You've been dreaming of getting married outdoors since the first time you took in the magnificent scent of fresh-cut flowers.

Q. What can you tell me about St. Martin? My wife wants to go there for our wedding anniversary because, she claims, it has the best food in the Caribbean. What's to do there besides eat? I'm not a lie-on-the-beach person. - R.A., Boynton Beach, Fla.

Traditionally, the bachelor party is organized by the best man, and the bachelorette event by the maid or matron of honor. But these days, the party can take many forms.