There's something about St Augustine... if you've ever had the good fortune of touring the city, then you'll understand what I'm getting at... it's just a magical place. It has history, charm, and a general laid back, sleep in at a local B&B, and then go for a picnic or horsedrawn carriage ride in the middle of the afternoon kind of feel. I always breathe a little easier when I am there and no matter how often we have the good fortune of getting over that way, I am always sad to leave and eager to return... and so it was with Lindsey & Drew's lovely wedding weekend. This wedding was a real treat for us for several reasons:
1) We had two traveling companions from fusion media with us to cover wedding cinematography and sightsee with on our day off
2) Our good friends (and past clients - for our blogstalkers out there) Valerie & Ryan came down from Jacksonville to hang out for a day (where they can back me up and attest to Charles actually snoring through the ghost tour we took Sunday night!)
3) We were finally able to meet and work with a coordinator we had been chatting with for YEARS! <-- worth the wait :)
4) The Florida State University chapter of Alpha Delta Pi turned out in large numbers to support our bride Lindsey... and we were informed many times throughout the night that there are quite a few alumni that used to gather and watch our online slideshows and click through the blog for hours on end. Who knew?!
And if all that wasn't enough to make a girl extra happy, they went and had a beautiful day with tons of great photo opps... |
| I have to interrupt myself here and give a nod to this genius idea. I am hereby awarding our very first ever smarty pants award to Lindsey & Drew for putting all of their guests on a tour of St Augustine via Old Town Trolley Tours, allowing us plenty of time to take formals and couple portraits before joining their guests for the tail end of cocktails. This way their guests that travelled to St Augustine for the wedding could enjoy more of this special place and would be completely entertained prior to the big kick off at the reception later that evening. Now how smart is that? |
| So I figured while I'm handing out awards - why not offer another for these perfect vintage postcards of St Augustine (seen in the lower right) adorning each table. They really managed to share their love of this special place through these types of thoughtful touches. Well done. |
| This was a first for me. I've never seen these streamers used before and I think Drew's face here says it all! |
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