Anne here. For starters, I will give you plenty of photos, in case you haven’t seen them. Our location is the International Debutante Ball at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Monday night, Dec. 28, 2008.

The NY Times positioned the story with just a bit of faded glory, and ample socialite excuses ” … had I only known … we couldn’t get our deposit back.”

Indeed the band played on, although there were only 47 debutantes this year, versus 58 in 2006. The guest list stood at 662 instead of 976.

I’ve J’Adored a wedding or two this past year, when the feature reveals lifestyle content that speaks to larger life issues, like love and relationships. The whole point of Celebrations is to inspire the unique life moments that inspire us.

The NYTimes does a particularly good job of writing about weddings as stories in our lives, not fodder for the society pages.

the Hawaii wedding of Melinda Raney and Art SpigelThe lead into the story of Raney and Spigel’s Hawaii wedding beings with Art Spigel, “an ace in avoidance, a specialist in swerve and a grandmaster in the sweet science of bob and weave.” Great writing! Journalism 101 at its best.