I flew to FL last Thursday to shoot a wedding in West Palm Beach, FL; and, I had a blast! It’s been a crazy, busy week!
Saturday, June 5th – Photographed a wedding at the Athaneaum in Pasadena. Beautiful couple and location! I had so much fun working with my awesome 2nd shooter and Assistant / 3rd shooter! Unfortunately, the girls didn’t finish getting ready until very close to ceremony start time, so there are few photos of them all together, dressed and ready. The rest of the wedding was perfect though!
Saturday Night, June 5th – Josef & I went to karaoke at Koji’s. Were were pretty much the only ones there, so we took over the mic and floor until Nick got tired of hosting and shut us down. My drunk ass went with Josef to Mel’s for some food before we headed back to Glendale.
Sunday, June 6th – Slept in, then hung out with Kyle (yay, he’s back!). We went to dinner at Goodfella’s in Melrose, then he played a kick-ass final show with 10 Years at the Roxy. After the show, we hung out at the Rainbow Room next door with the rest of the 10 Years guys and some friends of ours. Super fun night!
Monday, June 7th – Slept in, then went to breakfast at the Coral Cafe with Kyle. I then went home to get some stuff done before heading back to Kyle’s for dinner. He made an awesome garlic pasta dinner and salad for us!
Monday Night, June 7th – We went to back to the Roxy for the Gemini Syndrome show. It was fantastic! After, we hung out for a bit out front, then went home. I stubbed and cut my toe open on my way to the car. That sucked much!
Tuesday, June 8th – Picked up Joe at the Van Nuys FlyAway then came back to my place for naps. We then went to the Americana for crepes and watched the water show. At night, we made cupcakes then went to the Springbok for Trivia.
Wednesday, June 9th – Went to downtown LA (Chinatown, Olivera Street, and the Fashion District). We had a super fun time!! At night, we went to dinner at my sister and KC’s for Ilana’s birthday, then headed to Koji’s for the drinking party! Then, back to my sister’s for the after party. We stayed out til almost 3am!! Soooo much fun!
Thursday, June 10th – Woke up WAAAAY too early and John L took us to the FlyAway. Joe & I flew to FL on separate flights to separate cities. I flew to Orlando and Nikki picked me up. We got some food and went back to her place. It was so great meeting Sonja and hanging out with the Konicki’s! I love them so much!
Friday, June 11th – Drove down to West Palm for Katrina & Tim’s wedding rehearsal and dinner. We checked into the Hilton (beautiful hotel, Thank you DeRosa family!). Joe & I shared a room and each had a super comfy queen sized fluffy bed with down comforters!
Friday evening, June 11th – Nikki, the girls and I went to rehearsal. I got a feel for the venue and realized that the summer Sun in FL was my true enemy in life! The rehearsal went well, and dinner afterward at the Fish Market was excellent. Teryn & I got vegetarian meals (pasta with veggies) and it was soooooo yummy! I loved dessert too! After dinner, the guys started partying, but I didn’t stay out late. I needed my rest for wedding day! Ridiculous neighbors kept me up though… they were calling each other names and yelling and cursing at each other til after 1:00am! The loudest thing the woman said was, “What?! Do I have a fat ass?!”
Saturday, June 12th – Woke up for a 9am breakfast, and Joe & I ended up sitting at the table next to our ridiculous neighbors. I could tell it was them by the way they talked and argued with one another. Also, she did have a HUGE ass!
After breakfast, I went with Katrina, Mel, and Didi to the salon to start photographing them getting ready. I hung out with them most of the day as they got hair and make-up done, but took a nap before dress time. Erica met me at the hotel to help me photograph the wedding! Thank you so much, Erica!!!!
We took a limo to the ceremony site, and the weather gods heard my prayer… they made it overcast and cooler!! Thank you, mother nature!!! The ceremony was beautiful and flew by (as always). I then photographed the group photos and joined Erica to photograph the reception. What a fun reception! I love the Duarte and DeRosa families!!! They know how to party! Great dancing and celebrating!
Saturday night, June 12th – After the wedding, I met up with Gary, Teryn, Joe, Nick, and Jason by the pool. Tons of the wedding party was there and many guests. Swam around til almost 2:30am and enjoyed some hot-tub time too! It was a great way to end the night! I ended up staying up til 4:30am transferring and backing up photos!
Sunday, June 13th – Joe & I got up early to meet up with Nikki and the girls for Elena’s 2nd birthday party breakfast! Elena got some super cute gifts, and had fun eating her cupcake! I, then, packed up and met up with the Konicki’s to head back to Melbourne.
Once back, I napped, then Nik & I started going through photos. I took soooo many! We narrowed down the selection and started editing. Nik made a great grilled cheese and fresh tomato soup for dinner.
Monday, June 14th – Edited photos, then met up with Keri and the kids at the library. All the kids played for a bit, then we went to the mall and the kids played some more. I had Nathan’s cheese fries – yum!!!
Once back at Nik’s, we edited some more. We had pizza for dinner, and edited some more. We had a relaxing night! I had trouble sleeping though. I was woken up by my phone telling me that SoCal was experiencing earthquakes. I had very strange dreams after that.
Tuesday, June 15th – woke up and edited more photos, packed my things, edited some more, had an awesome pasta and salad lunch (thank you, Nikki), then edited some more. Getting Ready photos done and uploaded for Kat & Tim to review. WooHoo!
Now, I am at MCO (Orlando Airport) and my flight will begin boarding very soon. I can’t wait to be home to my dry and temperate Los Angeles. I will really really miss Nik, Jason, and the kids though! I love them so much! I don’t even know when I will get to see them again before December 2011.
For now, back home to my kitties, wonderful boyfriend, awesome friends, and happy climate! 🙂