Catching Up

Now that things have settled down I am getting a chance to go through some of the weddings from last year that I didn't have time to post images from. A few months ago, when the weather was still warm and there were leaves on the trees, I helped Matt Mendelsohn with Sarah Greenberger and Matthew Engel wedding at the Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda. Here are a few shots from the day. Matt and his dad comparing suits while getting ready:

The signing of the Ketubah (the Jewish prenuptial agreement, considered an integral part of a traditional Jewish marriage):

Here is Sarah coming down the steps for the ceremony, we really lucked out with the light...30 minutes earlier and the ceremony would have had really harsh sunlight.

Of course I found some kids to take some shots of:

At the reception they set out a polaroid camera for guests to take pictures of themselves and put in their guest book, I thought it was a really cool idea:

And last but not least, one of my favorite parts of Jewish weddings...the Horah:

Three Sheets

My new favorite show. If you haven't seen it yet, check out the show Three Sheets on MOJO (www.mojohd.com/mojoseries/threesheets), its great. "Embark on this international drinking tour with comedian Zane Lamprey who takes you around the world to master the local drinking customs." Basically he goes from bar to bar throughout the day (usually they shoot it in one day...sometimes two) and by the end he is usually pretty hammered...good stuff.

Christmas Break

Karin and I went up to Brockport to see her family over Christmas break. It was pretty cold up there and we actually got some snow, which was nice since we haven't had snow on Christmas in the DC area for a while. Here is a shot of downtown Brockport from Java Junction where Marc and I stopped off for some coffee and to warm up.

Here is Lisa and Tula on Christmas eve in between wrapping gifts.

And a goofy picture of Karin and I.

We flew back to Virginia on Christmas morning to spend the day with my family, and in between throwing the football, opening presents, eating and drinking a I took a few pictures of my niece Allison. I only got a few of her dressed up before she got into more comfortable clothes:

For some reason she decided to see what one of her socks tasted like...evidently she liked it, because she walked around with it in her mouth for a lot of the day.

Checking out the gifts (I think she liked the wrapping paper as much as the actual gifts)