How was your 2021?
It has been an interesting time navigating all the changes that we have gone through as a society. Covid certainly has not been kind. Some might even say it was a dumpster fire. Sitting here, at my kitchen table, with the new normal, whatever that means, I can’t help but reflect on this past year…
The Roundhouse Beacon
Venue Spotlight Roundhouse Beacon 2 E Main St Beacon, NY 12508 845-765-8369 The Roundhouse Beacon is a former textile mill and factory nestled in the heart of Beacon, NY. Beacon has gone through a revival of sorts, it reminds me a lot of Williamsburg, minus the nightclubs and big hotels. Boasting galleries, boutiques and a…
Proud of our Pride
A wedding is the celebration of the union of two people with their friends and families. Each wedding is as unique as the couple saying “I do” and although tradition does play a role, it doesn’t have to dictate every part of your big day. I love seeing LGBTQ+ couples redefine traditions or do away…
Stone Soup
“Stone Soup” was one of my favorite stories as a child. I have a stone what do you have?
How Tomatoes will Help Save Our Communities
How Tomatoes will Help Heal the Division in our Country and Save our Tomatoes
A very private, public disclosure about my life long battle with depression
Pictures are a great window to the past and like with journaling, they allow you to reflect and be grateful for your progress and realize life wasn’t so bad as you thought it was. You weren’t as fat as you thought you were, you weren’t as old as you thought, sometimes there are questionable fashion…
Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa
Venue Spotlight Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa – History, Fun and Farms One of the biggest pleasures that I have, other than working with awesome couples, is visiting new places. I love places that have been layered over time. Each element living on its own. Buttermilk Falls in Milton, NY is a place like that. …
Canvas Weddings
Vendor Spotlight Corrine Van Arsdale – Planning with Peace and Kindness Often wedding planners are depicted as excitable, high strung, people with over the top personalities who are always telling couples what they “should” do, even if they don’t want to. Think about Father of the Bride, with a harried Steve Martin and spastic Martin…
Weddings in the Catskills
Regional Spotlight The Catskills I have always been fascinated with the Catskills. It was a go to destination for many first and second generation immigrants who wanted to escape the heat in the summer and who were shut out of more established get away spots like the Hamptons. Assessable mainly by car the, Catskills offered…
Purslane Catering
Vendor Spotlight Purslane Catering A Pioneer for Sustainable, Trash Free, Carbon-Neutral Catering * Anyone who works in events and promotions will tell you that it can be wasteful industry. Catering in particular can be extremely wasteful. Dishes and cutlery, food scraps, cups, napkins, and yes straws, add up to a lot of waste. The average…