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Lake Lure Wedding Weekend

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

As I mentioned on Friday, this past weekend I attended the wedding of an old friend in Lake Lure, NC. I had been to Lake Lure but it had been several years and to be honest I forgot how stunningly beautiful it is there. The wedding itself was as lovely as the location and was very special. And also…holy florals. The flowers for this wedding were seriously the most amazing of any wedding I have attended. There were knockout flowers everywhere you looked. Big lacey bunches of them.

Seriously. Look at that head table.

I also thought the bouts were super cool and I don’t usually even like calla lilies that much. I loved the wire wrapped around them.

This (on the right) is my friend Stefan, the groom, and his brother Andrew who is one of my besties. His wedding was just in August and some of you may remember it. This family has been busy. Aren’t they the cutest bubbies?

Ceremony backdrop was not too shabby.

The bride’s daughter was a flower girl. All the little girls wore these precious floral headpieces. I want one bad.

The beautiful couple, Molly and Stefan. She was breathtaking.

We stayed at the 1927 Lake Lure Inn which is also where the reception was which worked out perfectly after a few cocktails. The hotel itself is very old and very historic. Parts of it were used in Dirty Dancing. Sometimes I think older hotels are not very well decorated and feel stuffy but this one was pretty freaking cool and somehow despite the fact that it was probably decorated a million years ago it still felt kind of relevant and I quite like it.

All of the walls were full of beautiful and interesting paintings and photographs.

All of the columns had trophies and statues on ledges. Kind of neat, right?

When we got there on Saturday, before we got ready for the wedding, we had time to go do some Mohicaning (hiking) at Chimney Rock, which was a few minutes from the hotel. Here is the view…

And this is what it looks like from below. That little bee bop sticking up by itself on the left is Chimney Rock. It was seriously such a fun weekend and very nice to get away for a short and stress free trip spent in a lovely and refreshing location. If you ever get a chance to go to Lake Lure or Chimney Rock I highly recommend it. You will not be disappointed.

Congratulations Stefan and Molly! Love you!

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Friday, May 10, 2013

There is really no question that big cities such as New York, LA, and Chicago have quite alot to offer an individual in the way of weekend activities. And Charlotte, being a smaller city in comparison to the world of cities, has maybe not quite as many exciting events and opportunities of fanciness. But one thing Charlotte does have (very close by) that other cities do not is a little old lake called Lake Lure. That my friends, for anyone who is not aware, just so happens to be the location where one of the greatest movies of our time is filmed…Dirty Dancing. Yes, you heard me right. So this weekend I will be blissfully walking along the same trail that Baby carried her first watermelon. I am attending the wedding of an old and dear friend and I have a feeling that by the time I come home, people will be referring to me as Twinkletoes. Surely just being on location will turn me into a lovely (and maybe dirty?) dancer.

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Maybe if I have some spare time I can also scoot up to Chimney Rock which is a few minutes away and get my Mohican on since that is where The Last of the Mohicans was filmed. We really just like to reference that movie whenever possible. I often wonder if in our last lives Colleen and I were actually Mohicans. Check out this post with pretty pictures that Colleen took of that area.

Do you have anything exciting planned for the weekend? Are you as confident in your ability to do a lift as I am?

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Beaufort 2013

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

On Friday, Corey and I headed down to Beaufort for the weekend. You might remember that I went last year for Lindsay’s bachelorette party and this year she thought it might be fun to bring the boys along. It was the best kind of weekend, filled with lounging, old and new friends, and entirely too much good food. Beaufort was just as charming as I remembered, with flowers lining every street and lots of front porch sitting. We had such a good time that we may return next year.

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Outfits for Paris

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Jut in case you guys had any ill-conceived notions that I am one of those glamorous bloggers, but let me be the first to tell you that I am not. I pretty much look like a ragamuffin for 95% of the time, and the condition has become even worse since I’ve started a pilot study for work (essentially large scale labwork). Corey was reading a Paris guide book the other day and it said (and I quote) “do not wear shorts and you better look good or the people will give you the side eye.” Ok it didn’t really say that but pretty darn close. Not that it really matters if they give me the side eye, but I would like to at least look somewhat put together for our trip to France. In a perfect world, I would like to look effortlessly chic. My first purchase in this effort will be a neutral, classy trench coat. This one from Asos really seems to fit the bill. I will also be bringing along some comfy and flattering jeans (did I tell you guys I finally gave in and started wearing skinny jeans??) as well as some neutral blouses. Add some pretty flats with support and a messy bun, and my day uniform will be set. For night, I will definitely be bringing some more glamorous dresses, but I have a feeling I will usually want to err on the side of a casual dress and wedges, as we will be spending a lot of time walking around the city.

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