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Real Weddings: Northeast US

From New England to New York and Rhode Island to Long Island, couples in the Northeast have their own distinct brand of offbeat. A little urban, and little upstate, and a bit of an edge — we love you East Coast offbeat couples! Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.net/submissions.

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Dragons and LEGO wedding with sword-fighting

The offbeat couple: Ariel, computer security engineer & Andrew, computer game programmer Location & date of wedding: MIT Chapel and Faculty Club, Cambridge, MA. — October 3, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We started with a riot of medieval-inspired color: sapphire blue silk dress, purple-and-black-velvet groom, attendants in their choice of dupioni silk color […]

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Carla & Zeb’s handmade everything, drumming dance party wedding

The wedding was a traditional Byzantine wedding which is somewhat offbeat even though its orthodox. Byzantine wedding in western PA; we warned people it would be just like the wedding in the move The Deerhunter.

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Shel & Mike’s Black & White Halloween Wedding

In keeping with the season, it’s time for our weekly Offbeat Halloween wedding! The Offbeat Bride: Shel, Coordinator Her Offbeat Partner: Mike, Fire Arms Instructor Location & date of wedding: Holiday Inn Select, Trevose, PA — October 31, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We tried to make the day about the two of us, […]

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Tanya & Mark’s flamingo themed backyard wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Tanya, bookseller/crafty lady Her Offbeat Partner: Mark, administrator Location & date of wedding: Parents backyard in Northampton, PA — 6/6/09 What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted to keep our wedding fun, whimsical, and more like an outdoor party. I made everything I thought I could, allowing me to show of my […]