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The Price of Hiring a Wedding Photographer

As a professional photographer of sixteen years, I’ve gotten several hundred inquires being in the wedding photography business. Sometimes I get a comment in the online form, Great images! We were referred by so-and-so wedding planner who highly recommended you. I love hearing that there’s a trust and connection to someone we have in common….

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Ask the Expert: Boston Wedding and Event planner Edna Dratch-Parker

I had the pleasure of meeting Edna Dratch-Parker of EFD Creative Event Planning and Design two years ago at a an Association of Bridal Consultants meeting in western Massachusetts. I connected with her immediately on a personal level like a long lost sister: we’re both sassy, not shy of sharing our honest opinions, dark brunette…

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NACE SF Sizzling Salsa at The Box, San Francisco

The San Francisco-Bay Area Chapter of the National Association of Catering Excecutives (NACE) held their August mixer at The Box . We sampled artistian Fortaleza tequila poured by Richard Vila, owner Poquito tapas bar, mojitos from Bartenders Unlimited, food from Nombe restaurant and The Chefs Palate, DJ/music from Jason Diavatis, current president of NACE SF and owner of Bay…

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A Green Eco Wedding Show at the Bently Reserve, San Francisco

A Soolip Wedding could also be called an eco-friendly and sustainable “Green” wedding as that was the theme in the wedding show at the Bently Reserve. According to Wanda Wen, founder of a Soolip wedding, Soolip is Chinese for life’s destiny to seek wisdom, and also  a place where beauty and inspiration meet every day. The…

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