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...wedding last May, Amy Henry set up a few different bridal registries. One listed traditional items like glassware and linens. Another was a fund to help pay for a honeymoon to South America--which appalled Henry's mom Valerie. "The gifts are to get someone started on their new life," she says. "It's a little insulting to say 'We already have everything, so send us on an expensive vacation...
People who give and receive honeymoon gifts are part of an emerging demographic: so-called transumers, a mash-up of transient consumers, who prize collecting experiences, discovering new things and living in the present. George Ritzer, editor of the Journal of Consumer Culture, says the trend reflects an affluent, hyper-consumerist society in which the Internet has accustomed people to ephemeral pleasures. "The middle class can get all the toys they want," he says. "That leads to a desire for services ... and nonmaterial experiences...
...find herself in Long Beach, Calif. training to be an elementary school teacher with Teach for America in Oakland in the fall. Indeed, the turnaround will be quick. They will be married on a Friday, fly out to California at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, and “honeymoon for two days,” says Sawlit, who then has to show up for orientation at 6 a.m. that Monday. Not to be outdone by separation again, though, Hastrup has already bought weekend tickets to fly down to Long Beach throughout the summer before the couple finally settles...
...interest in global health and working overseas, so I think that’s on the radar,” says Huang. Before saving the world, however, the couple will be wed in Memorial Church on June 30, followed by a reception at the Harvard Club in Boston. The honeymoon will be in St. Kitts, where the couple can relax at the close of what Huang calls the “exciting journey” of their courtship.—Staff writer A. Haven Thompson can be reached at ahthomps@fas.harvard.edu
...doesn’t seem like the honeymoon has ended just yet. WHRB continues to fill a unique niche in the Boston-area music scene: although classical music and opera claim the most airtime, the station also plays an eclectic mix that includes jazz, underground rock, and hip hop. WHRB even has a “Hillbilly Music” program that has been a fixture on Saturday mornings for nearly five decades...