Category Archives: Vacations

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My Vacation: Bryant and Seda’s Wedding!

I need a vacation from my vacation! Do you ever feel that way? Last weekend Matt was in the wedding of one of his good friends from DC. So we trekked out to the east coast on Wednesday and visited friends and family NON STOP until Monday morning when we left! I have to say Im so tired!!! And to make the trip home on Monday even more fun, we were both sick. (Matt was so bad he couldnt talk) OK DC… you kicked our butts!!

We had a great time nonetheless with all of the festivities of the wedding starting on Thursday. On Friday Seda paid tribute to her Turkish heritage and planned the rehearsal dinner at Cafe Divan, a posh Turkish restaurant in Georgetown. All I can say is YUM!

The wedding took place on Saturday at the Omni Shoreham. We were holding our breaths all day since there was a chance of rain to start an hour before the ceremony. Bryant and Seda lucked out and their ceremony took place on the beautiful back lawn of the hotel… with some pretty fabulous light! I was instructed to enjoy myself (not take photos) but of course I snapped a few.

The night ended with good food and dancing. And a bouquet toss. Yours truly caught the bouquet!!

haha!

Here are a few photos from the ceremony:

Matt Matt Matt! Always being funny!

Check back later this week for Michael & Mara’s and Jay & Inna’s wedding!

Nevis, West Indies

Actual wedding to come in a few days….

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MIA: Erica & Tiffany

We’ll be away from the office on Thursday July 10th and will return to normal on Tuesday July 15th. We will be photographing our first “international destination wedding” in the West Indies!!! Woo hoo! Check back at the end of next week for a sneak peek!

Alabama Hills


Yesterday we drove south to Lone Pine. The last time I was in Lone Pine was 5 years ago and my car broke down. I was stuck in this town (population 1600!) for two days! Luckily for me the Alabama Hills were in walking distance. The hills are actually massive boulders piled on top of each other. If you’re driving up the 395 you would never know the formations are behind the town.

I finally had the chance to take the Edge offroading. She handled beautifully! So of course I had to take a few car shots!

Ill be back in town tomorrow. Until then my cell reception is lost in a black hole. Email is best.




This last shot was taken looking towards Mammoth Mountain on the way home. No tripod or anything, this shot was stitched together in photoshop afterwards. Its actually 11 photos in one. I love the colors.

Got Snow?

The past few days I’ve been up in Mammoth visiting Matt. Last week was our one year anniversary…. so since we were apart we’re celebrating our anniversary and Valentines day all in one weekend!

On Thursday we took a hike around Lake Mary. For those of you familiar with Mammoth, after the first snowfall the road to the lake is closed. So we had to hike maybe a mile in the snow to get to the lake…. and honestly by the time we got there I was ready to throw in the towel!!! The snow was so deep all of the street signs were completely covered…. hence the title of my post.

We took a break and I unknowingly sat down on a picnic bench covered in bird seed. Needless to say I was swarmed by these little birds! Matt took out his sandwich, tore off a piece of bread and the little winter finches ate directly out of his hand.

We finally got back to the car four hours with just a little bit of light left. That hike was up there with the hike up Mount Washington!








Winter in Mammoth Lakes

This weekend I had a few days off so I weathered the storm and made a trip to Mammoth! You wouldn’t believe it but I have never really experienced snow before! Never driven through it or even played in it.

So Saturday Matt and I took a drive on the Mammoth Loop and I got knee deep in snow! All of the photos I took didn’t really do justice. From the road it was a beautiful landscape, but up close it blended together.

Anyways, here are a few I liked, including Diego. Hes not too fond of the snow if you cant tell!


Virgin America



When I went to DC a few weeks back we flew Virgin America. I was so excited about it I started blogging about it on the plane! I know, I know! Well I never actually posted it, so here it is:

All I can say is wow!! We are sitting on the plane right now to head to DC for a week. I was really excited to see what all the hype was about. When we entered SFO we had some trouble finding the check in area. When we did we were greeted with red carpet, white orchids, flat panel touchscreen macs and a very nice customer service agent. We were checked in in no time at all and headed to our gate.

When we boarded the airplane we were greeted with this down tempo club music. The plane was up lit a neon purple and all the seats were leather… not just first class. Every seat back had a touchscreen panel and a remote control with access to video games, movies, satellitle tv and the ability to order food from where we sat.

It was all great until we were delayed an hour and a half and our touch screens stopped working. I will say, they comped our meals for the delay, which I dont think United has ever offered on any delayed flight I’ve been on!

All in all, the hype wore off because the touch screens were broken. The flight back home was great… everything worked!

Washington DC

The week before Thanksgiving I went out to DC. I had my own personal tour guide since Matt grew up there, which was nice… we didnt get lost once!

And we lucked out and caught the tail end of fall… the colors were beautiful!

Here are a few photos:





Ella visits California!


Erica brought Ella out this week to visit me! So today we took a trip up to Apple Hill. Apple Hill is in the Sierras next to Placerville. Its a collection of apple farms and artists all within a 10 mile drive.

Ella explored a hay maze, pumpkin patch and tasted one good apple donut. She’s going to love California so much she’ll probably move out when shes older…. (as her family reads this they laugh!)




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