Eden Maids
Bridesmaid dress emergency??

I am completely freaking out!! I ordered 2 bridesmaids dress one maid of honor dress and one flowergirl dress from an Eden Bridal Dealer. I ordered one more bridemaids like two weeks after the first order.The dealer has received the dresses but he tells me that he did not order the last dress because I did not pay him.We agreed that the dresses would be received and then I would pay the final bill. Now one of my bridesmaid has no dress.It is too late to have another made by the factory because the wedding is in one week. What am I gonna do? Are there any online vendors that keep Eden style 7104 on royal blue size 16 in stock?
Here is what the dress looks like:
http://www.edenbridals.com/product_info.php?products_id=654
Thanks for all your advice.The house of brides has the dress but it takes 10-16 weeks to get it since they order it from the factory.

UPDATE:

Understanding that you’ve found out that the House of Brides cannot get the gown in time, I’ve looked for Eden dealers in Las Vegas that you may want to call to see if they have one in stock. With the thousands of weddings that happen in Vegas – it’s worth a try!

Hope this helps, keep us posted & don’t stress – it will be a faint memory a year from now and you’ll all laugh about it!

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Taste of Italy

Being Italian means the rich history, gastronomy, wines, fine clothing and accessories from Italian designers the only people names like Guido, Fabio, Rosalie and Filomena. Above all, Il Calcio (soccer), cycling, seductive beaches, majestic mountains, fishing, il pisolino (nap), and house parties. A style of living life to its fullness is a very visible feature Italian and historical. Italian dressing for Il Carnevale means that is a kind of celebration of Halloween week, with lots of fun for kids and adults alike.

During Il Carnevale, beginning the day after the feast of St. Agatha on Feb. 4 and ends the day before Ash Wednesday, children and adults dress in costumes. Children go from house to house, as do on Halloween here in the States, to obtain and tries to launch confetti (i coriandoli). Assist adults lavish masked balls, or house parties, if money is tight. This tradition, which began during the late Middle Ages Times masked balls, was later enriched by the Commedia dell'Arte because of its most popular and entertaining as Arlecchino, Pantalone, Dottore, Capitano, Columbine and Mirandolina. The Comedy is comedy shows performed for free in the village square during the seventeenth century and even today during the holidays. The Commedia is often improvised and issues such as the master of the house and bothering to woo the maiden.

Venice and Viareggio are known for their fantastic celebration of Il Carnevale, even to the streets. Strufoli and treated like Zeppole (bakery), and castagne (roasted chestnuts) are enjoyed by all. Humor is a Carnival ogni scherzo vale (In Carnival every joke is fine). Il Carnivale is the highlight winter fun, as well as skiing in the Italian mountains Sharp as the Alps and Apennines.

Spring, summer and fall at night lovely home with the parties on the terrace under the moon smiles, where music for dancing, finger food and desserts to please the ear and palate. Common Pasta are cannoli, granita (Italian ice cream), briosche (Italian croissants). The most common drinks are Campari on ice or Cynar. If you like serious liquor, have a Grappa and Strega. House parties are a great way for students to socialize, make friends and find a girlfriend.

Ferragosto is a month of summer celebration. Italians take all the month of August off. People living in the mountains, go to the seashore. People living near the beach go to the field. The city people prefer the islands of the Sicily, Sardinia and the smaller islands like Capri, Alba, and the Aeolian Islands. Everyone loves and visits to major cities of Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples and Rome for its history, art and fine cuisine.

During Ferragosto, Italy becomes the Garden of Eden, where fruits and vegetables are everywhere: in all stalls and the mercato (outdoor market): delicious watermelons, sweet grapes, apricots, plums and peaches, all kinds of tomatoes, oranges, mandarins, eggplants, cucumbers, zucchini and squash. Italy is also the land of picturesque vineyards and olive groves. The Virgin Mary is honored during Ferragosto in the Feast of the Ascension Aug. 15. Of course, when it's so hot, Italians like naptime.

As the saying goes "When an Italian sleeps alone, he or she sleep with the angels, when the Italian did not sleep alone, the angels, looking away. "This is romantic Italian style! Of course, the only reason Italians may take a nap in the afternoon is because they work from 8:00 am to noon, go home for four hours to eat and enjoy the romance after returning to work at 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The night is dinner with family then go out and socialize with friends at the bar. A bar in Italy is also an ice cream shop, coffee shop and bakery.

Fall is for winemaking. While machines have taken over, treading the grapes is still ongoing, at least for entertainment and to keep tradition. The owner of the vineyard invites family, neighbors and friends who hand pick the ripe grapes, and then start treading the grapes. The noon meal at harvest grape usually consists of spaghetti with marinara sauce, cod alla Cacciatore, seasonal fruits, popular Italian cheeses and, of course, came from last season. A beautiful tradition is to make toast in verse while guests enjoy food. A toast results "for the wine, health and prosperity!" Going another around the table saying "that white wine is perfectly clear," and someone else can continue with "The food is delicious in the sincerity of truth. "Jokes and jokes add to the happy event. Boys attract girls present, making poetic toast and trying to get girls drunk. All of the joke table, make fun of them while the older people remember 'the good old days ". The real fun is that wine is produced. Viva l'Italia!

Most holidays are the same as in America and Europe: Christmas Eve / Day, Easter and New Year's Eve / Day, while others are exclusive of Italy and neighboring countries of Italy, like the Festa della Befana. La Befana is good witch who brings gifts to children on the eve of Epiphany. Another holiday Easter Monday is that the Italians take very seriously. Easter Monday picnics and stopped at a local Trattoria (dinner) for a good meal or alla Salumeria (a store delicatessen) for sandwiches are very refreshing and very welcome after the forty days of Lent, the season of repentance and introspection.

Other Italian religious fiestas are La Festa di San Giuseppe (Saint Joseph's Day) on March 19, Il Giono di tutti i Santi (All Saints Day) November 1, Il Giorno dei Morti (All Saints Day) November 2, and L'Immaculate Conception (Immaculate Conception) on 8 December.

I must confess that I'm biased St. Joseph's Day, a popular holiday in southern Italy with a unique dinner (lunch) menu: soup peachicks and place, Baccala (salted cod), fried calamari, stuffed artichokes, broccoli rabe in garlic sauce, dance place, and Zeppole for dessert. Because San Jose is performed during Lent no meat dishes on the table where guests are invited nineteen and sitting (19 March 19). The hosts and guests recite a short prayer of thanksgiving before and several Sometimes at dinner: "Questa Casa de la Consolata sia with Gesu, Giuseppe and Maria! "(That this house will always find solace in Jesus, Joseph and Mary!).

Italian baby naming conventions are pretty straightforward: the first boy is named after his paternal grandfather, the second after his maternal grandfather, the first girl after her paternal grandmother, the second after her maternal grandmother later descendants are called after a favorite uncle, aunt or friend family nearby. In my case, I was named Joseph after my paternal grandfather. Italians also celebrate name day, birthday as well.

The flavors of Italian cuisine to satisfy every palate. Northern dishes like risotto, Osso Buco, gnocchi, spaghetti with pesto sauce, and Southern dishes like lasagna, eggplant Parmesan, baked ziti, stuffed shells, and pasta with marinara sauce, are just a few. The list is too long to be even mentioned here. What with pizza? Regular spingioni Sicily. I knew it was going to catch this! Ah! Spingioni is a pizza made on the eve of major holidays, when abstinence meat is traditionally required: Christmas Eve, New Year and Good Friday. The pizza is topped with tomato sauce, onions and peppers (sauteed in oil previously oil and butter), bread crumbs seasoned with Parmesan cheese, oregano, parsley, basil, rosemary and olive oil. The pizza in the oven while it is pressed down by an expert, who is retiring a few minutes before the pizza is ready, to have a crunchy top.

Italian is the language of the poets Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio. It is the language of artists: Michelangelo Buonarroti, Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael Sanzio. Italians celebrate their patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi and Giuseppe Mazzini, composers Giuseppe Verdi and Gioachino Rossini, and inventors as Guglielmo Marconi. What about love, passion and pure lust? Visit Verona balcony and admire the Romeo Juliet by up each night so he could be with his Juliet.

Like people of any nationality, Italians are proud of their heritage: that the treasure it, love it, and are perpetuated. Beliefs, customs, history, culture, religion, arts and teaching people what they are. Defining and shaping the individual in the continuity of history and civilization, and in the eternal flow of progress that makes the human soul reaching beyond the heavens to touch the hand of God.

About the Author

Joseph Mangraviti, author of
Hooked on You (heart-felt poems), was born in Genoa, Italy. After completing high school in Messina, Italy, he came with only a pocketful of dreams to the States where he received a college education. The dreams became accomplishments in time. Mr. Mangraviti lives in New Jersey with his wife and kids. He has always enjoyed reading and writing poetry and, most of all, sharing it with family, friends and the public.