A reborn turquoise means blue is back, baby

Laura Compton

The color blue has long been associated with weddings, from Victorian-era verse that advised wearing "something blue" for luck, to iconic...

Wedding album: Unscripted memories

We often think of weddings in terms of the traditional pomp: the exchange of vows, the beautiful gowns, the celebratory venues. Yet sometimes it...

Does over-sharing on Web inhibit socializing?

Meredith May

Here is a mildly goofy picture of me. I'm 19, dressed in my Halloween finery. I rode BART into the Castro like this, along with two friends also...

5 Things in June

Sam Whiting

San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery's 30th Anniversary Exhibition is highlighted by the only print in existence of "God," a 1918 picture that might...

A great range of Caesar salads

Michael Bauer, Chronicle Restaurant Critic

Caesar salad is as much of a fixture on Bay Area restaurant menus as fog is in the Sunset District. Not every place calls it Caesar, but just...

Wedding registries that let you cash in

Jen Burke Anderson

A new breed of Web sites is answering the call of wedding couples seeking the most flexible of gifts: money. But what are the rules in this...

Rehearsal dinner? There's a planner for that

Sam Whiting

The rehearsal dinner has potential to be even more fraught with peril than the wedding reception. It is the one opportunity for the groom's...

Taking the plunge: Weddings on S.F. Bay

Louise Rafkin

The day before her September 2009 wedding, Patty Inkenbrandt looked out the window and couldn't believe her eyes - or ears. "It was hailing,...