Preston and Will left New York City behind for an incredible Eastern Shore weekend to celebrate their marriage in St. Michaels, MD! With a welcome party at The Crab Claw and The Galley, they kicked off their Maryland wedding weekend the only way you can – a crab feed with pitchers of ice cold beer […]

Preston and Will spoiled their guests all weekend long for their St. Michaels, MD wedding at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and really, I think everyone should do this! It made the entire weekend feel absolutely luxurious, so much time for family and friends, and the perfect way to ease into a full day wedding. […]

Wow, what an incredible weekend for Hannah + Steven’s wedding at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club! After so many weeks of rain, the sun came out for the weekend and I’m so grateful because these two deserved a sunny, happy day. We kicked off Friday night with a welcome party at Carrol’s Creek Café in […]

I am beyond excited to finally share this colorful, funky, vibrant, joy-filled Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum wedding with you! In case you missed it, Allison +Ed’s St. Michaels wedding was featured in the glossy pages of Baltimore Weddings latest issue so be sure to snag yourself a copy if you’re like me and get a little […]

I thought Allison + Ed’s wedding at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum was the funkiest, coolest, most heartfelt, and most importantly FUN wedding, possibly of all time. And Baltimore Weddings thought so, too! I was thrilled to find a package on my doorstep Christmas Eve with a few copies of their latest issue, featuring this […]

I write to you today as the third member of the Thomas Family who has been stung by a wasp this week. They have us surrounded on all sides with a hive inside a raised garden bed just outside the patio door, and a shaggy gray nest tucked inside a recessed light fixture on the […]

Swan Cove Manor in Cambridge, MD is the perfect venue for a weekend-long wedding celebration! Privately tucked away on the Eastern Shore with waterfront views, there’s multiple homes on a single property, making it perfected for a 3-day affair. From a welcome party to a farewell brunch, Adam and Grace invited their family and friends […]

I write to you this evening from the Pit of Despair, a place where three of us have succumbed to a highly unpleasant combination of cold symptoms and the others are waiting to go down, too. I’ve been wearing the same cardigan for two days, and the pockets are stuffed with Halls (one pocket for […]

Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her? –  Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea If you are reading this post and you know Missy and Scott personally, you are one of the lucky ones. A toast was given at the start of the reception, chilled champagne […]

We’re enjoying the sunshine for the first time in 5 days and no one here is mad about it. One of the big perks of homeschooling is that we can all soak up the extra Vitamin-D and my children are currently sprawled out like starfish on the warm concrete of the back patio while I […]