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Dan + Kiley – A Yosemite Valley Wedding

Several years ago, Shawna and I went through the Wilderness Basics Course offered by the local Sierra Club chapter here in San Diego.  Through that course we met many awesome people, one of which was Dan, who was our hike leader on an overnight hike we did on the Pacific Crest Trail.  Both for Shawna

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Rachel and Micah – A Tuscany, Italy Wedding

It’s been quite some time since we’ve posted, and this post is long overdue.  Back in 2014 I got a phone call from a bride who was interested in getting married in Italy.  She had read our blog article on How to Get Married In Italy and was interested in getting our help with planning, locating

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Kids In Their Native Habitat

For me, the woods, and more specifically, the redwoods, constantly inspire my imagination and spirit.  I don’t know what it is that happens, but when I get into the woods, my inner child comes alive; I am filled with all sorts of wonder and ideas, almost as if I am ten years old again.  I

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Paul + Ashley, Team PandA :: Love is a 4-Letter Word, and so is Cabo!

Stop # 2 in our five cities in thirty days tour brought us to Cabo San Lucas for Bradley Cooper Paul Caprara and Ashley Magellan’s wedding, aka Team PandA.  Shawna and I were so geared up for some time in Mexico!  We arrived into Cabo and met up with a couple of Ashley’s friends and

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Getting Married In Italy: How We Did It

You might be here on our page because you’re an American getting married in Italy and you found us while doing your research about how the legal process works for marrying in Italy.  We wanted to put together a description of what we experienced so that the process is clearer for Americans marrying in Italy

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“It always makes me proud to love the world somehow- hate’s so easy compared.” ― Jack Kerouac, Big Sur

This Thanksgiving Adam and I decided to spend it just the two of us surrounded by redwoods on the edge of the world (or so it seemed). Both itching to be in nature, preferably redwoods (Adam’s request) we wanted some good hiking and the opportunity to be cold enough to wear a beanie and gloves.

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From the Redwood Forest

Shawna and I just got back from an amazing and very memorable trip to the Bay Area. We were up there to shoot Tres and Sarah’s wedding in Napa, which was completely amazing – we’ll have a separate blog post later this week showing off their beautiful wedding. We arrived in San Francisco on Wednesday,

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Win an Italian Gift Basket by Sharing a Travel Story With Us

Our first contest on facebook a few weeks ago was so much fun so we decided to have another contest.  Since we love Italy and will be getting married there ourselves in October, we’re going to be giving away an Italian gift basket similar to the one shown above to the lucky winner.  To enter

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