Wedding #4

The final wedding that was on my books for this summer (at least that I know of) was last weekend. It was a very lovely very pink wedding. I love the color pink so the choice did not bother me. The wedding was at one of my favorite places to have an event in Louisville, The Olmstead. I have been to several events over the years there but this was the first time I had gone to a wedding there. It was very well done and the food was great.

The group of friends that were in attendance at this wedding it one of my first group of going out and having a great time friends, people I would hang out with till 4am and beyond just chillin and talking. Jason the groom, whom is an old a dear friend of mine was glowing with love for Casey his new wife, and a friend of mine through him. They both know how to have a wonderful party and I hope they are having fun on there honeymoon in Grease, so jealous BTW.

Over all my wedding season was a great one. I love wedding and I am putting some serious thought into starting an event planning business. I know I am good at events now I just have to convince other people of that and get them to pay me.

Weddings 2 and 3

Yes you read that right 2 and 3 and I have one more to go this coming weekend, that will make 4 in 5 weeks. #2 was a great friend of mine from middle school who I simply adore. He is one of the many kids my mom adoptedd and feed through middle and high school and a person I can truly call an old friend.



















Wedding #3 was my cousin Nick. I have 7 cousins on my mom's side of the family. We are an extremely close Italian family that grew up no more then 15 minutes from each other in Louisville. Nick is the first grandchild to get married and boy did I hear about that from my grandfather. He is 5 years younger then me and 6 from the eldest (my sister) so grandpa reminded us we are behind in the great-grand children department. Oh well I am ok with that. The wedding was in my Aunt and Uncles backyard on a day that could not have been more perfect. The bride was stunning and the groom had love all over his face. My grandfather wore an all white tux that made him the hit of the party with all the ladies. We ate and drank in true Itilian tradition and dance the night away. I think I have the best family in the entire world and it is always a party when we get together. We truly had a great time and are all still livin to tell the story.

The Most Fancy Wedding

So if you read my comments, Kate pointed out I talked about her wedding but did not put up pictures from it. The pictures were on my P&S and I just now downloaded the pictures off of it.

Kate, a wonderful friend of mine from college as well as my lil sis (Go Sigma Sigma Sigma), got married on May 16th 2009 in St. Louis, MO (did you like you present?) I was excited for over a year about this wedding and it did not disappoint. My date was quite impressed as well, every time we talk about it her refers to it as the "fanciest wedding I have been too". Sit down dinner, DJ that did not play stupid songs, open bar, pretty dresses, the works. Kate's dress was beautiful and I might try to stell it one day. You can view some of the pictures on Kate's blog.

I have posted a few as well and will get some up on my flicker site hopefully soon. Kate you know how to throw one hell of a great party, I hope you had fun. I love you and CTW!

A Good Group of People

For the last two years I have been a member of the YPAL board of directors and really enjoy it. Last week we took a picture under one of many banners that are displayed on Main street in Louisville that display and promote the 10 years that YPAL has been around. I am very proud to be a member of this group and to serve on a board of such wonderful and intelligent people.

St. Louis: Good Times and Butterfly's

So this weekend I went to St. Louis for a great friends wedding. I had a lot of fun and got to catch up with lots of old friends. Champ went with me and actually had fun. We danced to great songs that reminded us of the college days. God love Kate for not letting the DJ play the usual wedding songs. You know the ones I am talking about.

While in STL Champ and I did some site seeing. We drove around a little downtown and then went to the Butterfly Conservatory. OMG that was awesome.
I could have spent the entire day in with all the different kinds of butterfly's and still wanted to go back. I took about 200 pcitures of the plants, flowers and butterflys and only stoped casue someone told me it was time to leave.


Overall it was a fun trip and Champ and I are still speaking. Not bad for the first trip together.

Hats Hats and More Hats

Ok so not really that many hats but I do have the pictures of the hats that sis and I made. Do you see a them? PINK! Everyone is encouraged to where pink in Oaks day so I now have a new pink dress and a hat with pink on it. It was hard for me to buy something in pink but I did if for a good cause. Ok so all of you know by now that is so not true. My favorite color is PINK so I am very excited that I will be surronded by it all day on Friday. Yes I do know I am a dork but what can I say Pink puts me in a happy place.

It's Derby Week in the City

One of my favorite times of year is Derby time. Don't get me wrong Louisville offers fun stuff all year but there is something special about this time of year. The vibe of the city changes, people are more energized, and things are brighter. Derby is always the first Saturday of May so the whether can be iffy but we keep out fingers crossed and hope for the best. One of the best Derby t-shirts that has ever been is "Work? It's Derby Week!". This kind of how I feel. Phones go silent, e-mail slows down, and as the week goes on the office staff thins out, included me.

I am heading out to Churchill Downs this year for Oaks, the filly's race. This year the Downs is donating $1 for ever tickets sold to the Susan G. Koman breast cancer foundation up to $135,000 so I am more then happy to help the cause. My sisters and I and some friends will be trying out the new Infield Club location, I hope to get some great pictures.

On Oaks and Derby it always makes it more festive to dress up and (if you are female) where a hat. Sis, Boo (other sister) and I decided to make our own hats this year. All of them turned out very good if I do say so myself. I will post pictures of them later today or tomorrow.

All in all this is going to be a fantastic week of fun and parties and hopefully lots of pictures for all to enjoy.