“Oh, you got married in Palm Springs.” When your destination wedding is in Palm Springs, the natural beauty in your photos will give you away. Come fall in love with our mountains, the amazing venues, vendors, and of course, each other.
I went to a screening last night of the fabulous, 1934 Academy Award winning film “It Happened One Night”. It’s always been one of my favorite “wedding movies,” with one of Hollywood’s most stunning bridal gowns, on the equally stunning Claudette Colbert. This bias cut satin gown, designed by Robert Kalloch, may as well be in the encyclopedia under “1930s wedding dress.” But here’s the thing: the dress holds up. A bride, this weekend in 2013, (provided she had the exact measurements as Claudette Colbert) could wear it straight down the aisle.
As you or a bride in your life shops for a wedding gown, think about 90 years from now. Will that dress you’re trying on still be a classic, or will it go the way of Princess Diana’s 1980’s explosion? (oh the flowers…don’t talk to me about the flowers…bless her heart).
Live well, and love well. (and dress thoughtfully).
-Dinah
HYelp! HYelp! My Little Flower Shop is the latest in a long line of wedding businesses to find that Yelp! seems to have a really unfair, arbitrary non-algorithm that pulls down positive reviews left by real customers, leaving subjective, often unfair reviews to sink your online reputation.
Do you use Yelp, the crowd-sourced review website? Unfortunately, some vocal (and prolific) customers have taken the tool that’s meant to share information on local businesses with the community, and begun to wield it as a weapon against companies that have displeased them in any way whatsoever. Say, by telling them we are closed on a holiday weekend, and can’t take their flower order.
So the kicker is, Yelp! knows that some businesses try to game the system with fake reviews, and pull “suspicious reviews” – often 100% true, from happy customers. To top it off there are “rumors” of Yelp! sales people who offer to wipe out bad reviews or restore good ones with the purchase of advertising. It’s gone as far as groups of small businesses suing the company for extortion. Patt Morrison, Southern California KPCC radio journalist, covered it on her call-in show, with this chat with Yelp! spokesman Vince Sollito. (Patt also has her own hot dog on the menu at Pink’s Hot Dogs. Now that’s an accomplishment).
My Little Flower Shop needs your help on Yelp! When you’re happy with our work, like we do your wedding or someone sends you flowers, please leave a genuine review for us. We’ll hope that some of them stick!
Be well, and love well.
-Dinah
*we posted a version of this in 2011 – history repeats itsyelp.