Wedding

Monique E. Spagna, of Bel Air, announces the engagement of her daughter, Danielle Maria Spagna, also the daughter of Louis Spagna and his wife, Mary, of Rogers, Ark., to David Strazzire, the son of Joe and Debbie Strazzire, of Street. A September wedding is planned.

Margie Combs, of Darlington, has the announced her daughter, April Combs, of Edgewood, became engaged Sept. 9, to Matthew Warren Shannon, of Edgewood. The couple is planning a wedding in the near future.

Ray and Peggy Spencer, of Perryville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah M. Spencer, to Andrew A. Hugo, of Bel Air. Spencer received her master's degree from Towson University and is employed with Cecil County Public Schools. Hugo, the son of Toni Hugo of Bel Air and Mark Hugo of Pylesville, received his master's degree from the University of Baltimore and is employed with Safeway Markets Inc. The couple are planning a March 2013 wedding.

Denver Nuggets All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony of Baltimore and actress La La Vazquez plan to wed this summer. Vazquez, of MTV fame, announced the news Wednesday on "The Wendy Williams Show." The two have been engaged for five years and have a son, Kiyan , who will turn 3 in March. Vazquez said on the show that there will be plenty of people invited because "everybody has been waiting for it for so long, we might as well invite everybody to come hang out." Anthony leads the NBA in scoring with nearly 30 points a game.

Khalilah Williams-Webb, the 29-year-old New York City stylist responsible for dressing a number of celebrity athletes and entertainers, had her most publicized assignment to date on Saturday: the wedding of Carmelo Anthony and television personality LaLa Vasquez. The star-studded event, which is slated to be featured in the couple's coming reality television show on VH1, attracted everyone from tennis phenom Serena Williams to Kim Kardashian. Behind the scenes, Baltimore-native Williams-Webb was scrambling to make sure that Anthony's best man — his 3-year-old son Kiyan — was dressed when his suit did not arrive.

Michael and Sherrie Kaiser, of Churchville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Lynn Kaiser, to Matthew Brandon Schnell, son of Michele Schnell, of Joppa. The bride-to-be is a 2004 graduate of C. Milton Wright High School and works at Point Breeze Credit Union in Bel Air. The prospective groom is a 2004 graduate of Joppatowne High School and works at Alban Tractor in Essex. An October wedding is planned.

Wayne and Heidi Nash, of White Hall, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lydia Theresa Nash, to Gregory David Rose. The prospective groom is the son of David and Nancy Rose, also of White Hall. He is a graduate of Penn State College and operates Clear Meadow Farm Inc. The bride-to-be is a graduate of North Harford High School and works for Thomas H. Voss Racing Stables. A July wedding is planned.

I've always liked to get work done in short, aggressive bursts. From term papers in high school to cleaning the apartment last Saturday - I'll wait, wait, wait and then with head down and eyes narrowed, blitz all that needs to get done in one fell swoop. When moving to Baltimore, Sam and I looked at 15 apartments in two days. We were practically delirious when we signed our current lease, so I count us fortunate to have made a good choice. Shopping for a wedding venue was not much different: one Saturday, four locations.

You know those nightmare wedding scenarios in movies where the music gets louder and the actors are sweating a little and everyone is in disarray? And you're watching thinking , that would never happen ? (I'm looking at you, Jennifer Lopez's character in “The Wedding Planner”….) I am here to tell you that it  does  happen. This weekend my friend Laura got married, and I was a bridesmaid. Save for some varying degrees of hangover from the super-fun rehearsal dinner at Cinghiale, everything was going well and according to plan.

David and Debbie Stewart, of Whiteford, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Julie Marie Stewart, to Thomas "Buck" Edward Stafford, son of Edward and Diane Stafford, of Street. The bride-to-be, a 2006 graduate of North Harford High School, received a bachelor's degree in interior design from Marymount University in 2010. She is employed at Delta Lumber. The prospective groom, a 2006 graduate of North Harford High School, received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2010.