One of my best friends (and bridesmaids in my wedding), Jess visited Atlanta two weekends ago.  We’re both obsessed with the CW drama, ‘The Vampire Diaries‘. The Vampire Diaries takes place in the fictional town of Mystic Falls, Virginia.  Mystic Falls is the real life town of Covington, Georgia, and is only 45 minutes away from Atlanta.  So, I booked Jess and I tickets to tour the town of Covington and see where the Vampire Diaries films.  The Vampire Diaries is in its last season (so sad) so we had to check out the tour before the last episode airs!

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Last weekend my sister Alissa and I made a quick trip to Bradenton, Florida to visit our grandparents and our aunt. Alissa flew from New York City and I flew from Atlanta and we met in the Tampa airport.  Our youngest sister Caylen had a wedding to attend to in New Orleans so she couldn’t make it to Bradenton with Alissa and I.

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Jeremy and I were in Charlottesville this past weekend celebrating his friend, Porter’s wedding. Jeremy and Porter met their first year of Darden business school and lived together their second year.  They became close friends and Porter was one of Jeremy’s groomsmen in our June wedding.  Porter met Katie (his now wife) at Darden so it came full circle last weekend when they got married in Charlottesville.  Continue reading

Lanie and Brian’s wedding was on Saturday October 15 at the Martha’s Vineyard Sailing Camp.  The Martha’s Vineyard Sailing Camp is on 15 wooded acres and sits high on a Bluff and overlooks the Lagoon Pond and outer Vineyard Haven Harbor.  The view for the wedding was spectacular and something out of a romantic movie.  I kept asking myself when Ryan Gosling would appear… Lanie and Brian’s wedding reception was held inside the Martha’s Vineyard Sailing Camp facility and featured timbered vaulted ceilings and a fieldstone fireplace. The entire wedding was so cozy and beautiful. Lanie really outdid herself on planning her wedding.  Continue reading