Is Money Inauthentic?

This is an interesting article. People who have money are keeping it on the DL these days and yet spending more money doing it. Is authenticity found in simple things, or can simple things be used as a mask? Why is it that spending money is inauthentic? If those with money are so hyper-aware of what they may look like to those in other classes, why do they not do more to change the systems causing the inequality instead of just putting on a facade, in this case a wedding?

Oh, and the mini-cheese burgers on the front of this article looks delicious. I guess I should eat more then gummy bears for breakfast; and more than gummy bears and beer for dinner.

I also love the last paragraph...
"At many weddings, the bride “has dieted for months, and there she is on the floor,” Ms. Weiss said with a husky laugh, “pigging out, a Krispy Kreme doughnut shoved in her mouth.”

wow, this image sure has a story...I can write on women, culture, and food in another blog.

clipped from www.nytimes.com With This Burger, I Thee Wed AS the wedding season gets into full swing, many brides and bridegrooms are taking a decidedly down-home approach It’s enough to have the most sophisticated bride scrambling for her grandmother’s Betty Crocker cookbook. This year, fewer guests will dine under crystal chandeliers or balls made of roses hanging from a gossamer-covered ceiling. But authenticity, it seems, comes at a price. The difference, it turns out, is mainly appearance, as newlyweds (and their parents) are wary of flaunting their fortunes. “No one wants to be vulgar,” said Susan Holland, a party planner who has arranged weddings in Los Angeles. “No one wants the perception of abundance. A lot of people, their friends don’t have what they used to and they don’t want it thrown in their faces.” Despite the simple menu [ ]wedding will cost more than if she had chosen a hotel. What she is hoping for, she said, is an experience that, despite months of preparation, seems unfussy and authentic.