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foodie recap.

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more pictures of toby & shilpa’s engagement session are up on the gallery page! sailing was an awesome idea for their shoot!

it’s 3:25 and i might still be in a food coma from last night. between cocktails, cheese, wine, lamb and the dessert sampler my stomach is still so happy it hurts slightly.

after hearing about the excellent service and food a few weeks ago, matt decided that it was time for us to try repast, a little american bistro in intown. good thinking babe, it was perfect. our waitress was extremely knowledgeable about the menu and wines and cheeses -it seemed like she could even tell when i was just nodding blankly and would give a few more ingredient details- her suggestions helped us put together an amazing eating experience. she kept an eye on us from the kitchen and didn’t put our next order in until we were completely done with the previous- classy.

matt and i had a great night laughing about ‘this time last year’ and casually making a few personal goals for the next. no doubt people thought we were crazy for ordering as much food as we did but like matt said ‘we might as well, this is like christmas, it comes once a year!’ love him for that attitude. we had life to talk about so we just kept ordering things, nothing wrong with that!

the plan was to walk it off and grab gelato -and then walk that off- in the highlands but we couldn’t resist the dessert menu at repast. we sampled three- the dark chocolate terrine being my fave- extra virgin olive oil, smoked sea salt, toasted pistachios and dark chocolate- what’s not to absolutely love? needless to say i fell asleep as soon as my head hit the head rest in the honda. i’m so sophisticated. 

right now we’re in the middle of one of our new experiments- scheduling our time. most of you know that this photography biz has never been a 9-5 job for us; it’s always taken up our evenings as well. when we looked at everything it was clear that we needed some time to ourselves and that scheduling was the answer. that being said, in 5 minutes it will be email checking time and 35 minutes after that we’ll be heading off to work out. so far i think the schedule is working, but really, we’re just on day 2 so what can i say? i know there are tons of people out there in the world who own businesses and work 9-5, but it’s just really hard for us to stop because keeping up with you guys is less like a job and more just awesome. we’ll see how it goes.

one year!

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laura and jason’s engagement session has been added to the website! love how comfortable they look together, perfect!

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so woah, matt and i have been married for an entire year! no idea how that happened so fast. we’ve made it through what we had been told would be the hardest year of our lives -and we’re slightly confused why people say that- it was by far the best year of our lives so far! i know it’s trite but really i feel like it was just yesterday we were chillin in athens with all of our families and best friends at our wedding. what a good day that was!

we spent our weekend shooting an incredible wedding and then hanging out on lake oconee with good friends and adorable puppies. the weather was wonderful and the company was even better. we are so sore from tubing -yes, tubing can be intense as proven by my two busted elbows- matt and i are both struggling with everyday activities such as standing, sitting, walking and sleeping. worth it. monday we boated over to lunch at gabby’s and lounged  by/in the infinity pool -expertly pretending we were guests at the lodge- and praying the little man taking drink orders wouldn’t realize we weren’t. after that lunch it wasn’t at all hard to pretend i was asleep every time he started walking toward us. such a great weekend! oh, and! i cannot believe i didn’t mention this sooner, sean taught matt to make crepes! wooo! they were excellent slathered with nutella, peanut butter, strawberries, bananas and powdered sugar -not all at once, gross- but take a second and celebrate with me that my huz has mastered crepes!

so since we spent the weekend with friends we’re celebrating just us tonight. no idea where we’re going, i’ll have to keep you posted on that. i keep begging matt to tell me and then he says ‘ok, you really want to know?’ pause. ‘no, no i don’t. let’s keep it a surprise.’ but then the cycle begins again. so far all i know is matt’s answer to my ‘what ethnicity is it? i need to start preparing myself.’ which was ‘normal.’ uh…thanks. but really, i’m excited to spend a romantic evening with the man, and the promise of quality food is the cherry on top. i’ll leave you now with a couple pics from the lake:

‘creativity’

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anna and jason’s wedding is up on the gallery page! the emotions in the reception shots are my favorite part:

ladies i need to know i’m not insane. guys, listen and learn. so my mind is a little out of my control- let’s call it ‘creativity’ that when i hear one little sound at night -usually the fridge- i immediately assume someone has busted through the iron apartment gate, broken into the lobby, elevator.ed up to our floor, found our specific apartment, broken in, and is proceeding to -based on the noise i heard- use our ice machine? i pull the covers up to my throat. a split second later when i snap out of it and throw the covers back, my ridiculousness blows my mind, yes, i can actually blow my own mind.

this is not a good trait- this intense, out of control, ‘creativity.’ it hurts the worst when it comes to cleaning. i hate washing dishes. matt does it. he’s amazing. but i do things too, promise. but he cleans- why? because i look at dishes and when i see bits of food clinging to a fork i immediately think of what’s in my stomach, then i’m totally grossed out and thinking about my digestive tract, then all i can see in the sink is a bunch of…well, you know.  but seriously, this is a huge issue. if i use a plate and matt’s not around i turn the sink on high, flip the faucet to the sprayer and blast off all food particles without looking at or touching anything gross. i understand that’s not ‘green’ but i try to make up for it by rarely doing laundry. pfff, sort.of kidding. 

so as i sat down to write this post (on something totally chic and fabulous, no doubt) that creativity took control and i snapped at matt for flipping his wedding ring like a quarter, not because he was doing anything wrong but because his ring was obviously going to flip up into the air and roll from the living room to the bathroom and down the drain in the shower. never to be seen again. all the time i put into making that ring, my grandfather’s gold, my other material costs- gone. why doesn’t he care about me!? 

but i digress- this post has gone on long enough. insane? creative? other?