This Festival has taken place in Lucca since 1998 and normally starts the first week end of July and lasts until the third week end of July.

This is the 2010 programme and this are the artists confirmed so far:

4th July – Fiorello
9th July – Paco de Lucia
10th July – Mark Knopfler
13th July – ZZ Top + Jeff Beck
17th July – Seal
18th July – Crosby Stills & Nash
20th July – Paolo Nutini
23th July – Simply Red
25th July – Karima
27th July – Placebo

All concerts take place in the beautiful landscape of Piazza Napoleone in Lucca, Italy.

Here is the direct link at the Lucca Summer Festival web site.

View the source website http://www.turismo.intoscana.it/allthingstuscany/aroundtuscany/lucca-summer-festival-2010/

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After Valentine’s day, and planning consider couples frequently breaks because of money… so here are some inputs for a conversation BEFORE the “I do”

Whether the issues are big or small, money will prove a powerful force impacting your marriage — sometimes overtly in the form of routine arguments; sometimes quietly as animosities seethe beneath the surface for years, only to explode into a potentially marriage-ending supernova.

What couples don’t always grasp is that money is rarely the real culprit. It’s the lack of communication, often stemming from a lack of knowledge about each other’s personal financial quirks and beliefs.

So, some time between “Yes, I will marry you,” and “I do,” you and your partner need to have The Money Talk — the key questions all couples should ask of one another.

Here are four of the more important questions to ask each other, since they provide insight and information on how money will flow through your marriage.

1. What Are Your Assets and Liabilities?
2. What Is Your Money History?
3. How Should We Divide Financial Duties?
4. Do We Combine Accounts or Operate Individually?

Read the answers and the full article here

Ultimately, all of these questions are about one thing: communication. Learn to talk about money early and often, and you can mitigate the financial tensions that are normal in all marriages.

Write to Jeff D. Opdyke at jeff.opdyke@wsj.com

Wedding in Italy with a special offer.

Today youmight be starting looking at a special wedding solution, a wedding in Italy. Efffetti decided to offer to the newly engaged a fantastic offer. Just for today!

On February 14th or 15th ONLY, in fact inquiries we will receive for a Full Package Wedding in Italy, which will be then confirmed by March 15th will benefit of a 10% discount on our wedding planning services.

To inquire and get to know more, do not even think about it, just visit the wedding offer page and just start making your dream come true.

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Wedding rings are very personal magical objects.

Bride and groom will always wear them from the wedding day, so the wedding ring will have to be comfortable and reflect personal liking. This is why wedding rings have to be chosen by the couple together.

Consider though some fundamental aspects before choosing [remember Four Weddings and a Funeral?]

1. traditions say it is the fiance that will purchase them, but sometimes one of the bestmen (or a close relative or even the best friend) would like to offer them. Once purchased they have to be kept in a safe place by a very accurate and reliable beloved [recall the movie]
2. they are usually stored by the bestman, but be sure that he/she is very very precise and punctual. The emotions of the day, hurry,  and unexpected events this is the safest way of having wedding rings there in the right place at the right time to be exchanged.
3. consider creating a small rings holder. usually a small squared or hart-shaped white pillow. It will have two ribbons to hold the rings and avoid them to fall down. An good option is to ask the atelier that made your wedding gown to create a ring holder which coordinates with your dress.
4. finally rings can be delivered to the couple by a child or stored by the bestman that will pass them in the right moment .