When I launched my DJ career, it was ancient times
My partner and I started our DJ business 21 years ago on a whim. We had no experience and no equipment but thought we could make it work.Since 1997, we’ve…
Professional Best Man (and the amazing things that have happened since I first proposed this job)
Five years ago I proposed a new job idea:Professional best man.It remains a role that I am waiting to fill. Let me explain.Although I meet many outstanding best men in…
Jim and Pam are still together. There is hope.
On the rare day that I'm feeling pessimistic about the world or sad about something in my life, I will often stop and think, "Jim and Pam are still married.…
Music is not the most important part of my job as a wedding DJ.
Last night I wrapped up my 19th year as a wedding DJ.When we first launched the business back in 1997, I thought that music was going to be the most…
Wedding advice: No impromptu toasts.
Wedding season is upon us. On Saturday my partner and I will begin our 19th season as wedding DJs. When we started back in 1996, we still had a…
The Professional Best Man: A bride’s best friend, too.
Four years ago, I proposed a new job for myself: The professional best man. I was serious about the proposal but less than hopeful about my prospects, but since publishing…
Don’t say goodbye to the bride and groom. Just leave. Let it be your final gift to them.
Slate’s Seth Stevenson argues in favor of not saying goodbye. Ghosting—aka the Irish goodbye, the French exit, and any number of other vaguely ethnophobic terms—refers to leaving a social gathering…
I went to Maine to officiate a wedding for a couple I had never met, and it wasn’t crazy.
My friends think I'm a little crazy. Three days before the start of my school year, I headed to Maine to officiate the wedding ceremony of a couple who I…
The New York Post’s Kim Kardashian – Kanye West wedding announcement was quite educational.
A couple days ago, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West got married. I wasn’t aware of their wedding (or their engagement, for that matter) until I saw it mentioned on Twitter.…
How to Stop a Wedding: Much better advice than what Slate had to offer.
Slate recently published a piece advising readers on how to stop a wedding. The editors of Slate loved this piece, declaring it on Twitter to be one of the most…
