Tag Archives: scoring-sunday

Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: Ditch The DJ, And Other Wedding Tips [Video]

Gawker wedding expert Phyllis Nefler has some thoughts, and those thoughts include pigs in a blanket and the bleakness of the bouquet toss. More

Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: The Skirt Made of ‘Feathers, Clouds, Whipped Cream and Youth’ [Altarcations]

What’s that, up there? Is it the proverbial fiddler on the roof, wearing a skirt of “whipped cream and youth”? No! It’s Gawker Weddings Expert Phyllis Nefler, back to explore this week’s Times weddings section. Join her! L’Chaim! More

Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: Are We Done Yet? [Altarcations]

Phyllis Nefler has had a very long wedding season. But she’s back! Join Phyllis as she soothes her bruised feet in a balm made of equal parts scorn, envy, and four-cheese artichoke dip. Let’s score the Times’ Wedding Section! More

Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: Olympic Champion Wins Gold In Relay Race of Love [Altarcations]

What do Olympic gold medalists in nordic skiing do in the summer? They get married. Join Olympics nerd and Gawker wedding expert Phyllis Nefler as she parses today’s New York Times weddings announcements. She goes for the gold every day. More

The Gawker Father’s Day Gift Guide [Guides]

Mother’s Day’s oft-forgotten cousin is upon us on Sunday and it’s very likely, giving the creeping nature of the holiday, that you’ve forgotten to get a gift for dad. But fear not! We’re here to help. More

Wired, Wikileaks and the Hacker-Journalist Complex [Wikileaks]

On June 6th, Wired.com published a report that military intelligence analyst Bradley Manning had been arrested for allegedly leaking the famous 2007 Apache helicopter attack video to Wikileaks. Now Wikileaks and others are questioning Wired’s involvement in the story. More

Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: When Everything Somehow Goes Right [Altarcations]

Life is hard, but sometimes everything works out. Couples in today’s New York Times weddings announcements have been blessed by something (God? Randomness? Aliens?) Resident Gawker weddings expert Phyllis Nefler parses their serendipitous stories. More

Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: Everyone Who Got Married This Week Went to Harvard [Altarcations]

Harvard! Harvard Harvard Harvard. Havard? Such is the nature of today’s New York Times weddings section. With so many couples of equal accomplishment, how do we judge them? Gawker wedding expert Phyllis Nefler finds a way, as she always does. More

Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: Kerri Strug Lands Men Like They’re Vaults [Altarcations]

Did you hear that Olympic gymnast and famous ankle-breaker Kerri Strug got married this weekend? She did, and it was in the New York Times. Which means our resident weddings expert Phyllis Nefler will judge it like a floor routine. More

Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: The Power Creatives Who Have It All [Vows]

The New York Times announces the weddings. Phyllis Nefler pits the couples against each other in that weekly battle royale we call Altarcations. This week: Creative class cage match and a Real Housewives cameo. More