Best Blogs: Weddings, Farmers' Markets and More

Did you miss some of the blogs this week on McLean Patch? Each week, we'll round them up in one convenient place for you.

Here are the highlights from blogs that ran Aug. 13 to 19:

• Bride-to-be and Patch contributor Lauren Edmondson offers several tips on how to be gracious wedding guest. (Summer is wedding season, after all.)
• "Bring on the layers, and I don’t just mean on the cake. My wedding is four weeks away, and I’m already checking the weather forecast. I’m hoping for partly sunny, high 70s. Will I get that? Probably not. I can’t adjust my outfit, but you can."
• "Be ready to kick it. When the dance floor opens after dinner, I hope my guests are ready to boogie."
• "I suggest bringing a pre-ceremony snack. Maybe some yummy and energy-packed dried fruit from —just please nosh before we walk down the aisle! You’re at a wedding, not the multiplex."

• This blog, filed by the Fairfax County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), features the service of Navy chaplain Bill Perry, also a CASA parent.
• “When I see a story on TV or in the paper about little children being hurt, I cry inside,” said the Fort Hunt area resident. “CASA gives me the opportunity to respond, when crying inside simply isn’t enough.”

• This blog, published on Vienna Patch, celebrates Virginia Farmers Market Week. 
• "The and Optimist Club of Greater Vienna is proud to have hosted the Undersecretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Edward Avalos, last Saturday. He toured our market, had breakfast at Reuben’s Crepes/Crepes at the Market stand and topped it all off with Mama’s Donut Bites. He visited several farmers and purchased watermelons, squash, and salsa."

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