Dosia + Adam E-session

It was freezing and sooooooo windy for Dosia and Adam’s engagement session!! Tampa, what is going on? They will be getting married on 3/20/10 at Cross Creek Ranch. We met the end of 2008 and wow, it’s already almost here, can’t wait!

Vacation Memoirs: Naples, Italy

On our stop in Naples, we decided to be adventurous and go find mount Vesuvius on our own. It’s actually pretty hard to get there, there is one train and 2 stops and if you get off on the wrong one you are done for! Once you get off the train there is a tiny store front where there is a bus that will take you up to the mountain and we got the very last one of the day, phew! It was really cool to be at the top of an active volcano and you could see down over the ocean and where Pompeii is. Here’s a few pics and also our video on how to find it if you ever end up going. Next stop, Palermo.

Hot Seat, oh wait, toilet seat.....

I’m always on the lookout for something random, usually it’s a cool alleyway, junky stairs etc so I couldn’t resist posting this. I was doing Josh and Lauren’s engagement session yesterday and Josh spotted 3 toilets just sitting outside, they already know me so well, so of course we had to take advantage. Here’s our serious fashion faces, looks like magazine to me:-)

Real Wedding: Jessica + Chris @ Tampa Palms

Jessica and Chris got married on the veranda at Tampa Palms last weekend! They incorporated so many personal details....Jessica's gown was actually made for her, using material from her part of her mom's wedding dress, which I thought was very unique and something I don't see too often. The florals had gorgeous yellow roses, and as they were walking down the aisle as a newly married couple everyone had rose petals to shower them with. The ballroom looked amazing with uplighting, chivari chairs, and each guest got a mini bottle of with to take home with them. Make sure to take a look at the cake topper too, hilarious! Congrats you two!!!

Venue: Tampa Palms Golf and Country Club

Coordination: A Friend of the Bride

Stationary: Nelson Fuqua Designs

Florals: Apple Blossom

Cake: Publix Greenwise

Entertainment: Grant Hemond

Vacation Memoirs: Genoa, Italy

We met some really cool friends on our search for a map of Genoa and the train to get there. Gert and Alton are from South Africa and it was so funny because they own a decor company for weddings and events in Cape Town so we had a lot in common and became instant friends. You'll see more of them later. The architecture was amazing!

This was Christopher Columbus' house. It is tiny!



Genoa also has the most narrow spaces between buildings I have ever seen I wonder how they built them?





They also have David's favorite treat, Gelato. I think he stopped at almost every place we saw:-)



This is kind of weird, our ship next to a really old bell tower.



Ahhh, another beautiful sunset. Onto Naples next.

Vacation Memoirs: Marseille

We got on the ship in Barcelona and Marseille, the oldest city in France was our first stop. Old Port is how you get there, it was pretty early and the market there was just getting busy. Fresh flowers everywhere and the most gorgeous peonies I have ever seen! There were fisherman selling live fish they just caught.

We took a ferry over to a Chateau de If which was the setting for the book The Count of Monte Cristo.




It turned from Military fortress to the most feared prison in France. Similar to Alcatraz only a couple thousand years older.



I think these are red poppies?



Apparently there are killer sea gulls here too.





The prisoners could see the beautiful ocean and even hear the city of Marseille but couldn't reach it.



Definitely amazing views, I wonder if they ever do weddings there?





The Nortre Dame de la Garde is on the hill overlooking the city. Here's the inside.



One of my favorite things about Spain, France, and Italy....



What a beautiful sunset, next stop Genoa not sausage but Italy.