Archive for July, 2010

8mm and Us

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

So I got married earlier this month. And there’s lots of amazing fun things to share from the incredible day. But this, well this makes my eyes well up and my heart just hurt from how much I love it so. I think I will probably watch it every day forever.

Janelle and Tim from Kate Headley on Vimeo.

I’m so glad my photographer, the amazing Kate Headley, convinced me to do it (not that I needed much convincing, as her other videos are beautiful). She had it shot using an old 8mm camera, and sped up the developing of the film, to give it that jumpy shot-by-your-grandfather look that I adore. And I can’t believe that she chose Regina Spektor’s amazing song, “Us,” to set it to. The song had been weaving its way through my head throughout the planning process, yet it seemed too much for a first dance. But to have everything tied together and this music playing in the background just about blew my mind. Incredible.

[Janelle and Tim: The 8mm]

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So Many Creative Ladies

Monday, July 26th, 2010
Suffice it to say I’ve been busy lately, and I’m finally getting settled into my new married life, with an incredible amount of free time on my hands now that wedding planning is done (more on that to come). But I did manage to jot off a few stories while I was in full on planning mode, and only now have time to post them. Here are two from DC Magazine:

The first is about the lovely ladies of The Hive at 1511, the creative threesome that has me wanting to start my own biz with my pals.
And the second is about some more lovely ladies, these being the community of food bloggers in the D.C. area who are getting the dish on the local food news (and in turn, the piece looks at how restaurants are catering to this newfound interest). It was a fun one to report, and made me exceedingly hungry.
Many thanks to Mary Cunningham (www.arugulafiles.com), Lisa Shapiro (http://diningindc.net), Olga Berman (www.mangotomato.blogspot.com), Lauren DeSantis (www.capitalcookingshow.blogspot.com), Ashley Messick (http://www.fromkomitomarvin.com/), Amanda McClements (http://amandamc.blogspot.com/), Emily King (www.citysifting.com), Melissa McCart (www.counterintelligenceblog.com), Sarah Meyer Walsh (www.sarahmeyerwalsh.com), Nycci Nellis (www.thelistareyouonit.com), and Alyssa Shelasky (www.ApronAnxiety.com) for their help with the piece.

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