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Family

Wedding Weekend Memories

10:14 PM
* Bachelorette party time! 15 girls in my house! Alot of yummy food. One spastic cat + 10 conversations at a time!!*Freezing cold breezes during an early morning photo shoot with my bro, sis-in-law + 2 adorable small people. :D* Deja vu... decorating the bride & groom's toasting glasses. Just like I did for my sis's wedding 8 years ago!! :D* Answering client...

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NYC Weekend Lessons

10:07 PM
NYC Weekend Lessons Learned:1. Times Square Church. Best thing happening. :)2. Never talk and walk through a Metro gate at the same time. Pain & bruising will follow.3. Good deeds are possible in NYC.4. Take the Metro WHENEVER possible. Wherever you're going really is farther than it looks.5. Don't stand too close to the street performers. You never know what they might do...

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Politics

Meditations on Race

11:59 PM
And there I was. A white girl. In a Colombian restaurant. Surrounded by people of different ethnicities than me. I looked around the table and smiled.Three black, five Hispanic, one Asian, three white. All happy, joking, laughing. Some people had known each other for many years, some for a few years and some I had just met moments before.Racial unity is not silence....

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Travel

Unexpected Calm

11:59 PM
Here's a travel story for ya! I was privileged to do an engagement shoot with an absolutely lovely couple this evening. (Stay tuned for that!!) Anyway---location was Washington, DC (yeah, I was pretty excited about that). And you know me, any excuse is a good excuse to travel! So on Friday, I head down to Sterling, VA to visit with friends. Happy conversation,...

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