Archive for August, 2006



weather

Published on August 31, 2006

with the wedding fast approaching… I have become addicted to checking the weather.com site for a hint to what our day will be like. Keep your fingers crossed, but right now they forecast it to be mostly sunny and 73 degrees.


Ten Days

Published on August 30, 2006

Just to get it out of my system, I wanted to try a few things out.
We’re getting married in ten days.
Ok, not bad.
We’re getting married in a week and a half.
A little more urgent. I get butterflies in my stomach a little bit.
Our wedding is next week.
Ok, wow, that brings on a [...]


almost

Published on August 27, 2006

So only 13 more days… what happened to the last year and 8 months? Things are moving right along as intended, I am trying not to stress over anything and just let it be. Justin and I went for a drive today and ended up having a great lunch, walk in the park and I [...]


Foxwoods Food and Wine Festival

Published on August 25, 2006

My scouts have alerted me to the (inaugural) Foxwoods Food and Wine Festival the weekend of our wedding. If you’re looking for something to do on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, it sounds pretty cool:

Catch celebrity chefs Tom Colicchio, Tyler Florence and Masaharu Morimoto in the act during an inspiring weekend of cooking demonstrations, wine [...]


Engagement photos

Published on August 23, 2006

I’ve just posted some of the best photos from our engagement session back in June with Mike Ross. He’ll be doing our wedding as well. Can’t wait to see how those come out!
Check them out over here.


Get your hotel rooms soon!

Published on August 21, 2006

The hotel block is over at the end of this week, so after that, you’ll be up against $200+ rooms that are not very close to the wedding. The place we’ve picked is less than a mile away, has a free shuttle to the vineyard and Foxwoods, and has all the cool kids staying at [...]


next adventure

Published on August 17, 2006

We are taking a bus ride from DC to Hartford tonight… we leave at 10pm and arrive at 6am. This should be interesting


Tips for your marriage in Connecticut

Published on August 15, 2006

Michelle was browsing a page on tips for getting married in Connecticut tonight. I’m really glad they have this one on there:
Connecticut law specifies that no man may marry his mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt, niece, stepmother or stepdaughter, and no woman may marry her father, grandfather, son, grandson, brother, uncle, nephew, stepfather [...]


Give us some requests!

Published on August 13, 2006

We’re building our lists of songs for the reception and want you to help! Please suggest some songs that would be good for any kind of dancing so that our DJ can have them ready. Just leave a comment and we’ll start compiling the list.
In other news, we started booking hotels today for Athens, [...]