las vegas || vancouver wedding photographer

in a weird sorta way..there's something about vegas i really like..

maybe it's the busyness.

maybe it's the huge, cool hotels.

maybe it's the amazing neon lights at night.

i'm not quite sure what it is..but maybe i'll go back.

just maybe. :)

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98 things - #4!! || vancouver wedding photographer

4. say grace to the goddess.

um..ok....?!? alrighty then..moving right along.. :)

here's an AMAZING photo i took while in the desert in nevada.
i took a ZILLION photos. no really..i did.
so i just picked one for you. :)

enjoy the greatness that god made. :)
xoxo



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photowandering in new west || vancouver photographer

this aft i, along with 3 others, wandered about new west, specifically front street..and boy did we find some goodness... :)







for more... go here.. :) cuz everyone needs a reason to take a break on a monday.. :)

pinay... pronouced, "pea-nigh"

pinay is the filipino word for a female philippino.

while i was in NC, i got a message from a friend we knew when we lived in manila, philippines back in 2001... she didn't know i was going to be in raleigh..and furthermore, she and her hubs only lived 20 minutes away from our hotel! can we say reunion!?!? :)

so they picked me up and took me to their new home of 2 weeks... what a GORGEOUS home in a brand new development.

it was so great to see loida! and i met her hubby, jim, for the first time in person! (i have only heard about him and seen pics!) and his fun daughter, jess! :) they cooked me a fabulous pasta dinner and some yummy truffles for dessert! it was such an awesome afternoon/evening. so sad that it had to come to an end.

here's some pics of our time together.. love you loids!!!

a day in raleigh, north carolina..

we got into raleigh, NC around dinnertime last night..we were met by neil and summer...they are soooo cute!! :)




after we got all settled into our hotel room, took a quick trip to target and then watched a movie, we decided we needed our beauty sleep for our big day of being shoppers and tourists round about raleigh.. :)

this morning we ate breakfast at our hotel, the hampton inns and suites, and then summer came and picked us up to take us to the car they rented for us (super sweet, hey!?). once we set up gretta the garmin, we were off to the streets at southpoint, an ULTRA cool shopping mall, that is half indoor and half out.

after hitting up shops like hollister (my fave, cuz i AM a cali gurl at heart!), urban outfitters, j crew, sephora and anthropologie to name a few that we patronized for almost 4 hours, we went downtown raleigh. we happened upon a great camera shop that they knew within the first 5 seconds of us talking that we were from canada (is it THAT obvious?!) that was really cool and they cleaned our sensors...for FREE! :) :) happy place!!

gretta then took us to some ULTRA cool spots we scouted out on google for shooting on saturday.. W.O.W!!!!!!!! we found some coooooooooool old homes that are now historic spots... so amazing. we also found this really cute boutique that summer recommended us go to.. :) i found a little something there for miss rosie.. :)

we ended the day with eating some freakin' awesome mexican food at dos taquitos, a way cool mexi joint! what a great day!!

there were toooooooooo many laughs, a lot of walking and some mighty fine shopping. :)

currently we are listening to the canucks game online...can you imagine they don't have tsn that broadcasts the canucks game?!!? hehehe..

photowalking in gtown

yesterday had a LOVELY photo walk...took WAAAAY too many photos (are we surprised, really??) but here are some of them..







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photo entry..ah venice, you have my heart..

I am entering this photo in the MCP Actions/Color Inc. Win a Gallery Wrap Canvas Photo Contest at http://mcpactions.com/blog. I certify that I took this photo and give both parties permission to use this photograph on their blogs/sites.

oh, vancouver, how i love thee..

being that i was born in burnaby, and after a 16 year hiatus away, its no wonder i'm so in love with our city!! there's always something to discover, something gorgeous to see, something to tell when you get home..

and of course i photo wander a lot..

here's some of my faves from last month's wanderings..

an afternoon in whiterock

last sunday, our little family went to whiterock for the afternoon..for lunch and then a wander down the pier and marine drive, then ended with some yummy ice cream... mmmmmmmm.. :) twas a loverly afternoon.. :)