First Weightless Wedding Planned

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Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan (pictured below) will be the first couple to be married in zero gravity.

The couple, lifelong space fans will exchange rings and vows on June 20, in front of their closest family and friends aboard a modified Boeing 727-200 plane owned by the Zero Gravity Corp.

The plane will depart from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., and make steep dives while airborne to give the passengers eight full minutes of weightlessness, just as astronauts experience while flying in space.
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Carrie Bradshaw’s wedding dress by Vivienne Westwood sold out

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Until few days ago, you could find the wedding dress of your dream on Net-a-Porter. Now on-line there is a sad message that says: unfortunately, this item is sold out.

Lily wedding gown, priced at £4,530 ($9875), for say ‘I do’ wearing Vivienne Westwood Gold Label’s dress, is already sold out.

Famous thanks to Sex and the City Movie, where sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) finally marries her Mr. Big, it is champagne silk satin bustier wedding gown with built-in corset and it has a full puff skirt with asymmetric hem, a peaked sweetheart neckline, a zip fastening on back.
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Peacock feather wedding dress displayed

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A model recently presented a wedding dress decorated with peacock feathers at the wedding expo held in Nanjing, China.

The unique dress took eight handicraftsmen two months to finish!

The peacock wedding dress made of brocade is decorated with 2009 peacock tail feathers and 60 Hetian jades, and cost 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million), according to the expo organizer.
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Roman Abramovich buys 100 acres of land on the moon

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The Russian billionaire “bought” the land, which is located between 20-24°S latitude and 30-34°W longitude up there, in order to make it up to his soon-to-be wife, Daria Zhukova.

Apparently their crazy wedding had to be toned done because of the credit crisis, which has affected Abramovich’s fortune.

The land, in case you are looking to symbolically buy some moon property, was purchased from The Lunar Embassy. Via crunchgear

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Irish Caste for Sale

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Here’s a real chance of owning and being a part of real Irish history. The castle’s historic roots date back to the 10th century and it is located on an ancient druidic ceremonial ground.

It was burned down in 1922 but rebuilt in 1928. It was sold to The State in 1951 but then the Ryan family bought it in 1994 and turned it into a hotel.

It has been used for weddings and events (over 1400 couples have married here in the past 14 years) but could also be converted back into a private residence.
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The 2008 Neiman Marcus Christmas Book

platinum wedding at the resort at pelican hill The 2008 Neiman Marcus Christmas BookThe Dow Jones has sunk below 10,000, Wall Street is in turmoil and big banks are disappearing. But that hasn’t stopped Neiman Marcus from mailing its much-anticipated annual Christmas Book catalog this week.

From high-end cars to custom sculptures, The 82nd edition of this world-renowned book is full of fantasy gifts. The most expensive item this year is the Three Chimneys Thoroughbred Racing Package, which is priced at $10 million.

Some of this year’s other extravagant gifts include His and Hers life-size Lego sculptures, a Dallas Cowboys Texas Stadium end zone, the M-Velope transformable structure, and medieval and Renaissance-era rings. Also, this year’s featured car is the Neiman Marcus limited-edition 2009 BMW Individual 7 Series sedan.

Fantasy gifts, along with life-time memories, are also for sale, including a platinum wedding at an exclusive beach side resort. The turnkey wedding includes a custom-designed dress by Carolina Herrera, up to 40 private ocean-view guest villas and all the other wedding must-haves. The wedding destination packages are all customized - one size or price will not fit all, so the starting price is $1.3 million.

Each year, the store selects the fantasy gifts from the thousands of suggestions it receives from customers around the world. First published in 1926 as a 16-page booklet, the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book was initially intended as a Christmas card to the store’s best customers.

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