A peak into MY life..

I don't normally share pictures of myself and my life.. but I may start adding some every now and again. I am super excited today because My Fiance and I are headed to the Bruins game tonight... which is why I have posted some pictures.

The one in our Bruins gear is from a game last year. We like to go to atleast one every season. Tim is a HUGE hockey fan- which he has made me into one. So I am treating him to a game. 7th Row- Center Ice. Our 6 year Anniversary is April 5th- so I figured this would be a nice way to celebrate our last April Anniversary.. as of October 15th- April 5th will no longer exsist!



For as many years as we have been together.. we just started doing date night. One night a week, just us. He is very close with his family so we are always usually all together. But lately with the craziness of our lives, and never getting to really see each other, I decided that one night a week will be date night. It is nice to just be able to focus on us, even if it is for a few hours.

Below is a picture from a Red Sox game from last year. In honor of Opening Day/Weekend for the MLB I figured the picture is appropriate! We are actually headed to the Red Sox/Tampa Bay Game on April 11th. We are double dating.. Sporting events are fun with other couples!

Thoughtful

Our photographers sent us the Cookie below as a thank you for choosing them for our wedding. So sweet of them! A nice little touch that was very un expected- G&M Photographers- they're amazing!

Event Pictures

I just wanted to share some pictures from an event that we did on March 19th for the Government of Newfoundland. We host this event every year- all Seafood- my favorite!

Our Chef creates a new menu every year, this year he made homemade sushi, lobster flatbread pizzas, he had a risotto station, char sliders, lobster frittas, and a ton more food.

This weekend..

I am looking forward to a weekend of no wedding planning! I know that doesn't sound right- but I can't wait to relax and enjoy my weekend with my amazing fiance and o ur friends. Plans to go to Newport, RI to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Now if you know me- I am not Irish. I don't even look Irish. I am Italian and Portguese and I look the part! But from what I have heard "Everyone is Irish on St Patrick's Day"!

It is always nice to take some time off of planning and not get caught up in all of the madness. So make sure that you do that too!

Have a great weekend!


FYI- St Josephs' Day is on Saturday March 19th! :)

Michelle's Review

Michelle posted an amazing review last night on WeddingWire from her wedding in February..

5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service: (5.0/5.0)
Responsiveness: (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: (5.0/5.0)
Value For Cost: (5.0/5.0)
Flexibility: (5.0/5.0)

Ceremony & Reception Venue
I can not say enough wonderful things about Jocelyn and her team at the Hilton Boston Back Bay. In addition to our wedding, we had a Welcome Reception for our out of town guests the night before and a brunch the morning after our wedding for everyone who spent the night. All three events went off without a single hitch and the food was AMAZING. It's been nearly a month and I am still getting compliments on it! Jocelyn responded to all of my inquiries, no matter how small or large promptly and efficiently. The wedding pacakge is reasonably priced and exceeded all of my expectations. I absolutely recommend the Hilton Boston Back Bay.


Thanks Michelle- I absolutely loved working with you!! I am so happy to hear that you had an amazing wedding weekend- and that we could be a part of it!

Another one of them is..

*Photography- I am obsessed with pictures. And obsessed might actually be an understatement. An example, I have 16 pictures in my office- of friends, family, my fiancé- either hanging on a corkboard, the wall or in a frame physically on my desk. So you can only imagine what my home looks like.

So pictures for the wedding was probably my #1. We found an amazing photographer- Randall from G&M Photography- who has some amazing work and was so great when we first met him. One of the things that I wanted was the creative photo journalism aspect of the pictures.

My mom always gives me a hard time when I talk about pictures, because her photo album is under the coffee table and nobody has looked at in years (which is untrue, since I looked at it at thanksgiving and Christmas when I was home). So she has a hard time with spending a lot of money on something that is just going to collect dust. But I don’t feel that way at all. Ya, it might not get looked at everyday- I have plenty of scrapbooks that haven’t been looked at in a while- but it is the only thing I get to take away from the wedding. It is the one thing that I can look back on and it help me remember the night, the laughs, the tears, and the smiles.

Sharing some thoughts..

Planning a wedding is a lot of work, and crunching numbers! My lord. I do have to admit that at this point, everything that I want, I am having- no matter what it costs. Which isn't an option to many people, especially if you are paying for your wedding, or some of it, which is what I am doing.

So I guess I shouldn’t say that I am having everything that I want, because that is not entirely true. There are a few items that are super important to me that I will share all week..

One of them is…

*Music. – we are having our friends, and an amazing band, Never in Vegas play for a few hours. And having a DJ. When anyone thinks of me and my Fiance, they think of Stu and the band NIV. So we HAVE to have them at the wedding. They normally don’t play at weddings- but will make an exception- for us.

I do have the thought in my mind how this is going to work. DJ for cocktail reception and during dinner, band play for an hour, DJ play for a half hour break and then the band play for the last hour.

My fiancé is in a band, so music is important to him too. And our guests having a good time is important to us. At first he thought that having NIV play might not work- might not be the best event. Since we usually see them out at the bar. But I told him that we couldn’t have our wedding without him- and I convinced him it was a good idea.

They are an amazing cover band and play all over New England- so it is going to be awesome! And Stu is very good friends of ours.

I will share my second important item tomorrow.

Wedding Photo Shoot

I am very EXCITED today!!! This morning A Dream Picture posted the below pictures on facebook. They came in to do a photoshoot with us on February 16th- and these are just a few of the amazing pictures that they captured while they were here.

Dina Konovalov is amazing, and an absolute pleasure to work with. Check out a few of her shots below!

FORTY DALTON WEBSITE

Today I want to share with everyone our Restaurant, FORTY DALTON's, new website.

http://www.fortydalton.com/

Our manager, Erin has put this together and we are very excited to have launched it today. Make you you check back for more information, online specials and promotions, and a 'Meet the Staff' section.

We host dinners and events in ther restaurant as well- it's amazing!

thanks