No turning back now.

Kelley wrote out the deposit check for the Secret Garden Inn yesterday morning. It was the largest check she ever wrote -- and will be until she pays the balance. Thanks honey!

The benefits to paying for your own ceremony outweigh the burden on the pocketbook. Primarily, it gives us the creative freedom to do what we want with who we want. We are beholden to no one but ourselves.

Want to hold a tiny wedding sans extended family in the yard of an inn in what was once the gay mecca of the East Coast but is fast turning into over-priced oceanside condos for straight yuppies? You're on! Dish out the London broil, baby.