It is always an honor to be a part of a friend’s wedding, and this one was extra special, as I got to return to my home state of Ohio and photograph Karen, whom I’ve known for over a decade. Karen and Sam are cute and hilarious together. Their relationship is perhaps best exemplified by…
The first week of September, I got to do something I hadn’t done in over six years: attend a wedding as a guest! I headed to Kansas City, Missouri, (and a little bit of Kansas too) to play Jesse’s +1 at our college friend Kellyann’s wedding. I had never been to Kansas City, so of…
After a week at TAF, we drove back up from North Manchester, Indiana, to Chicago. I visit the city regularly, about once or twice a year, and though I’ve never lived in Chicago, it always feels a bit like home. Our days after TAF were still filled with TAFers, doing our classic post-TAF gathering in…
Sixteen years. That’s the number of times I’ve attended the Taiwanese American Foundation (TAF) summer camp. It’s a long time to spend with anything (so long that I lost count and spent the entire week thinking that I was on my fifteenth year), and I found myself struggling with the question, how do you stay…
Over the Fourth of July weekend, we took a little trip up to Montreal. Yes, we celebrated America’s birthday by running away to French Canada. We actually picked Montreal because it was close by (1 hour flight from New York) and it had been on both Jesse and my lists, but neither one of us…
I made my second New York trip of the year at the end of June. The visit was sandwiched between weddings in the midst of peak season, but we managed to pack in a ton of good food and great company, as usual. And as if completing the entire Thomas Keller restaurant collection (with Bouchon…
I have visited Boston a handful of times since college, and I have really been charmed by the city. So much so, I once visited for just five hours on a layover, and this month, I ended up visiting Boston twice in two weeks (with a return to California in between). The first visit to…
I had an absolutely beautiful June weekend in Rhode Island. I had never been to Rhode Island, but I was so excited to be there for Mairin and Nikhil’s wedding festivities. We stayed in Providence the first night and then joined the wedding guests in the seaside town of Newport. Day one, Kevin went for…
I have a special nostalgic flutter in my heart reserved for North Carolina. I spent four years of my college career at Duke University in Durham, and while I had my ups and downs in college, I still love Duke in the end, and I still get incredibly excited to be back for a visit….
After the Catholic church ceremony in the afternoon, the stage was set for Mairin and Nikhil’s Hindu ceremony by the ocean. The mandap was adorned with colorful flowers and gorgeous silks that billowed gracefully in the wind. Traditional Indian music played softly in the background, evoking another time and place. From the moment Mairin walked down the…
I am so excited to share this beautiful Indian wedding extravaganza with you all. It was our incredible honor to document both photo and video for Mairin and Nikhil and to see all these beautiful parts of Rhode Island too. Because Mairin’s family is Catholic while Nikhil’s is Hindu, they celebrated both with two different…
What an incredible experience it was to dine at one of the world’s best restaurants with a group of twelve friends. The French Laundry is Thomas Keller’s much-lauded restaurant in the heart of Napa Valley. With its three Michelin stars and countless accolades, the restaurant is always booked to the brim, and it’s usually impossible…