As I alluded to in my last post, I decided to DIY my garter that will be used for the garter toss. Yes, we will be doing the bouquet and garter toss, another tradition that we decided to include, because……

As of January 2010, I am now blogging with Dr. M and Kevin Z at Deep Sea News. February’s Carnival of the Blue will be hosted over there. The Oyster’s Garter is officially on indefinite hiatus, though the archives will remain up. Th...

Miriam Goldstein of The Oyster's Garter will not be blogging at Deep Sea News. Miriam is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch researcher featured here. Bookmark DSN. Interesting things will be happening. Read the comments on...

Monday was my awesome best friend D’s birthday. So like any knitter friend, I finally caved after 4 years of her asking and made her some fingerless mitts. Yeah, 4 years and she still hangs out with me. I have no idea what took ...

We went back and forth on whether or not to have a Money Dance. We had taken out the garter and bouquet tosses, the mother/ son and father/ daughter dances… so why should we have a money dance? And would…

Make sure you sing the title of this post in your head to the tune of, well, this song. It’s a classy day ’round here, folks. E’erybody else please continue reading! Delightful garter-ness is coming up… you don’t want to miss…...

Welcome to the zombie Oyster’s Garter, resurrected from the blogular grave to eat your braaains. Or at least to pick your brains (which in the context of zombies sounds most distressing.). At the upcoming Science Online conference, ...

I really had very little interest in spending any amount of money on a garter. We are passing on the garter toss tradition (how did that even get started, anyway?), so no one but me (and Burger I guess) will…

 Shopping for holiday gifts that are sure to impress your spouse can be a big challenge. I've got the perfect idea for the man who loves UFC, and well, you know that thing that just always happens to be on every guy's mind. Yes, it'...

George Clooney's girlfriend, Elisabetta Canalis, has stripped down to a garter belt thong for the cover of German FHM. Below are pictures of Canalis, 31, wearing far less than she did to meet Clooney's mom at the LA premiere of his ...

[The real Batman building in Nashville, TN, via Flickr user howieluvzus] · Golfers vs. garter snake: decision delayed [City Insider] · Google's landing pages for real estate listings [Search Engine Land] · Fun with line graphs: SF r...

Ever wondered what women's magazines are like across the pond? As someone who spends a lot of time reading - and writing about - American ladymags I thought that, for a change of pace, I'd investigate a few foreign ones. So a few we...

Have you see the latest pattern from Laura Chau (cosmicpluto knits)? Oh. My. Goodness! It’s gorgeous! It’s called ‘Attabi Wrap ‘. It’s knit with US size 8 (5.0 mm) needles with DK weight yarn. It’s knit in garter stitch and an intr...

By Tim Redmond The golfers-against-snakes fight at Sharp Park has been in the headlines for a while, and KQED held an hour-long discussion on it Nov. 9th. It gets really confusing and crazy: The city owns the park, although it’s...

If you are marrying a Star Wars geek, then nothing would be sexier than a Storm Tropper garter belt for your beloved. It will probably bring a chuckle to your guests when your hubby to be slips it off your leg to throw to his buds. ...

Fab Finds Friday is a weekly showcase of some of the fabulous resources available to the wedding community. This week’s wedding goodness comes to you from Garter Girl. Products and resources mentioned in FFF are chosen based on thei...

You in stockings and a garter, pussy bare, black bra, your lips and eyes darkened. Heels strapped around your ankles that I take off, or maybe not. Black and red silk ropes around your thighs, under your knees, around your ankles, a...

If you've ever dreamed of seducing Mario while his princess was in another castle, this line of Mario-inspired evening wear might be for you. Complete with an NES controller garter belt, it's a geeky dream come true. [Geekologie] vi...

Whether they're wearing spike-heeled leather boots or sheer tights with a garter belt, plenty of celebs are going thigh-high, more now than ever. It's not a sexy look for everyone! When is above-the-knee leather a good idea and when...