Adriana and I spent a couple weeks in Japan mostly wandering around looking out for good food, nice light, and cute dogs. None of these were really too hard to find.
"There was no specific moment where I knew that you were the one, but the realization that I couldn't imagine my life without you," Tamara said to Greg at the end of the night. I can't think of any better reason to marry someone.
Second Shooter: Rocky Serate
Ceremony: McDougall Memorial Church
Reception: The Lake House on Lake Bonavista
Dress: Lazaro from S2 Brides
Flowers: Flowers by Janie
DJ: Pez Productions
Boy do I love being around creative, kind, and fun people. The last time I tried to get together with Dear Rouge a few months ago it unfortunately fell through, so I was pleasantly surprised when at the last minute I received a text with instructions on how to get into the green room at the Coca Cola stage. Danielle, Drew, and the band are incredibly kind and funny people and I had a blast shooting their super high energy set despite the rain and cold.
Danielle styled by Lauren Bagliore
At the beginning of this hike I expressed my desire for more fog. Fast forward to an hour later and I got all the fog I ever needed plus all the rain that came with it. Regardless, a good morning spent with the best of company.
I almost didn't go on this trip. With a full-time job, two weeks' worth of editing backlogged, and a wedding and an event already lined up at the end of the week, getting a last minute invite to fly out to LA was almost too overwhelming. I kept going back and forth. Originally I said yes. Then I backed out. The night before we were supposed to fly out, I changed my mind again.
I'm so glad I did.
Michael was set to play a show in LA at the Sayer's Club and so he brought Russell Broom, Andrew Ball, James Bundy, and me out with him. The day after we flew in, we had a relaxing morning grabbing brunch and coffee in Echo Park before an afternoon rehearsal at Bedrock with four musicians from LA. After rehearsals we found ourselves at the legendary Bob Hunka's house for bottomless Hunkaritas and amazing tacos. More cocktails at an unassuming French restaurant called Taix packed with a way too cool crowd and a couple street burgers later, Russell and I almost got matching tattoos and Andrew, James, Russ, and I passed out at three in the morning in the weirdest AirBnB I have ever stayed in.
Then, finally, show day. Michael did a radio performance at KCSN, which I embarrassingly and unintentionally video-bombed the entire time. We walked around Larchmont for lunch, petting dogs, and ice cream before heading back to the AirBnB to take some well-needed naps. As the sun was setting we headed out to the venue for sound check and the show. It all felt like it was over so quickly. In a blink, we were out of there and in an In-N-Out. 1 am burgers and fries. 3 am bed time. 5 am wake up call. Another one for the books.
