August 26, 2010
Ok, I’m finally able to get a quick personal photo post about Spain up! We’re leaving on (another) jet plane tomorrow so I’ll write more later. These photos are all from sunny Santander 
My idea of paradise. Exhibit A.
Exhibit B.
Either that’s a big slug or that’s a small foot.
One of my favorite people in the whole wide world, Fned, buzzed up to Santander to see us!!!
Mmmm, tapas and Francine. I love them both
And dude. Santander is like the most happening place in the world. We went to this spot that they call “The Square” on approximately three separate occasions and each time it looked like this.
August 24, 2010
As you’ve probably realized by now, we’re mildly obsessed with Spain and the idea of going to live there at some point — or at the very least try to base ourselves there for a month next year. Brides in Europe, contact me!
So I emailed one of my lovely brides for next year. She lives in Barcelona.
And I did exactly the same thing to her that I hate when other people do to me.
I emailed her gushing about how much I loved Spain, with nothing more than my stupid tourist observations, which probably aren’t true at all.
When a woman emails me saying, “OMG, I LOVE Chile. The people are SO nice!” I kind of want to punch her in the face and say, “No they’re not.”
That’s in part because I’m evil, but also in part because I hate when someone who has been her for a month or two as a tourist, or an exchange student or some kind of short term living, idealizes life in Chile and makes it out to be completely something that it’s not. Then I’m put in a bad position — of either lying, or crushing their dreams.
Anyway, I totally did that to Cynthia (sorry!!!) and she responded basically the same way I respond to people who do that to me — that yes, Spain is very nice, but no, it’s not perfect. She said that she feels like people look at her like a “bicho raro” sometimes, which is exactly how I feel in Chile (a lot of the times). The literal translation for bicho raro is weird bug, but the figurative translation is probably something like odd duck.
In the end no place is perfect. We all know that. But the grass really is greener in Spain. I still want to go live there (even if it’s temporary) next year.
August 19, 2010
Not that anyone could ever get sick of Anna and Andrew’s lovely faces — it’s just that I haven’t had time to finish editing photos for their trash the dress session blog post yet, so I figured we’ll save those for next week.
Until then we’ll just keep going with a couple more of Spain!
Since I’m not about to hand over my life savings camera to a stranger on the street to take a picture of us, we have to get creative in order to have any shots of the two of us traveling together!
Did you know that (…nooooow, you knoooooow*) this super bear is the symbol of the city of Madrid? Yeah. Me neither.
The city of Madrid is so warm and fuzzy that all the playgrounds for little kids spontaneously combusted into heart shaped toys.
*Did anyone actually get my obscure Bill Nye The Science Guy reference before checking out the link? My search for a Youtube video of him saying “Did you know that….noooooow you knoooooow,” was futile!
August 18, 2010
Do you ever get a gut instinct that something is so, so right?
That’s how I felt when Anna and Andrew wrote to me. I mean, yes, their wedding sounded really cool and unique. Yes, it was going to be in Spain. But even more than that, I could just tell that they are good to the bone. And yes, my instinct really is that powerful — even across oceans, via email.
It has not let me down yet.
The minute we met Anna and Andrew at the airport in Santander, I knew I was right. They are the kind of people you wish you knew more of. The kind of people that everybody wants to be around. The kind of people that make you smile, and then keep smiling, and then keep smiling so hard your cheeks actually hurt, because they’re both so happy and funny and full of life.
Of course they argue. No couple is perfect. I even heard they almost called off the wedding the night before. But that just made me like them even more. Because for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. For instance, I know for a fact that with big dreams, come big fears. And with big love comes big passion, sometimes in the form of anger
The beauty is in the balance.
Anna and Andrew, I hope for every time you’re angry, afterwards, you feel love a thousand times stronger.
BUM!
The wedding was held at the absolutely gorgeous venue, Deluz.
Y en español, para las novias que se casan en Cantabria:
Centro de eventos en Santander: Deluz
Torta: Iced Wishes by Louzya Matthews.
Vestido de novia: Yolan Cris
Fotografo de boda: Kyle Hepp
Andrew’s mom made this cake!!! I’m sure he knew she was amazing before, but after seeing this masterpiece I think she’s now officially amazing.
Seba’s view on the left, mine on the right. I love being able to give two totally different perspectives of the same moment. It’s kind of cool.
When Andrew saw this tilt shift photo for the first time he said, “Awesome. Did you take this with that one really cool lens?” That moment just confirmed that they’re truly a perfect fit for us.
Seba got this shot below and I LOVE it. For some reason it just grabs me. Must be the half face. We all know how I love my half faces
Batman + garter = amazeballs.
Anna really loves cinematography so I wanted to create some dramatic images for her. I love the feel of these next couple of shots!
The night ended with tequila shots. They even made us take one with them! Though, I totally wussed out and took like…a sip instead of an actual shot. As Andrew said, “Yours is more of an essence of tequila.” But still, full shot or not, we appreciated being included, as if we were true family
August 17, 2010
It’s good to be back in Miami, but I’m already missing Spain. I can’t wait to do a big blog post about all our favorite parts of the trip! That will have to wait for tomorrow when I’m less jet-lagged, but for now, here’s a picture of us in Madrid.
More soon!
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- @dregonzrob, hahaha, eating wall paper, that's a new one. Dog whisperer dato coming your way :)
- @lanapuckett, when we get back I'll have to introduce you to @gabrielrodriguez, @sebamilla and @sebastiankaulen!
- @dregonzrob, you need the dog whisperer!!!
- Brian McBride is announcing his retirement from the game today. He will go down in history for me as my favorite U.S. player ever. LOVE him.
- Caroline and Tommy should probably stop being this hot or somebody's going to catch on fire. http://tinyurl.com/2feozcy
- Writing w/ @imnotobsessed tomorrow early! Love catching people up on their daily dose of gossip and I <3 @inosherry, my online co-worker :)
