The Love & Marriage Issue 2014
Weddings and Social Media; Toasting Newlyweds at BTV; Mountain Romance at a Secluded Yurt; Burlington Home-Biz Feud Gets Loud
Cover Story
Oh, Snapchat! Anna Post Talks Weddings and Social Media
Who doesn’t love a beautiful wedding? Sisters Anna and Lizzie Post do, and they tell us how to do it right in the sixth edition of Emily Post’s Wedding Etiquette — Emily being their great-great-grandmother. The Burlington-based Emily Post Institute continues to provide us with proper-behavior info for that special day (and all days, really).…
Obituary: Leo John Belrose
Leo John Belrose, age 53 years, died suddenly early Saturday morning February 8, 2014, in the Northwestern Medical Center. A native of Swanton Leo has been a resident of Alburgh for the past 14 years. Born in St. Albans on December 7, 1960, he was the son of the late Leo Joseph and Gwendolyn Lydia…
Obituary: Bernadette Marie Tremblay
Bernadette Marie Tremblay, age 84 years, died early Sunday morning February 9, 2014, in the Northwestern Medical Center with loving family at her side. Born at home in Highgate Center on November 17, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mae (Demers) Rainville. She began her formal education at the North Gore…
That Awkward Moment
The classic way to rip on a lackluster comedy is to claim that you only laughed at the outtakes played during the end credits. Exaggeration, perhaps, but in the case of That Awkward Moment, I can attest that the scenes of cast members flubbing their lines really are the movie’s funniest bits. Perhaps that’s because…
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DsantosVT Salsa Social [SIV341]
1/24/14: DsantosVT is a local dance company that holds monthly salsa socials at the North End Studios in Burlington. Eva joined them in January and met their teacher, Manuel Dos Santos, who brings the sultry Angolan dance Kizomba to the area. Music: Afinque This episode of Stuck in Vermont was made possible by Hotel Vermont…
Disharmony on Prospect Street: A Dispute Between Neighbors Strikes a Sour Note
Adam Buchwald is a luthier. He makes mandolins and guitars for a living in his garage on Burlington’s South Prospect Street. For the most part, his neighbors say they have no problem with the craftsman living and working nearby. But one — Barbara Headrick, who resides next door — has invested untold hours and resources…
Burlington International Airport Prepares to Send Couples Into the Wild Blue Yonder of Matrimony
Burlington International Airport may have launched millions of journeys since it opened in 1920, but never before has it been the takeoff point for a marriage. That will change on April 12 of this year, when Jamie Walker and Germain Mopa tie the knot on the second-floor mezzanine. The Burlington-based, business-savvy couple will be the…
Feasting at Killington’s Ledgewood Yurt
Ski area chefs have to be exceptionally nimble when it comes to feeding their guests. From family-friendly nachos, chili and chicken fingers to the high-end dinners expected by urbanites at day’s end, they have a lot of culinary ground to cover. Still, until a few weeks ago, I’d never heard of a resort dining experience…
Dining on Samples at a Wedding Show
I was never the little girl who dreamed of being a bride. I was more interested in growing up to be Godzilla, or perhaps Skeletor from He-Man. If I crushed cities or ruled Castle Grayskull, I could wear a fancy white dress any old time, no man necessary. As a teenager, I told friends that…
Can Couples Get Closer Through Bodywork?
On a Saturday afternoon in Shelburne, my husband, Carlton, and I are tangled up on a tapestry-covered futon, but not for an “afternoon delight.” For one thing, we’re fully clothed — albeit stripped down to T-shirts and workout pants in the 75-degree room at Yoga Roots. And we’re not alone. Practitioner Kristin Borquist is on…
Looking Back on the Tough Path Toward Marriage Equality
Before blogger Gary Russell and I moved to Vermont, we used to lie about our relationship. Oh, not to hide it. Persons who want such a thing to stay private do not invite family, friends and fellow members of their faith to their wedding. They do not write a column about their big day and…
First Dates: The Start of Something Good
Who says people don’t date anymore? Sure, the formal dinner date has gone the way of the supper club, and couples today are more likely to “hang out” (and sometimes hook up) before they start to think of themselves as “dating.” But ask any long-term pair about their first date, and stories of meet cutes…
News Quirks
Small Jobs Scientists at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization announced plans to glue sensors, each 2.5 mm square and weighing 5 milligrams, onto 5,000 honeybees in Tasmania, hoping to track their movements and halt the spread of diseases. The bees are first refrigerated to make them docile, and younger bees, which are hairier…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “You know it’s Saturday when you are wiping off vodka stains from your face with a marshmallow,” testifies the woman who writes the Tumblr blog French Fries Absinthe Milkshakes. I really hope you don’t even come close to having an experience like that this week, Aries. But I’m worried that you…
Reggae Star Tarrus Riley Talks About His New Album, ‘Love Situation’
Jamaican American reggae singer Tarrus Riley, 34, is fond of saying that reggae music is “the newest old music and the oldest new music.” At first, that’s a bit of a head-scratcher. But a listen to his new record, Love Situation, brings Riley’s meaning into focus. The son of reggae singer Jimmy Riley has risen…
Art Review: ‘Textured’ at Vermont Metro Gallery
Curators often look for a unifying theme when titling a group show. It gives viewers a conceptual frame for seeing an assortment of pieces as a cohesive, comprehensible whole rather than as an arbitrary array of artworks with little stylistically in common. “Textured,” however, doesn’t fit comfortably as the billing for the current show at…
Theater Review: Other Desert Cities, Vermont Stage Company
It’s Christmas Eve at the luxurious Palm Springs home of Polly and Lyman Wyeth, and the whole family is gathered. Like most families, this one has its philosophical fault lines that can rupture at any moment. Mom and Dad are so staunchly conservative that Lyman was once chair of the GOP, and Polly picks up…
Letters to the Editor
Poor Word Choice? Jim Lampman’s work didn’t need to be “vindicated,” as food writer Corin Hirsch indicated in [Side Dishes: “South End Kitchen to Open This Week,” January 21], because he hadn’t done anything wrong! The word you should have used is “validated!” Be sure you know the meaning of words before you use them!…
