bachelorette party chicago

a visual diary:

RAIN!!

it is raining! can you believe it? everyone at work is gathered around all windows watching in awe. ah, vegas.

LOL

http://www.holritzphotography.com/

click on engagement.

it's a process

wedding planning mania has heated up almost to the degree of the local temperature. have finally gotten all the artwork for invitations to the printer. had a press-check this morning for the reply envelopes. we are using letterpress, which is an old system, but quite beautiful.



Tom at TritonInk checks the artwork as it comes off press


heidelburg windmill press


in motion



plate made from artwork to impress image into paper


Tom makes an adjustment so that the artwork prints farther to the left on the envelope.

the wedding spot

us at the new house on what will be the front steps.

the parents

bob and dusty hanging out in pawleys with jeanne and steve (WITHOUT us!). i miss pawleys.

oops

looks like mom forgot the ole parking brake.

she must have a lot on her mind. like planning a wedding, building a house, taking care of her family, and working full time as one of the most revered lawyers in town. she keeps such a cool organized exterior. but here people is evidence of how much goes on in her head!

paper cut-out

jill at work made this for me.

THE GOWN

has arrived!!!!!

nothing's wrong

i hate it when people ask me what's wrong when i am absolutely content walking down the hall. guess i should always be smiling to myself like a lunatic to appear normal.

wedding

i just typed the word "wedding" into the http:// of the bar for the internet instead of "hotmail". i think this is a bad sign.

check out

www.hbovoyeur.com

reminds me of when abby and i lived in london and didn't have a tv and sat at the window drinking wine making up people's lives that lived in the apartment across from us.

bulemic cats

seriously. does anyone have any advice for how to deal with bulemic cats? i have 3 of them.

forecast today

115 degrees. wow. can't wait to get in my car at the end of the day.

home sweet home

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2004/apr/10/041010559.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287614,00.html
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/text/2004/feb/20/516389317.html

our weekend in L.A.

was great. we went to spaceland to see the veils, a fantastic band. matt and paul had told me "nux vomica" was the best album of 2006 but i was not sure. till i saw them perform. great great show.
then zach and i did a tour of the local michaels on saturday and then had a cookout at matt's. i can't decide what the highlight of the trip was:

a) the veils show
b) trying to attract bats by throwing aluminum covered corn into the air at night
c) watching matt dance/play a wii game where he was disco dancing while killing evil rabbits.

all and all, as is perfectly clear, it was a successful trip.

above are some veils pix. unfortunately (i really stress this word) i do not have photos of example "b" or "c". what was i thinking?

thanks cats.

remember that previous post where i was overjoyed with the stink-finder bc it helped me find the stink? well, the stink actually ended up lingering and i could not figure out why. until last week. inside several of my shoes (mine, none of zach's) was the most horrific smelling crystallized cat pee i have ever seen/smelled. after trying a few methods to salvage, to no avail, these shoes end up in the trash can. my red heels from san francisco and my blue flats from london. R.I.P.