Guess Who's Back
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Woohoo! Alex is back from Prague with tons of stories and pictures. Feels good not being home alone! As promised, here is a "Best of" of my favorite pictures from his trip. CAUTION: A whole lotta pictures!
Narodni Galerie in Old Town Square - I love the reflection of the blue and white sky on the glass
The Square of the Knights of the Cross. The statue in the middle is of King Charles IV
Saint Vitus Cathedral in the middle of Prague Castle
Old Town Square with The Church of Our Lady Before Tyn in the background
Inside the metro. I personally love the lines in this picture. Doesn't it look futuristic?
Alex *hearts* sloooooow shutter speed
...and night shots! Powder Gate, the entrance to Old Town.
On the Charles Bridge, camera on the floor!
The National Museum in Wenceslas Square
Day trip to Karlovy Vary. Gorgeous!
I'm sure this reflection shot was for me! Grandhotel Pupp in the background, Karlovy Vary
Hope you enjoyed them as much as I did!
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Labels: Travels
Make It Work
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Did you guys catch the finale of Project Runway? I'm talking to my 2 faithful readers out there. I love this show! I wanted either Chris March or Christian Siriano to win. Chris freaked out the judges with his use of human hair in his designs, so that went out the window. As soon as I saw Christian's first look, I knew he was going to win. The crowd went wild when he stepped on stage. I can't believe he is only 21 years old. Pretty amazing. It's bittersweet that it's over because now I have to wait months before the next season to watch one of my favorite shows. Who doesn't love Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum? This was the clincher for me:
Oh and can I just say that I *heart* Victoria Beckham..she's FIERCE and FABULOUS!
Auf Wiedersehen
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One More Look Back
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
A year ago today, Alex and I were jetting off on our honeymoon to Thailand. All I have to say is..best vacation EVER! We spent a few days in Bangkok, then flew to Phuket for a couple more days and ended the trip in Ko Phi Phi Don. The entire trip was amazing, the people, the scenery, the culture. Plus we met some very cool people from England while in Phi Phi Island that we still keep in touch with and will hopefully see very soon!
Taken at the JW Marriott Phuket Resort and Spa.
Isn't it beautiful? Wish I was there right this second! Maya Bay, site where the movie 'The Beach' was filmed.
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More More More
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
It was a rainy and kind of ugly day today in Tampa so I had more indoor ring light fun with Ammie. I tried something different in post and played with textures...
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Special Delivery
Monday, March 3, 2008
My husband rocks! I got flowers from him today for our anniversary...but not just any flowers, he sent me vase of green cymbidium orchids. From the previous post you can see that we used the same flower at our wedding. How thoughtful was that?!
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By Your Side
One year ago today marked the beginning of a new chapter in my life. After years of anticipation (mostly by our mothers, not too much by us!), months of preparation and days of little sleep, Alex and I were married March 3rd, 2007. It was a truly perfect day. Maybe not perfect by others standards being that we had to move our ceremony from outside to inside the day before because of rain. But perfect for us. We added a lot of personal touches to our wedding but we knew that at the end of the day, those things didn't matter. As long as the people we cared about and loved us were there, everything else would fall into place.
The ceremony was pretty much comedy hour. I can't believe I didn't shed a tear during our vows. Don't get me wrong, my eyes were really welling up and I was about to break down until the officiant asked me to repeat 'for richer or for poorer' and I stumbled on the 'poorer' part. Our 200+ audience erupted into laughter (at least the Spanish speaking ones), and so did I!
The reception was one big party. I'm not kidding, I didn't sit down once after we had dinner. It felt like everyone was on the dance floor the entire night! That was the goal.
To everyone that helped out in any way, I want to say Thank You once again.
To Alex: even though you aren't physically here, please know that I'm 'By Your Side'. I love you more each and every day. I can't wait to celebrate 5, 10, 25, 50 years with you! You are THE one. Happy Anniversary!
With our wonderful wedding party..
The theme of the night..
Our beautiful cakes (we had 19 total!) and table assignment candles..
Everyone dancing!..
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"Do You Realize You're 27 Years Old?"
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Shortly after I found out Alex would be going out of town..I planned a little sleepover with my friends Maria and Kym for this past Saturday night. We started the night with take-out then made a couple of mojitos (yummy!). Then we somehow reverted to grade school mentality and played dress up, put on lots and lots of make-up for absolutely no reason and took a ton of pictures. I had sooo much fun! Afterwards we planted ourselves on the couch to watch a movie but we barely made it to the middle and called it a night around 3AM. You can't get much crazier than that! When I told Alex how our night went, he said "Do You Realize You're 27 Years Old?". He just doesn't get it.
In the midst of all this, I actually got a pretty stunning picture of Kym. I'm kind of loving it. This was using my ring light, which I need to used a lot more because I really love it.
To those wondering..she just pushed the strap of her shirt down..so don't get any ideas!
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