Have you been invited to a wedding recently? E-mail askann@nhmagazine.com with your questions. I have received a wedding invitation with a choice of menu. I am a vegetarian. They are offering beef or salmon. What do I do? They are…
You’ve Probably heard of people who buy countless cookbooks every year, but who have absolutely no intention of ever cracking one open to prepare a dish from its pages. Instead, they use them for leisure reading: They prop themselves up…
Talk is cheap. A complete kitchen overhaul is not. But it’s worth every penny if you make sure it’s exactly what you want. To overhaul our kitchen we decided to enlist the help of a professional kitchen designer for the…
New Hampshire residents enjoy the state for its lifestyle. Close enough to Boston to enjoy its pleasures yet far enough away to avoid its congestion, the Granite State offers a beautiful seacoast, pristine mountains, and a scenic landscape. Its cultural…
She loves summertime — beaches, boats, sandcastles and sandals. He loves wintertime — skiing, sleighs, Christmas trees and candy canes. So, when Dawn Marie Scarpini and Brendan Sullivan set their wedding date last year, they had to decide — a…
This “flower power” hair comb is tucked with cream roses, while rhinestones and clear baubles give just a hint of sparkle. A loose, face-framing tress adds a touch of mystery as you walk down the aisle. Headpiece: Teresa Beck-Lauterbach, Blooming…
Inviting family and friends to share your wedding day is one of the most special moments you’ll have as bride-and-groom-to-be. You no doubt want to choose an invitation that expresses who you are as a couple, and also one that…
Does wedding food always have to be boring? Do the predictable choices of chicken or beef conjure memories of uninspired or downright awful food at other weddings? Steve Stinnett, executive chef at the Manchester Country Club, calls this the “rubber…
Independent brides, considerably older and possibly better educated than in past decades, do seek tradition, but with a twist. One of the things they most look for now is color. Brides are shocking their mothers by putting color — even…
The highway turns into a circular driveway. The driveway turns to a path. The path leads to and then through this home on Granite Lake. Upon approach, the home appears first as a blue wideboard wall, obscuring the water, and…
