As told by Howard Mortman Oh, the fettucine alfredo. Oh, the Rigatoni in a slightly spicy tomato sauce. Oh, the Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which you can’t eat so we won’t bold. It was a rare joint outing for Mr. and Mrs. Extreme as we celebrated the marriage of Craig Crawford and David Blank, a history-making event that broke down all the traditional walls of American weddings by doing what was once unthinkable but now seems to nothing short of the “in” thing: That’s right, they served garlic. Years ago and even last week, this might have been met with conventional civilization’s shudder and shrieks and a few egads; but now, isn’t everyone everywhere rushing to announce press release-backed support for serving of garlic at a wedding reception?

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Beth Adelson, Virginia Senator Mark Warner’s press secretary, was proposed to over Twitter yesterday when her boyfriend asked her to marry him in 140 characters. Luckily she only had to reply with three. Congratulations to Beth and Brett …

Congrats to Rachel Holt of Uber DC and Mike Needham of Heritage Action on their wedding earlier this month.  (p.s. don’t forget to wish Rachel a happy birthday this week). h/t Alex Priest

Government gals reinventing themselves to focus on creative DC weddings? Count us in. Julianne Smith and Nole Garey used to work for the Department of State & The White House. Now they’re all about fresh ideas and inspiration at United With Love. They grew tired of stuffy black suits and …