Bridespotting

So Dale and I went for a nice long walk on Saturday at Northerly Island, which is located right next to Adler Planetarium. It turns out Saturday at Adler is a prime spot for Bride Spotting! Bridal parties arrive every five minutes on Saturdays in order to take photos with the city skyline behind them. These were the ones we saw in the half hour we were there! Above is a princess dress with gold lame accents!

The sleek city bride with another bride in the background! Double shot.

Bright baby blue bridesmaids and groomsmen wait for the bride and groom behind them.

Fancy pink puffy dress! Check out the skyline!

Another city sleek! This one with bright pink bridesmaids!

Fancy strapless number with teal bridesmaids.

Pretty bride with pseudo-military groom!

Bold choice in the seafoam green wedding dress with white bridesmaid's dresses! I like it because it's sort of a wacky throwback style. And I just like bold, wacky choices!

It got so crazy that you could actually hear the people hanging out along the shore hollering, "OMG! Look, there's another bride! And another one!"

It was dorky fun!

Dorky Post Ahead

Okay so this is dorky and self-indulgent but it's my blog, right? Anyway, I got my wedding dress preserved (it's no longer in that tub marked 'wedding dress') and that's the package it came in.

I figured since it will soon go into hiding under my bed...

I should take a couple of snapshots! Yay! I really liked my wedding dress.

And now it's going in the top of the front closet! Ha! As you can see the dress is there (sure looks like it's mine) and the veil is positioned in front. I have this theory that there is a bad stain in the front that they are hiding with the placement of the veil.

I'm a huge dork.

Dale is Shooting Weddings!

Dale's gotten a couple of gigs as a second shooter on some fancy weddings.

Even though we don't know these folks we thought you might be curious to see some of what Dale's been up to. Look how lovely this mansion venue was!

Very sweet candid.

Inside the tent reception!

The Bride & Groom!

A quiet moment...

Wedding in Jacksonville!

My friend Heather got married to a very nice gentlemen named Michael last Saturday! We're very happy for her! And can't wait to invite them to visit us in Chicago!

Happily, we also got to meet up with my friend Fumie and her awesome husband, Ben. Fumie is pregnant and we're very excited for them to greet their first baby!

The wedding was on Saturday afternoon and on Saturday evening we headed to the ocean to see the water, enjoy a walk along the pier and have a delicious sushi dinner with Fumie and Ben!

Dale was very excited to see surfing! Surfing on the ocean! He has always wanted to try surfing and enjoyed seeing the folks brave the March waters.


Beautiful sunset image of the shore from the pier.

The pier was filled with prehistoric creatures!

Also known as pelicans!