Mount Airy Mansion

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My newest clients, Liz and Austin, are getting married in the fall, having their reception at Mount Airy Mansion in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Liz described it as classic and historic. Looking at the wedding venue's website, I am blown away. It is on a 1000 wooded acres, only hosts one wedding at a time, and is just beautiful. … [Read more...]

Portland Photographer Referrals

As I am getting ready to move to Northern Virginia, I am no longer accepting clients in Oregon. If you are looking for a portrait or wedding photographer in the Portland area, I have a lot of great photographer friends. I personally recommend Deanna Russell, who has done my family portraits for the last few years, and Emily Hall, who has second shot weddings with me, and has a very similar style … [Read more...]

Jessie Mary

Most of my life I have been Jessica or Jess. I remember my grandfather sometimes calling me Jessie as a kid, and not really liking it. Then, at age 25, I met my hubby, Danny Lee. Yes, Danny, not Daniel, is his proper name. Danny is from Tennessee, quite the contrast with me being from New Jersey. Hubby calls me Jessie pretty often. It started off joking around, and over the years has become … [Read more...]

Oregon Ranch Wedding

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I admit that when Jaymie told me she was getting married at her family's ranch in Corbett, Oregon, I could not really imagine the venue. Back east in New Jersey, we just do not have the kind of land we do is here. I don't know anyone who has more than half an acre, and even that is very rare. After meeting Jaymie, I had to go home and ask my hubby what exactly a ranch is. Ranch verse farm? … [Read more...]

Why I No Longer Hate Starbucks

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The summer before I graduated college, I spent two months on the road driving across the country.  We tried to take local routes instead of freeways, and never planned more than a day in advance.  Often breakfast came in a wrapper from a gas station, and dinner tended to be McDonalds pretty often.  It was not a matter of choice, it was just the only food that was available on the sometimes … [Read more...]