ong friendships are, for lack of a better word, incredible. My mom and her friend, Joyce, have been friends for ~30 years through their work at the lab. Joyce's daughter, Joy, and I crossed paths many times as well. I remember her to be incredibly sweet and I remember being really jealous of her long and pretty eyelashes. (Mine naturally aim downwards and only curl with Shu Umera "asian fit" lash curlers - which are only found in eastern Asia - first world problems!) I shouldn't be surprised that this happened, but it threw me in for a spin either way. My family life and wedding life collided. My mom,...
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was part of an active theatre group at Bentley (now University, but back then... it was College). This group shaped so many of my friendships and taught me a ton about people. If you're a theatre person, you'd know that when a bunch of theatre nerds get together, there will, without a doubt, be lots of drama. "Drama" in the fantastic and amazing performance sense, and drama in the holy-crap-I-can't-believe-he-said/did-that way. Lucky for us, we stayed a pretty tight knit group throughout and after college. Kristen and Justin were part of this ridiculous group of people and I distinctly remember both of...
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message from Karen: Normally, Nicole and I wouldn't entertain the thought of a couple whose favorite is carrot cake (Note: We feel that having vegetables in a dessert is just... bizarre!) One of Lise's first message to us was: "Carrot cake is our top tier so we'll be hoarding it to ourselves. Cream cheese filling cancels out any veggie negativity. You can help yourself to a non-veggie cake slice (or 2 or 3) from the other layers if you end up shooting our wedding!" :) I and my lovely second, Rachel, photographed Lise and Alex's beautiful wedding in Stow, MA. You know you're loved when so many amazing...
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ome people are in between jobs. Some are in between homes. Cheryl and Maoyu are inbetween weddings! (and not to anyone else but each other). As we picnicked with SWEET cupcakes and an assortment of chocolates (yum - thanks again!), I noticed Cheryl's unique ring - four stones with an interesting X design. I also noticed that she had already been wearing a wedding band. Later, as we munched on delicious corn, tuna belly and bone marrow at South End's Toro, they told me about their elopement wedding in Las Vegas at the Little White Wedding Chapel! They described it like a fast food drive-through, where they...
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think every engagement session should start with a couple of Sam Summers and a dozen oysters. Oh, and I suppose I'd share with the bride+groom to be. :) On a crisp spring afternoon, Kristen, Peter and I revisited a restaurant that meant a lot to the two of them - Legal Test Kitchen. A first date that led to a pub night, which then led to one of the shiniest rings I've ever seen. I'm may be missing a few steps within that story... like Peter asking marriage permission from Kristen's very intimidating father. We started their Boston waterfront engagement session at Legal Test Kitchen and wandered...
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love dogs in all shapes and sizes! I love their distinct personalities. I love dog people. When Audrey, Bharat and I chatted about personalizing their Boston engagement session so that it would be reflective of them, they knew they wanted to incorporate Guinness, who was appropriately named for his awesome coloring. We had a fabulous time wandering around Bare Cove Park in Hingham, a friendly off-leash dog park south of Boston. It was relaxed, fun, and just a chill day to be enjoying the outdoors since the warmer weather is finally coming. :) Here are a few of my favorites! Guinness likes to walk...
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