast! Diamond shopping for Sal is going to be easy and cheap, as it can be completed in three easy steps!


1.)Open internet browser.
2.)Go on over to Bedazzler! (I know you remember this infomercial)
3.)Make a one time payment of $19.95
4.)…and Sal’s all set!

He can even change up the cut, size, shape, and color every day! What digital lover wouldn’t love her DS Crib getting new diamonds daily?


WARNING – Unless you are marrying a digital character, do NOT purchase your fiancee/wife a Bedazzler in lieu of a real diamond ring. This will NOT go over well!
MyWeddingisOver.com does not take responsibility for any consequences that bringing to light such appealing alternatives to buying a real diamond ring might cause.


Little anime eyecandy… gosh, Nintendo has me fooled! I expected Mario and Luigi to be coming out of the screen!




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