BOSS

Good morning good morning! How are all you all? Wonderful I hope!

Well I thought I'd check in just long enough to acknowledge the fact that yes I have SO been MIA from blogging the past week/days! I am okay with that though! We are greatly enjoying our remaining 'play' time here in New York and my oh my do I have stories for you all! Real good, juicy ones too! *smile*

I am greatly looking forward to returning home to my little office... and bed... and dog... and kitchen... and friends... and bathroom... and family... and couch... ... New York has been a hoot and a fabulous adventure! We have some rather epic last few days planned which I am thrilled about!

I am leaning towards the fact that this will be my last post until returning home, although you never know when one may pop up! :) How grand it is being your own boss... !!! Anyhow, if I am off the radar for the next few days at least you've been warned and can look forward to something being shared as soon as we again west coasters {next Thursday}.

toddles friends and have a splendid Sunday!

LILAC

Oops a daisy! Or should I say, 'oops a lilac'?! :)

I am coming up on being a week behind on NYC posts! Blast!
I promise to get caught up either tonight or tomorrow, deal? Meanwhile, here is one little sneak from Michael+Robyn's Heather Garden engagement session we did on what was one of our first very lovely and sunny NYC days a couple weeks ago!

TREIZE ET QUATORZE ET QUINZE

Monday would have been un jour treize and I can pretty much clump together Monday and Tuesday and today, Wednesday, because they have all pretty much been the same! I am a home body, even when on a long traveling trip I have to listen to my body and what it needs so when it says calm down and stay in {and when it is drizzly and ugly weather out!} I listen and simply take advantage of staying in and in this case, getting work done!

Absolutely nothing exciting. And I am completely fine with that! Tonight our friends fly in and we will be spending the next four days with them; I am beyond thrilled! Hope you all are doing well and enjoying your May!

xo

NICK+HANNAH

Meet Nick+Hannah. I'd describe Nick and Hannah as classically romantic old souls in every stink'n adorable and cute and lovely way. I had been referred to Hannah by her sister who I've known for sometime now, in fact, I did her senior portraits around 4+ years ago... Becca is that right? I think so! Goodness didn't realize it's been that long! Anyhow, Becca referred Hannah to the wedding photography giveaway I was offering last November. In order to enter you had to submit your 'love recipe' included in which was to be details of the couple, the wedding day plans, how you met, the proposal, a few other things and most importantly, what receiving complimentary wedding photography would mean for you! 

I was instantly attracted to the fact that Nick and Hannah wanted to have an incredibly personalized wedding day yet they were on a rather strict budget and were going to be leaning towards using a family friend for their photography. I have complete respect for any couple planning and hosting a wedding on a budget and am a firm believer for not going in debt for a wedding. I am also a firm believer that you should never cut professional photography out of your wedding day; the one way of remembering and sharing your day when it's all done is your photos, please don't cut the idea of professional photos out! So anyhow, I put Nick and Hannah's names into the drawing for the grand prize and they ended up being the name drawn and I couldn't be more thrilled!

We met about a month or so ago on location of where the wedding will be which is out in the pretty Washington country near where I grew up in Enumclaw. Using her Aunt's lovely land and just as lovely airplane hanger, they are planning an end of summer family celebration with lots of vintage flair true to their style and taste. The barn we shot the below engagements in is actually the barn that the ceremony will be held in; and yes i. die. Isn't it so pretty?! And of course the day before and the day after our scheduled day for engagements it was sunny and warm and come photoshoot day and it was dreary and chilly and oh so damp! All was well though because, um hello look at the barn! The old Ford and the warm, rustic woods... gahhh! Plus, they were completely open to ideas for the session which was exciting for me! I don't like to typically do an overly styled session unless it is really tried and true to the couple, but in getting to know the couple prior to photo session day, I discovered that not only do they love vintage things, but they LOVE to read. They not only love to read, but Nick is attending university with the goal of becoming an English professor, so I thought the idea of using vintage classic books could be really fun and true to them. 

Thank you so much to my dear friend Claudia Ruiz for assisting me on this photo session! And thank you oh so much Nick and Hannah for the wonderfully fun day you let me have with you! I am so honored to be welcomed back into your special day of celebration; and man o man is it and are you going to be BEAUTIFUL! 

DIX, ONZE ET... DOUZE!

I have discovered that I can not write a blog post everyday. I have therefore accepted that fact and am okay with it. I have also accepted the difficulty of trying to keep posts that are not necessarily written on the day they are talking about {about our NY trip that is; notice I was trying to post with the name of the day and it's events; name of the day in French no less}.  For that matter I am a little sad and regret to inform that unless I can hammer out some sense of the chronological order of our adventures of the past few days, I'll be ditching that fun attempt at cute details and skipping to an easier route of documenting; although I am about to stubbornly prove that I can keep up with what has been going on... ...

Okay the last post was on 'un jour neuf' which technically covered last Thursday so that would make un jour dix Friday... okay I got this! Yes, okay so Friday I woke still feeling as fabulous as I did Thursday evening when I went to bed... ... um, did you see the post about Thursday???  The fabulocity quickly wore off and then I quickly needed coffee... *smile* and seeing that we didn't wake till around 10 or was it 11, I wanted to pull myself together and start the Friday! We headed out and stopped along the way at Zucker Bakery which instantly caught our attention when we saw the Stumptown coffee sign in the front window! DELICIOUS european inspired Zucker treats are made even better by the great taste in coffee and simple living-room like setting over on 9th street. Yum what a great find!

Next we headed to Central Park to see some more of the giant thing and just relax in the pretty Friday sun and people watch! We did all of just that! Then headed up to Yankee stadium as it was the big night, yes, it was 'Yankee's Game Night' as Nicholas had been excitedly referring to it. Yankee stadium is marvelous I feel I need to just lay it out there and say it as it is, yes, it. is. marvelous. I had some of the best pulled pork ever! We had great seats! We bought Yankees caps! We even got to see our own 'home' team as they were in fact playing the Mariners... can you guess who won? *smile*

So overall we had a lovely Friday! Then that puts us at Saturday or un jour onze. So Saturday could really take up about 6 posts I am sure so here I am going to throw it all into a nutshell:
- Day started by us both rushing because we were given unclear information about the Manhattan Classic Cocktail Crawl that we had purchased tickets to for that afternoon/evening; Nicholas rushed to the dry cleaners, I rushed to get my nails done.
- I receive an email stating that we need not rush and more of the details to the evening's events.
- Now with extra time, I embark on a search for false eye lashes.
- With what I thought was a load of extra time and seeing that a park I had passed a few times that usually  was locked was actually open, I stopped in for about an hour and sat in the sun and relaxed.
- Got home and made us a rather fabulous brunch spread.
- Started to get ready and realized that I needed a different false lash glue; Nicholas runs out.
- Oh my now I am starting to rush.
- Really rushing now to get ready as of course things start becoming difficult, 'things' being my hair...
- Finally am done and we get in cab to go check-in at our said check-in spot for the cocktail crawl.
- Get to check-in bar to discover the information and details we had been given were completely in correct and we no had missed the whole event.
***EVENING QUICKLY TAKES A TERRIBLY TURN***
- We decided to just do the crawl as we would have anyhow and discover it's no fun at all when you are by yourselves in bars that empty and two very cranky people.
- I somehow avert a total breakdown thank you me.
- Bored. Boring evening. Dissapointed. Dawned in total new black tie attire. Running around town now without the fun of being in a 'crawl'.
- The Libertine was nothing special and so we left. Although the signature crawl cocktail was delish and the artist/bartender a sweetie. We did take a few fun instagram photos of our outfits upon leaving; since so much effort did go into the darn things.
- Next we went to Ace hotel which the NYC Ace is KILLER! The Breslin is the bar which would have been WAY more enjoyable but I had already admitted defeat and was therefore an uber sad girl with a similarly sad boy.
- Next we went to the Empire State building; RAD! And to The Empire Room; NOT RAD! Actually we both decided it would have been unparalleled to anything else back in, oh let's say 1962 most likely. Now it was a beautiful space with mere tourists and bizarre staff that were prepping for the place to turn into a club. So. Unfortunate. Where is the Delorean when you need it most?!? We were even dressed as they would have been in 1962 to go out for cocktails... the epitome of a 'timing dilemma'!
- Now hungry and wanting to avoid the problem you have when you drink and don't eat, we head out to the street to catch a cab...
- Empire Building = by Madison Square Garden. Madison Square Garden = Rangers game getting out. Rangers game getting out = Nicholas and Cozbi walking FOREVER to catch a cab.
- Decide to just ditch the makeshift cocktail crawl and try to remedy the situation with a really fab dinner; go to the Waverly Inn.
- People watch; the Waverly Inn is known for both its wonderful menu and food AND it's celebrity crowd; nope didn't see any celbs but did have some great food and were seated next to a very interesting/entertaining couple.
- Go home and end the dang day.

Sunday would be un jour douze {hey I figured this all out hooray!}. I woke and went to Sunday worship. Came home and then prepped to head up to the upper upper Westside to meet a very adorable couple for some engagements at The Cloisters. Nicholas woke to join me for that. Man o man that was one GREAT Sunday afternoon! Fort Tyron Park is sensationally beautiful as are Robyn and Micheal whom of which are having their wedding next Saturday; so thrilled for that! Photos went spectacularly as did making new friends that ended up treating us to a grand Italian dinner where we sat on the patio and had wine and talked for hours. A near perfect Sunday it was!

Well there! I'm all caught up! Hooray! That is exciting! All hope is not lost! Today has been an intense work day as I am trying to get all caught up before our friends arrive this weekend; WOOHOO the Smiths are coming the Smiths are coming!!! Toodles for now; off to grab a bite of dinner!

*above photo from the day we went to the Museum of Natural History; after we spent some relaxing time at Central Park {which I often now just call 'the park'}. I snapped quite a few photos but for now will just share the above image of two people sitting atop the bluff looking out over the little lake and watching the turtles and geese amongst the city reflection... I found the image of them and their own enjoyment of the afternoon to good to resist and therefore took a few photos of them...

LAUREN+KIM

Meet Lauren & Kim. Yes, I am indeed finally getting to blogging some of this year's {and for that matter last year's; oops a daisy oh I know, I know I am behind but better late then never!} wedding and engagement photo sessions! Included in which is Lauren & Kim's winter engagement session we did at Discovery Park on one surprisingly and undeniably beautiful sunny day. 

The light was irresistibly perfectly golden and to be honest, was and is a perfect reflection of Lauren and Kim themselves; they are joyful and in love and as radiant as the sunshine was that day. Oh it was just absolutely lovely. They are absolutely lovely.

I have also been really working on a new little mantra that I took from a saying of Pablo Picasso, "I do not seek, I find." I've been forcing myself to relax while shooting. To just not worry so much. To simply shoot and shoot a lot and as perfectly and technically correct as possible; letting the subject be the subject and me be the artist documenting. Of course, there are often small encouragements and/or direction that can be submitted to aid certain situations and what not, but trying too hard is never a good thing. To be honest I found myself trying to hard and therefore getting extremely frustrated and discouraged with my work and the results I was getting. Now though, I love the new results I've been getting and I really, really love the below images from Lauren and Kim's session. They were such an inspiring couple to photograph and my creativity truly thrived off of their wonderful personas. And. The. Light. :) So thank you to you two and oh I just can not wait until your wedding; I truly am so, so looking forward to photographing you two and your special day.

NEUF

Un jour neuf, similar to un jour huit began with a least then favorable start. A. Headache. Thank you to a poor night of sleep. But all was not lost! I totally rallied; nursed my head to a manageable state which I am very used to doing and then plugged around at the rest of the day! It was not too terrible eventful. Actually, it was quite boring now that I'm trying to write it and recall it in a way that sounds even the least bit of enticing...

I worked at the coffee shop by us, Ninth Street Expresso. Nicholas did some cleaning at the apartment. Then we headed down to St Marks and to Crif Dogs which is well known hot dog shop and favored by many foodies including Mr. Anthony Bourdain himself. It was about as unhealthy of a meal as I've had in months and surprisingly I didn't feel like a fat turd after so that was exciting! I had their famous corn dog. The best corn dog I've ever had. Along with a PBR and tater tots. I told you, not healthy and yes I felt guilty about it! Well after the Crif Dog adventure we put our name in at the attached speak easy PDT and then went out to explore St Marks while we waited for our call into PDT.

PDT or Please Don't Tell was quite exciting! And what better to add to a belly of grease then some trusty digestifs... *smile* The actual place, which has entry through what appears to be a phone booth in Crif Dogs, reminded both Nicholas and I of Rob Roy back home in Seattle. It had a vintage, woody, lodge'ish type of vibe. They had a printed cocktail menu which neither Nicholas or I liked as it is not within typical standards of speak easy's, but the cocktails we ordered were delish and the crowd and people watching very, very entertaining. We guess that about 1/2 of the guests were devout authentic cocktail enthusiasts, 1/4 college students that heard of the place and were going because it was the cool thing to do and 1/4 street folk/Crif Dog visitors that followed the lead of example when they saw others 'calling' and getting accepted into the secret phone booth. The mixture was exorbitantly entertaining, especially after a few cocktails. We are looking forward to the Manhattan Classic Cocktail Crawl we are doing tomorrow/Sat. PDT was good but there will be much better to come...

*above instagram photos of my cocktails. 1. peanut butter cup 2. the shark 3. rusty nail

SEPT ET HUIT

Well my apologies for falling a day behind on my daily posts, although I feel most haven't noticed. *smile* Anyhow, here I am and sitting in our coffee joint working. Today, much like two days ago came with rather rougher starts. Sleeping has been a game both Nicholas and I have been losing at. So. Sad. The day before yesterday, Tuesday that would make it or un jour sept, just did not begin well at t'all. Hey we all have those days. The day improved thank goodness and included a surprise trip to the upper Eastside and therefore a dinner that both Nicholas and I could have died over. Here, let me expound a tad more {and by 'tad more' hopefully you readers, whomever you are, know that I am not at all a brief blog poster...} on the day...

I intended on heading up to Central Park to clear my head and just take play around with my camera assuming the alone time might be well needed. Nicholas decided to join nonetheless. We saw the largest rats in the subway {very unimportant side note}. We made it to the park and decided that in order for us both to be better people to each other and to the world we both needed coffee and therefore were searching for a coffee shop. Discovering that NYC unlike Seattle does NOT have coffee houses on every corner, we quickly got crankier with each corner baring no such coffee houses. Quite unfortunate. Anyhow so we headed off of 5th Avenue which borders all of the east side of Central Park and down a block which it turned out was Madison Avenue. Instead of finding coffee shops and cafes, we found Celine and Chanel. Neither of which we could get coffee and neither of which we could just pull up a chair and relax at for an hour which is what we both wanted. The streets were lovely as were all the town homes. Not so lovely was the rain that decided to grace us with it's presence. Now here we were getting wet and still in rather semi foul moods and in even more desperate need of coffee... you did not want to cross us...

Then, these pretty little heavenly, minty green bags started floating by on the arms of every other passer by and I instantly realized that if I couldn't get coffee to remedy my cruddy state of mind, then I could get Laduree macaroons which would not only make me a better person as a whole for the rest of my life, but would simply make me one happy giddy little girl even in despite of my terrible spirits. Laduree was as utopia like as I had imagined and in the snap of a finger, or perhaps more of the snap of a twenty dollar bill and one gem like little green box later {although I could have chosen from a black box or a Hello Kitty box; yes I could have REALLY embraced my inner giddy little girl!} I was a whole new woman.

Next we stumbled upon Via Quadronno, which ironically is infamous for it's cappuccinos. Done. And just like that the day was better. We had multiple things that ended up making the day unexpectedly wonderful: 1. True, authentic Italian service. 2. True, authentic Italian food included of which were two cappuccinos for both of us. 3. The best panini of my life. 4. A 3 hour dinner service with lots of yummy complimentary goodies since we happened to befriend our waiter mostly by which was done by returning his stoic and dry humor and his attempts at categorizing us with every other American tourist that stumbled in which we like to hope we ARE NOT... ... ...  After gorging ourselves we decided to continue walking up to the Met where we saw the ever so sad aftermath of the Gala. Oh the Gala. I secretly wanted to go camp out on 5th Avenue the day before in hopes of seeing the pretty outfits and celebs but alas I controlled myself. Then we started on what we expected to be a quick evening jaunt in the park as it was rather dark and damp. Quick it was not. Damp is an understatement. We got caught in an evening downpour without our bumbershoots. We made it back to the subway and realized while transferring at Union Station that we should again hit up the Nordstrom Rack above for some accessories for our cocktail crawl's outfits which we ended up finding lots of goodies. The day was not a total loss.

Un jour huit was going to be a complete vacation day as we wanted to head up one of the many museums on our go-to list. We decided on the American Museum of Natural History. I want so badly to say it was nightmare although I feel that would be a bit of an exaggeration. Although, for me it really was not an enjoyable experience at the start as the crowds of people, the screaming children, the fiasco with our tickets, the inability to navigate the damn museum, the horrid restrooms, the almost more horrid cafeteria food... {and I could continue} forced me unfortunately into full panic attack mode; one spell of hyperventilation/dizziness/crying later and Nicholas was able to calm me down. That and we hid out in the basement until a majority of the field trips left. Thank goodness the 'under the sea' area was so amazing. The life size model of the grey whale is astonishing!

After the museum we walked around the beautiful west side and then throughout more of the park. We then decided to have dinner at one of the many spots in around Tompkins Square Park/St. Marks/7th Street as there are many fabulous sidewalk cafes and speak easy's and all within blocks of 'home'. We settled on The Crooked Tree which was delish. Not the best we've had but still very delicious {can never go wrong with a glass of wine and mushroom/goatcheese crepe!} and we got to sit outside under the pretty cafe lights. Unfortunately the sleeping portion of last evening did not really happen for either of us. Street noise aka drunk guys at 3am screaming got the better of both of us. Along with my sore shoulder {dang heavy bag I lug around!} and the pillow I'm not use too and the pouring down rain and the headache that resulted from the sore shoulder and pillow... no. sleep. Therefore this morning started with me nursing my hurting self back to life in hopes of being able to bust out a work day... which I am doing... *smile*

*the above photos we took after our photo session with Clinton+Charis on Sunday; right when you come off the Brooklyn Bridge on the Manhattan side you are in the financial district and right off of Chamber's street are all these rather pretty and historic government buildings. Since we had had a few beers and were quite relaxed {and it was a very pretty golden hour!} we decided to camp out on the stairs of one of the buildings and take some photos... hehe... there they are... *smile*

SIX

Bonjour mes amis. Yesterday was our sixth day here and therefore after I finished up a project at our work spot at Ninth Street Expresso, we decided that we needed to embark on a search for some wardrobe additions slash killer outfits for a rather exciting event this weekend...

Every year the finest of fine classic cocktail professionals and enthusiasts from around the country and world get together for the Manhattan Cocktail Classic. The MCC's main even is the gala held on the first evening of the weekend of events and takes place at the New York Public Library and is THE place to be next to the Metropolitan's own Gala usually held the weekend prior. Well although tickets to the MCC gala were of course sold out when we realized we'd be in town at the same time, we did purchase tickets to the Gentleman's Cocktail Crawl on Saturday evening and it is of course black tie. Once our tickets were purchased Nicholas and I instantly looked at each other and said, "Shopping!?!"

So yesterday we embarked on a rather epic suit search for Mr. Nicholas. The winning location for well made yet affordable suits? Zara. Zara treated Nicholas rather well. For myself, I purchased a dress both at Zara and Nordstrom Rack; will decide between the two closer to... *smile*. We were able to shop around over on 5th and Union'ish area which is uber handy for us as we could take the L train strait to the station. We've learned the ONLY complaint worth making about our lovely home here in NYC is that it is about 12ish blocks aka 12ish minutes aka 1ish mile away from the apt. Not at all that bad and I am not really 'complaining' rather simply saying that it can be just a bit of a hassle or pain to be that distance from the subway when it turns out we take it at least once a day almost. Also, for me and my sad little arthritic feet, sometimes they literally can't handle one more block or one more minute of walking... they are slowing adjusting though and we are walking around a minimum of 3-4 miles a day. 

Anyhow, yesterday's shopping was fab and then we headed to a Sushi place Nicholas found, Jewel Bako here in the village. Oh man oh man was it divinely delicious! Ah! Superb service and superb food and get this, superb prices! Well, a little high but always worth it when it comes to purchasing and ingesting raw fish right?! We had a very modest dinner yet were completely satisfied and had two desserts. Can I even say 'modest dinner' and 'two desserts' in the same sentence?! *smile* Well anyhow we shared the green tea ice cream sandwiches and the lychee coconut sorbet. Both were perfect and surprising my stomach did not react illy to the ice cream at all; must have been the green tea that settled it. :)

It was a lovely day as a whole and rather wonderful for a Monday! Today had a bumpy start but ended rather well; will share more tomorrow! In the meantime the above photo was an instagram photo of myself dawned in shopping attire included in which were some new thunderously loud cherry trousers I got months ago and had been saving for this trip; they are the $25 H&M version of the $75 JCrew version and they are IDENTICAL. 

cheers! xo

CINQ

Yesterday was a very, very pretty Sunday here in New York. We started the morning meeting many new friends and then we ventured down to the Brooklyn Bridge where we met up with now two additional very special acquaintances, Clinton and Charis, for a very relaxed couple's photo session.

We took a stroll on the ridiculously bustling bridge and stopped along the way to snap photos. Initially trying to hide my almost panic in seeing the bridge clad in scaffolding and construction equipment, we discovered that near the half way mark the construction subsided as did my sadness of thinking I'd have to make due with the ugly orange cones, aluminum walls, caution tape, etc.

I loved photographing this completely adorable couple. They are the best of friends and they happen to be totally smitten for each other. The rest of the photos from our afternoon are simply Clinton and Charis being Clinton and Charis; reading the New York Times, discussing the crossword puzzle and simply sitting and enjoying each other's very lovely company. How every couple's photo session should be if you ask me!

We had beers at one spectacular little joint over in Brooklyn Heights, Jack the Horse Tavern, then wrapped up with a few more photos in the STUNNING historical brownstone strewn streets. As excited as Nicholas and I are to return to Jack the Horse for their {turns out} rather famous brunch, our spirits are just a tinge dampened that Clinton and Charis will not be returning with us. Sad. Face.

However, here is a little sneak of one our photos on the bridge {literally the first that loaded on my computer and therefore the first one that got edited and thrown together for a sneak!}. I can not wait to go through and edit and share the rest!

Thank you oh so much to our near and dear friends for such a rad Sunday.

*oh and would anyone happen to know the answer to the clue: a household plant with bright, colorful blooms? it was around 7-9 letters if my memory serves me and also possibly ends in 'ek'... clearly a puzzle clue that has us all baffled... ... *smile*

QUATRE

Un jour quatre was a wedding day for myself and Cozbi Jean Photography, and oh what a wedding day it was! It is difficult to expound in appropriate diction the heartfelt love and joy I had photographing Steven and Sam's wedding at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens today. I mean we all say {'we all' meaning 'us photographers'} "oh today I shot the most beautiful wedding", "oh today I had the most stunning bride", "oh my goodness today we had the most rad venue or coolest photo ops or the girls were wearing different colored dresses or the guys had this boutonnieres that have the yellow ball like flower things..." and I could go on and on... And of course as fellow photos {if you happen to be one too} you always get an instant tinge of detest/jealousy when you see a comrade sharing images that make you wish so badly you had gotten to be the hired vendor instead of them. Oh what is that? You say you've never experienced that? Oh well then you are lying. We get mad and sad and disappointed always comparing ourselves and in many ways this is healthy until the anorexic/bulimic sides of the competitiveness come out and we start to binge on the hate and jealousy in a completely toxic way.

I'll be honest, starting off as a wedding photographer can be some pretty nasty business at times. For me personally, I at first just wanted to just book weddings period. Then I very very quickly learned I wanted to book a more distinct type of wedding not just for aesthetics, but for the more distinct type of bride and groom it would attract as my client. Here I am ultimately creating artwork in capturing tiny snippets of your wedding in an entirety that needs to showcase the most important day of your life; I realized that if I don't connect with you as people as I do my own friends or family; if I am not inspired by you or your plan for the day or your story, then that is okay! There is someone else who would be better suited and vice versa! Being picky per say? Well yes. Realizing and understanding how I can perform and create the best as an artist? More importantly yes! 

This year I have taken some leaps of faith in hopes doing more wedding photography with couples that I can really connect with; a 'niche' of interests and styles we both share and therefore connect through. It means being patient and trying really hard at times. Today, and much of the reason why I literally can not even decently attempt to verbalize the little high I'm on right now, I worked with a couple; a wedding day that is indeed every ounce of why I adore being a wedding photographer and why I adore working so hard at this beautiful artistry. I've set so many goals at this business with very low expectations, mere simple dreams rather. Today, I saw so many of those goals and hopes and dreams far, far surpassed. I am enlivened. My feet hurt real bad, but I am enlivened. I am happy and proud and not ashamed. I also met an adorns couple at the wedding and we are doing a photo session tomorrow. can't. believe. it.

*I took the above polaroids {with Impossible Project film} in between my digi's during our bride/groom photo time; they are not scanned in but just snaps I took with the iPhone since I don't have my scanner here. Yes, in the second photo they were standing in a bed of purple grape hyacinth. The same grape hyacinth that are blooming in my backyard at home that I was sad I was going to miss because they are so beautiful... well I am certainly not missing them now.

TROIS

Un jour trois is among us today and I thought I would share the photos I took yesterday of our little home! Yes it is about the size of 1/2 of a shoebox. Not new to us sharing such a small space; city living we have indeed done before although much, much cheaper! Still, our little apartment is adorable and our landlord is so great too which is very nice. The building is quite secure. It's certainly not the prettiest but if it means paying less money then I'm just fine with our little less then beautiful building. Most important is it is safe and clean.

I of course packed some framed photos from home to put in the apartment because surprise! I'm totally sentimental; shocking isn't it. *smile* I also got an assortment of my favorite Voluspa candles and have scattered them throughout the space to look and smell pretty. The light in here is refreshingly nice and I just love it! I did get a few vessels yesterday and picked up some flowers to help the space look a little more friendly and welcoming. NYC has peonies and although pricey and not nearly the best of quality, I got some from a corner market and am enjoying them every second that I can!

The apartment is very close to our style in many ways. I did go through and do just a bit of redesign; I don't need to look at someone else's ugly photos when I brought I my own :) The bed is super duper comfy! It's nice and warm and the windows let in a great little breeze. The bathroom and kitchen are also quite decent as is the storage and closet space. Our downstairs neighbors are apparently older and ill and we do know right away if we are making too much noise; hey it's kind of annoying to get in trouble for accidentally dropping something, but as our stay continues they have gotten better with not romping on their ceiling with their broom warning us that we're too loud just as we've learned to take our shoes off at the door and not stomp around like elephants after 8 {only one of us is a natural stomper and at all times of the day; he and his sister both man they have lead feet!}. *smile*

Well our Friday has been nice! We went and worked at our coffee place, came home for an afternoon snack and to finish work and it is indeed 5:30pm here and we are off to play tourist in our jeans and t-shirts and sunnies and parade around central park and time square. Yes I said 'sunnies'; it is about 73 today and very very lovely...

Wedding day tomorrow!

xoxo