That's my man.

a moment in time

You know, if I hadn't already found the man who I love with all my heart, I might have to confess my undying love for Whitney and Jesse - two of the most creative, interesting and wonderful people I've ever met. Sometimes you run across one of those gems. But to find two of them - together. They're special. Not in a short bus kind of way but in a way that makes you lose your breath for a moment. Makes you want to move to Georgia to stalk them. Ok, now I'm sounding unhealthy - moving on.

These two took a moment that meant the world to us and enabled us to relive it in perfect clarity for the rest of our lives. We owe them our first born. Or maybe a home-cooked dinner which I'd be happy to deliver any minute they showed up in New York. Hell, I'd go down to Atlanta to deliver it if they want. All you have to do is ask guys.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

(click on "view images and order prints" to see the full set)

photo thanks to tung

the calm before the storm

We hit the ground running when we arrived in San Miguel de Allende. My parents, Thom, Tung and I spent the first evening putting together the guest bags. We set out early the next morning to deliver them...


We also had to pick up all the liquor for the rehearsal dinner and wedding reception. As we found out, it's no small task getting all the specific items we wanted in Mexico.


Thankfully Haverly brought the biggest bottle of Jack Daniels she could carry. A saint, that one.

With the two big tasks taken care of we were able to relax a bit with friends as they arrived in SMA. That's Andy with the "baby" margarita. It's actually a normal size drink - just looks tiny in proportion.





The next day we had organized a day trip for everyone that was in town... There was something vaguely camp-like about being on a bus with all your friends and family. Not that I ever went to camp but I imagine it was like that.

Pottery in Dolores Hidalgo

Thom and his huge sunglasses. Thank goodness he sat on those. If he hadn't - I would've done it myself.





Helado in a million flavors. Avocado was my favorite.




After a long day of trooping around we all got cleaned up for "welcome cocktails" at Gallo Restaurant.
After cocktails we went to Planta Baja for more cocktails and a little food.




Omar's superfine hat made the rounds all weekend...



I'm not sure what is happening in this picture but Omar sure is good at making faces.

See?





And wherever we go we bring the dancing.


many of these pictures thanks to omar

worth the wait

Here is our first batch of wedding photos from Jesse and Whitney. Enjoy!

a hop, skip and a jump

We've had several requests to detail the wedding trip.  So, sorry for the delay and the lack of professional photos - those will come.

First we traveled from New York to Tampa so that we could drop off Jasper with Jen and Leigh and pick up my parents.

Jasper hanging around in the airport bathroom...
Thom and I had a lovely mani/pedi in Tampa.  We had the first appointments of the day so it was like our private spa.

We also had some damn decent pizza and beer in St. Pete.
And, most importantly, were able to visit with Jen and Dirk who weren't able to make it to the wedding.  But it felt a bit like they were involved since we got to see them right before heading to Mexico.
From Tampa we had a stopover in Houston where we met up with Tung, Val and Tony.
Mexico - finally.
After getting off the plane and a short car trip to San Miguel de Allende we grabbed a quick lunch.  The heat was a bit of a shock after our chilly New York weather.

But waking up the next morning in a our big, fancy house-for-the-week to a delicious breakfast made it all feel real...

After Thom found the perfect way to propose I started thinking of commissioning a painting as a wedding gift. I was always planning on giving it to him in time for the April celebration little did I know that he had other plans...

I have admired Evan Harris' work for some time and I knew that his style was perfect for the event. Evan's a busy man so I feel very lucky that I was able to give Thom something so personal and beautiful.

Please forgive my poor photography skills.

In case you're wondering, yup - that's Jasper.

we're such a tease

We had the most amazing time in Mexico. I know, everyone says that about their wedding. But we really mean it. It was a perfect moment in time which is crystallized in our minds forever. Thankfully we had two stunning individuals who captured it all - Jesse and Whitney from Our Labor of Love (who are responsible for the picture above).

In the coming weeks we'll share some pictures from our friends and family, as well as our photographers.

Then we'll take a breath and refocus. Because I think we'll all have had enough of weddings for a while. But we have lots of juicy bits before that's done...

the party's over

tons and tons of photos to follow...for now enjoy Panama Tung.

we're off!

Tomorrow we head down to Florida to meet up with my parents, drop off the pup for pup-sitting and take care of a few last details. And then we're off to Mexico.

We'll be back in a couple of weeks with lots of wedding porn and gruesome stories.

a hard day's night

Some of us took quick naps, others played a little rockband to be alive enough for dinner...

Brothers Armstrong

...and Tung.

But still a little dead from the long day. Ok, maybe more than a little. Thom looks like he's about to kill someone. Kinda tough, no?

Dinner was at Beast and very yummy.

snips and snails and puppy dog tails

While the girls were getting painted and stuffing our faces the boys were having their own kind of fun.

Of course some of the boys were hurting a bit from the festivities the night before. First the boys watched some soccer and then headed off to the Brooklyn Brewery.

Tony deep in thought.

Still deep in thought. And is Tung sleeping there?

Dirk bleary-eyed and bewildered.

Mike - who looks more awake than others - but it's an illusion.

See now, I'm not sure if Matt is sleepy here or trying to look sexy. Maybe he's just preparing to give me a chin-kiss, which is a regular occurrence.



And with lots of beer comes cards.



Oh and more beer.

Proof that Thom's so friggin' married.

Nope. Not cheating on me. Not cheating on me at all. I guess it's better than the alternative.

Omar's intense.
Very intense.


Brothers. Not Donnelly but it'll do.

After much beer (and pizza) was had they headed over to The Gutter for bowling.



And finally they dragged themselves over to barcade for a few games.
Sorry to disappoint, folks, but things were pretty tame all around. That is - unless I missed all those sordid stripper pictures.


All pics thanks to Omar.