Happy Poppas Day!

I am cooking a gourmet meal for my hubby and father in law tonight! my own dad is in Iowa visting his mom. I have to cathc up with him later, but for today the menu is:

BBQ Cilanto Chile Chicken
Fresh Organic Greens with Apples & Gorgonzola (from spyglass deli)
Acini di Pepe(small ball pasta)With Basil & Mint & Red Onion
Tropical Island Ice Tea
Miller High Life Light
Cinnamon Streusel Cake with a scoop of vanilla Ice Cream and topped with Pear cinnamon Caramel Sauce

Yum!

Rita & Ryan

Lovely rita meter maid...Rita has a spark and Ryan seems to dig it :) Def a loving couple on the beach! Oh so Divine~

Erin & Steven

I am sooo behind on posts! We have had one killer wedding | e-session after another! Love the family and the shots were incredible- Erin was a total hottie adn you could see the love in her eyes! I seriulsy thank the lord for being able to do this almost every day!

Magazine Style Guest Book | Helena & Archy

A very cool idea is to have a magazine style e-book. THis is one for guests to sign at weddings, 13x11, 90 pager and every other page has a blank one for lots of writing... Helena & Archy have over 500 guests coming so hopefully this will be enough!

An Exquisite Event Los Angeles 2007

I just got an email about a great show coming up that The Bridal Bar is participating in. It’s an Indian/American Fusion Bridal Event at the Hotel Roosevelt hosted by Exquisite Events. Individual tickets are: $20 before August 17th, 2007. I love wedding stuff, and this looks totally tasty.

Cameron Ingalls Post

everyone must read his post on "love is communication". Please take the time to read the pearls of wisdom for your marriage - Love is Communication

Christina & George | Cayucos Creek Barn, Cayucos, California

Even though we just got around to posting their engagement, here is their wedding! We love this couple - they were easy to work with, mellow and even let us do some of our more creative shots. The groom had an awesome Kentucky accent too... very cool.

I also think I have a new favorite local venue, the Cayucos Creek Barn. We definitely recommend it to our brides getting married here on the coast who want a little more country feel to their wedding. Sweet place and the owner used to be a stunt car driver, how great is that!





heh... kentucky moonshine... done in the style of jose villa


















we loved the trailer shots... classic!

Christina & George | Engagement Shell Beach, California

OK, another one at Shell Beach. We actually just shot their wedding a few days ago and we just now got around to posting the engagement! We are a little lazy on the blogging sometimes. BTW - for those with dogs, bring on the engagement session! We love them and they make the pictures ever more exciting...

Tessa & Jay | Engagement Shell Beach, California

Tessa & Jay were very fun to shoot. They were a nervous that they would be a little tense for the pics but we managed to mellow them out! It was crazy though because we had 3 of us shooting at the engagement (me, Teresa and my mom). Anyways, it was great time and we got some killer pictures...

Jim & Tamara Wedding | Silverhorse Winery - Paso Robles, California

We're a little late in posting this because we've been rather busy lately, but we loved this wedding and our wonderful bride and groom! Tamara is in residency currently as she is training to be a pediatrician (I imagine she'll be quite good at it). Anyways, their wedding was very beautiful and we had a wine cellar to retreat into when it got too toasty outside =)

If you are wondering who did some of the beautiful details, here is who also worked the wedding:

The catering was done by In Good Taste (my favorite caterers)
Penny Beavers (harp player)
Escape DJ
All Traditions (Wedding Planner)
Flowers by Denise
Cake by The Cakery
The venue was Silverhorse Winery (the owner let us take pics at his house, very cool)

Enjoy the pics...























Heh... love this one...