Hello hello! So, I'm now in the home stretch of this wedding planning business (feels surreal!) and this past weekend was also full of preparations! After we finally got our marriage license on Friday (see previous post!), my mom and I hit up Gerrard Street Little India Bazaar to go shopping for supplies we needed… Continue reading MORE Weekend Wedding Preparations
Category: South Asian
Why Do the “Karachiite-type” Men Fall For Punjabi Women?
Ah, what an appropriate post to reblog on MyBigFatPakistaniWedding, as I'm just another Punjabi girl that an Urdu-speaking boy fell for, lol 😛 Favourite line of Chaidaani's post about the awesomeness of Punjabi girls: "She will understand the cliche that the way to his heart is through his tummy, simply because hey, the way to… Continue reading Why Do the “Karachiite-type” Men Fall For Punjabi Women?
Menu Tasting at the Host
Last week we went for the food tasting at the Host Restaurant in Yorkville. They seated us in their private dining room, pictured below: I had no idea what to expect and was so pleasantly surprised. First off: the service was excellent. There was one waiter in particular, Babu, who just made our experience so… Continue reading Menu Tasting at the Host
Child bride
This is what happens when you have a sister who is ten years your senior...she dresses you up as a Pakistani child bride when you're 7 and she's 17...lol, sigh. Let's hope I'll look a little happier on the actual day!!
Dolki Pictures!
Ok so a while ago I wrote about the dolki (traditional pre-wedding girls event!) that my cousin's threw for me in the homeland, and promised pics, here they are!:
Inspiration for my Big FAT Pakistani Wedding
Hi! I’m Safa. I’m a 20-something, Canadian-Pakistani, Toronto-based writer and bride-to-be. And this is a blog is about my upcoming big fat Pakistani wedding (BFPW). (Consider the acronym officially coined!) “When’s the big day!?” is a fairly simple question that is asked of brides-to-be. And typically, the anticipated answer is straightforward: a date. One date.… Continue reading Inspiration for my Big FAT Pakistani Wedding
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