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Norman-Lombardo Wedding, Part the First
I took a couple of months to do this blog so I could make sure all the pertinent parties involved with the wedding had their copies of the photos,. Now that that’s all taken care of, welcome to The Epic Blog about Megan and Daniel’s Wedding!
This was a three day, on-location wedding in Tallahassee, Florida. It was like being an embedded wedding photog. With benefits! (details to follow!)
Prologue
I arrived in “The ‘Hassee” on Thursday afternoon, before the Saturday wedding. I was sitting on a bench outside the airport, trying to figure out how I’d know who was picking me up, because that was one detail of my travel plans that we hadn’t exactly sorted out. A car drove up slowly and the man driving it said “Are you Amanda the photographer?” I threw my fists in the air and said “Yesssss!”, and then offered to jump through the window of the car, Dukes of Hazzard-style, so they didn’t have to pull up to the curb to let me in. My chauffeurs, I found, were Megan’s father David and brother Scott. Upon being picked up from the airport by David and Scott, I was whisked away to Miccosukee Land Co-Op, where the wedding festivities were taking place. I, along with many other wedding guests, were staying in the homes of members of the Co-op,
Prior to my arrival in Florida, the only person I’d ever met before was the groom, Dan.
Dan, Circa 2007, in Memphis
When I walked into Dan’s family’s home and was introduced to Megan, I fell in L-O-V-E with her. Definitely one of the most adorable girls I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet. Dan was out doing some stuff on the river with some of his friends on Thursday, so I was with a bunch of people I’d never laid eyes upon before! And it was AWESOME! Because they were AWESOME!
Thursday Evening, Taco Dinner
One of the first pre-wedding activities in which I participated was the Taco Dinner being held at Dan’s sister Eirin’s house on my first night in Florida. I was pretty stoked that I was allowed to come along. Mexican food and mingling sounded good to me!
The tables at Eirin’s were covered by adorable drawings by the student’s in her class, most of which were accompanied by messages in Spanish. It was a great personalized touch to have at this sweet dinner. What a relaxing evening, leading up to the hustle and bustle of final preparations for “the big day”!
Friday – Bridal Party Mani-Pedis!
I spoke earlier of being a “embedded wedding photog with benefits.” As if dining with the family and close friends of the bridal couple at the Taco Dinner weren’t enough, there was also a manicure and pedicure in it for me. You see, I volunteered to go with the ladies who were in the wedding for their spa treatments, to document things, ya know? As I mentioned earlier, these folks were THE awesome and urged me to get manicured and pedicured right along with them! (I confess that it was my first pedicure, and it was pretty swell…) And, I tell you, Megan furthered my feeling that she was the cutest thing ever, when she got a fit of the giggles while having her feet scrubbed at the nail salon. It was adooooorable!
This ends Norman-Lombardo Weddding, Part the First. Please continue reading to the next installment.