As you may recall, part 3 of the engagement shoot took place outside the New Orleans Museum of Art with me in a bright red flowy dress and J

The last blog post ended on Justin sharing some of his favorite photos from the first location. This post will focus on the second location.

The (semi) big day was finally here - we were going to have our pictures taken for our official engagement shoot.

The next item to check off the wedding to-do list was to find a location for the welcome party that we are planning to host.

We arrived in New Orleans with no issues on Wednesday night, ready for the engagement shoot the next morning.

I mentioned the final plan to Justin, and he suggested we just make a weekend out of it since it was our two year date-anniversary.

On Day 4 (Saturday), we started the morning by driving to see Peristyle (a potential ceremony location inside City Park).

After the extremely busy day 2 of wedding planning for Yelena and airport misadventures for Justin, we were exhausted, but day 3 had a lot i

The second day of the trip was filled with multiple appointments with various wedding venues with our wonderful wedding planner Belinda.

Laura McCormack is the owner and founder of Urban Deli, a staple in historic Federal Hill which she has lived in for the past 15 years....

Late weekend mornings call for a brunch outing with your friends. Baltimore has many fantastic options, so we’ve put together a list of...

We woke up on our last day in Newport to a crisp, Fall day. Our hotel, Hotel Viking, had complimentary bikes so we decided to go on a ride.

After doing some research and gathering tips, we had some reservations planned and a to-do list of activities for Newport.

After seeing so many pictures of sunflower farms last summer, I decided that this year, I was going to make it a priority to try to see one.

With three days in Maine under our belt, we were becoming seasoned professionals at eating lobster rolls, exploring the beautiful outdoor sc

Our third day in Maine was a whirlwind. We did so much in such a short time. Let’s see if you can follow along...

We decided to head about 45 minutes south to a small town called Ogunquit. The name of the town means “Beautiful Place by the Sea.”

(Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5) Maine had been on our list for a while and with fall upon us, we decided to take the plunge and book a trip...

One and a half hours from Baltimore is a beautiful little town of St. Michaels. Most people may know it from the movie “Wedding Crashers.”

What were we going to do for the Fourth of July? She wanted to go north to escape the humidity, but I suggested we go to Nashville.