If cookie-cutter weddings aren't your thing, we've got you covered! Join us as we share our 5 tips for planning a wedding that will WOW your guests.  www.smittenweddings.com/podcast 

If cookie-cutter weddings aren't your thing, we've got you covered! Join us as we share our 5 tips for planning a wedding that will WOW your guests.  <a href="http://www.smittenweddings.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.smittenweddings.com/podcast</a>

09: Tips for Elevating the Guest Experience

This week we're thrilled to share an awesome interview with expert pastry chef Alison LaFrance of Whippt Catering.  Alison shares some great information on wedding cake trends, sweet tables, and offers advice for couples on choosing the right company to make your wedding cake dreams come true!  She sheds some light on why wedding cakes cost more than "regular" cakes, how to prepare for your consultation, and more!  Check Alison out at www.whippt.ca for more information on her fabulous cakes and sweets!

This week we're thrilled to share an awesome interview with expert pastry chef Alison LaFrance of Whippt Catering.  Alison shares some great information on wedding cake trends, sweet tables, and offers advice for couples on choosing the right company to make your wedding cake dreams come true!  She sheds some light on why wedding cakes cost more than "regular" cakes, how to prepare for your consultation, and more!  Check Alison out at <a href="http://www.whippt.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.whippt.ca</a> for more information on her fabulous cakes and sweets!

08: The Art of the Wedding Cake (And Other Sweets Too)

If you're confused about how much to tip your wedding vendors, you're not alone! In this episode, we'll take you through all of your options, from what's considered "standard etiquette" to what's most commonly done today, and how most wedding professionals view tipping from the other side of the fence. Check out the show notes and the latest cocktail recipe at www.smittenweddings.com/podcast 

If you're confused about how much to tip your wedding vendors, you're not alone! In this episode, we'll take you through all of your options, from what's considered "standard etiquette" to what's most commonly done today, and how most wedding professionals view tipping from the other side of the fence. Check out the show notes and the latest cocktail recipe at <a href="http://www.smittenweddings.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.smittenweddings.com/podcast</a>

07: Tips for Tipping Your Wedding Vendors

Rob Wheatcroft

We are thrilled to share our interview with the oh-so-fab Rob Wheatcroft from Red Seal Dining! Rob offers some great advice on working with a caterer, including questions to ask and how much of your budget you should be setting aside for food and beverages. He also shares some of his favorite - and least favorite - food trends, and offers expert advise on working with a chef. Join us for lots of laughs, excellent advice, and a LOT of talk about hot dogs. Yep, hot dogs!

We are thrilled to share our interview with the oh-so-fab Rob Wheatcroft from Red Seal Dining! Rob offers some great advice on working with a caterer, including questions to ask and how much of your budget you should be setting aside for food and beverages. He also shares some of his favorite - and least favorite - food trends, and offers expert advise on working with a chef. Join us for lots of laughs, excellent advice, and a LOT of talk about hot dogs. Yep, hot dogs!

06: The Art of Great Food with Rob Wheatcroft

Not sure where to start when it comes to the look and feel of your wedding? In this episode, we share our favourite resources for finding gorgeous wedding inspiration (beyond Pinterest). For links to the resources mentioned in this episode and to get the recipe of this week's cocktail, visit www.smittenweddings.com/podcast. 

Not sure where to start when it comes to the look and feel of your wedding? In this episode, we share our favourite resources for finding gorgeous wedding inspiration (beyond Pinterest). For links to the resources mentioned in this episode and to get the recipe of this week's cocktail, visit <a href="http://www.smittenweddings.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.smittenweddings.com/podcast</a>.

05: Where To Find Wedding Inspiration (Beyond Pinterest)

Are you confused by the terminology in the wedding industry? We've got your back. In this episode we're going to explain the differences between "Day of" and "Month of" Coordinators, Decorators, and Venue Coordinators.  Want the recipe to this weeks cocktail? Visit www.smittenweddings.com/podcast 

Are you confused by the terminology in the wedding industry? We've got your back. In this episode we're going to explain the differences between "Day of" and "Month of" Coordinators, Decorators, and Venue Coordinators.  Want the recipe to this weeks cocktail? Visit <a href="http://www.smittenweddings.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.smittenweddings.com/podcast</a>

04: "Day of" vs "Month of" Coordinators

Trena Olfert

This week we are thrilled to be joined by the insanely talented Trena Olfert of trenalaine.com.  She is sharing a TON of advice on choosing your beauty team, how to take care of your skin for the big day, tips for keeping your makeup looking fresh on your wedding day, and SO much more! Click here for our signature cocktail of the week and to view our show notes! 

This week we are thrilled to be joined by the insanely talented Trena Olfert of <a href="http://trenalaine.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trenalaine.com</a>.  She is sharing a TON of advice on choosing your beauty team, how to take care of your skin for the big day, tips for keeping your makeup looking fresh on your wedding day, and SO much more! <a href="http://www.smittenweddings.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here for our signature cocktail of the week and to view our show notes! </a>

03: Tips for Working With a Makeup Artist with Trena Olfert

Terence Law

Choosing your wedding photographer is one of the most important decisions you can make for your wedding. With so many talented photographers to choose from, couples are often overwhelmed.  Join us as we interview Terence Law, an experienced wedding photographer, as he shares his insight into the hiring process and what couples should be looking for as they begin their quest for the perfect photographer.   Visit our show notes for this weeks signature cocktail and links to Terence's work. 

Choosing your wedding photographer is one of the most important decisions you can make for your wedding. With so many talented photographers to choose from, couples are often overwhelmed.  Join us as we interview Terence Law, an experienced wedding photographer, as he shares his insight into the hiring process and what couples should be looking for as they begin their quest for the perfect photographer.   <a href="http://www.smittenweddings.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Visit our show notes for this weeks signature cocktail and links to Terence's work. </a>

02: Tips for Choosing Your Wedding Photographer with Terence Law

Recently engaged? First things first: Instagram that ring! But what comes next? If you're tempted to dive into the details, listen to this episode first.  There are 5 steps we recommend that you take you do anything else.  We'll take you through each of the steps, so don't panic!  And as always, we'll be sharing our fave cocktail of the week and insider tips on planning your wedding. www.smittenweddings.com/podcast

Recently engaged? First things first: Instagram that ring! But what comes next? If you're tempted to dive into the details, listen to this episode first.  There are 5 steps we recommend that you take you do anything else.  We'll take you through each of the steps, so don't panic!  And as always, we'll be sharing our fave cocktail of the week and insider tips on planning your wedding. <a href="http://www.smittenweddings.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.smittenweddings.com/podcast</a>

01: The First 5 Things You Should Do Now That You're Engaged

Cocktails and Confetti is a wedding planning podcast hosted by award-winning wedding planners + designers Mary Swaffield and Janna Blaine.  Join us each week as we dive into the details and share insider tips to help you  plan a fabulous (and hopefully stress-free) wedding.  From  interviewing top wedding professionals to sharing our behind-the-scenes stories as wedding planners, we offer advice, laughter, sometimes tears, and most importantly, our fave cocktail recipes! xo

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"Enrollment agility = what to do with our thoughts and emotions internally that

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Elizabeth Kolbert covers climate change for the New Yorker. She's the Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction. And she recently wrote a paragraph I can't stop thinking about. "The problem with global warming—and the reason it continues to resist illustration, even as the streets flood and the forests die and the mussels rot on the shores—is that experience is an inadequate guide to what’s going on. The climate operates on a time delay. When carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, it takes decades—in a technical sense, millennia—for the earth to equilibrate. This summer’s fish kill was a product of warming that had become inevitable twenty or thirty years ago, and the warming that’s being locked in today won’t be fully felt until today’s toddlers reach middle age. In effect, we are living in the climate of the past, but already we’ve determined the climate’s future."Kolbert lives, to an unusual degree, in the planet's future. She travels to the places around the world where the climate of tomorrow is visible today. She has watched glaciers melting, and seen species dying. And she is able to convey both the science and the cost with a rare lucidity. Talking with Kolbert left me with an unnerving thought. We look back on past eras in human history and judge them morally failed. We think of the Spanish Inquisition or the Mongol hordes and believe ourselves civilized, rational, moral in a way our ancestors weren't. But if the science is right, and we do unto our descendants what the data says we are doing to them, we will be judged monsters. And it will be all the worse because we knew what we were doing and we knew how to stop, but we decided it was easier to disbelieve the science or ignore the consequences. Kolbert and I talk about the consequences, but also about what would be necessary to stabilize the climate and back off the mass extinction event that is currently underway. We discuss geoengineering, political will, the environmental cost of meat, and what individuals can and can't do. We talk about Trump's cabinet, about whether technological innovation will save us, and if pricing carbon is enough. We talk about whether hope remains a realistic emotion when it comes to our environmental future.Books:-Edward Abbe’s “Desert Solitaire”-Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”-David G. Haskell’s “The Forest Unseen”-Bill McKibben’s “The End of Nature” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Elizabeth Kolbert covers climate change for the New Yorker. She's the Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction. And she recently wrote a paragraph I can't stop thinking about. "The problem with global warming—and the reason it continues to resist illustration, even as the streets flood and the forests die and the mussels rot on the shores—is that experience is an inadequate guide to what’s going on. The climate operates on a time delay. When carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, it takes decades—in a technical sense, millennia—for the earth to equilibrate. This summer’s fish kill was a product of warming that had become inevitable twenty or thirty years ago, and the warming that’s being locked in today won’t be fully felt until today’s toddlers reach middle age. In effect, we are living in the climate of the past, but already we’ve determined the climate’s future."Kolbert lives, to an unusual degree, in the planet's future. She travels to the places around the world where the climate of tomorrow is visible today. She has watched glaciers melting, and seen species dying. And she is able to convey both the science and the cost with a rare lucidity. Talking with Kolbert left me with an unnerving thought. We look back on past eras in human history and judge them morally failed. We think of the Spanish Inquisition or the Mongol hordes and believe ourselves civilized, rational, moral in a way our ancestors weren't. But if the science is right, and we do unto our descendants what the data says we are doing to them, we will be judged monsters. And it will be all the worse because we knew what we were doing and we knew how to stop, but we decided it was easier to disbelieve the science or ignore the consequences. Kolbert and I talk about the consequences, but also about what would be necessary to stabilize the climate and back off the mass extinction event that is currently underway. We discuss geoengineering, political will, the environmental cost of meat, and what individuals can and can't do. We talk about Trump's cabinet, about whether technological innovation will save us, and if pricing carbon is enough. We talk about whether hope remains a realistic emotion when it comes to our environmental future.Books:-Edward Abbe’s “Desert Solitaire”-Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”-David G. Haskell’s “The Forest Unseen”-Bill McKibben’s “The End of Nature” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Elizabeth Kolbert: We have locked in centuries of climate change

Jordan Peterson and Joe Rogan delve deep on free speech for 3 hours! Somehow it gets more interesting through the episode, not less! Hear why often it's best to "be tolerant of the intolerable".
Canada tried to pass laws compelling people to use pronouns like zi and zur. Should you be compelled to call someone a certain pronoun? Jordan Peterson pushed back saying he had no problems using pronouns like zi and zur for people who have non-traditional genders, but that he had a problem being compelled by law to use certain pronouns. 
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire. 
We have gone from homosexuality being illegal in most of the west 60 years ago to same sex marriage being legal today. "Free speech is the master value because it is the value which allows us to update all other values." Sam Harris.

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Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist and tenured professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos  100% off the Future Authoring Program code: "ChangeYourself" - The offer is valid until the end of Nov 30th.

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Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist and tenured professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos</a> 100% off the Future Authoring Program code: "ChangeYourself" - The offer is valid until the end of Nov 30th.

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