Let’s Have a HOUSE Party: My Birthday Party on Google Hangouts

Let’s Have a HOUSE Party: My Birthday Party on Google Hangouts

This blog caught the attention of the Washington Post and I was featured in a video article about my virtual birthday party, a part of their Voices from the Pandemic series! My 26th birthday landed right in the middle of March 2020, a month that seems to have lasted for an entire 82 years due [...]

Don’t Be Green With Envy: St. Patrick’s Day Outfits

Don’t Be Green With Envy: St. Patrick’s Day Outfits

St. Patrick's Day is a pretty important holiday for us because Kathryn and Joe live close to Greenville Avenue, home to Dallas' annual St. Patrick's Day parade; and Dallas goes hard for this holiday. Last year we broke tradition because we were both in Scotland, but usually St. Pat's entails waking up obscenely early for [...]

Put On Your Party Pajamas: PJs for Every Size and Every Slumber Party

Put On Your Party Pajamas: PJs for Every Size and Every Slumber Party

When Kathryn got married she gave us all matching pajamas to get ready in, in a color and theme that matched her wedding, of course. Just recently, a friend asked if we had any pajama suggestions and my first thought was "girl, do we ever!" Given the growing popularity of matching pajamas for weddings, bachelorette [...]

BienVENUE to New Orleans: Touring Wedding Venues in the Big Easy

BienVENUE to New Orleans: Touring Wedding Venues in the Big Easy

As you know from my Getting Started post, New Orleans was the first city we decided to tour venues in. New Orleans is an extremely popular wedding destination. There are a ton of options both inside and outside the French Quarter ranging from tiny balconies for elopements to grand ballrooms for a big southern soireé. [...]

Bachelorette in New Orleans: How to Spoil Your Bride and Stay on Budget

Bachelorette in New Orleans: How to Spoil Your Bride and Stay on Budget

If you've read my previous MOH proposal post, you know that I started planning Kathryn's bachelorette right away. Partially because I was excited and partially because she wanted to have it on Labor Day weekend, which is super busy in New Orleans due to the Southern Decadence festival. To give you some context: Kathryn had [...]

6 Valentine’s Dates That Aren’t Just Fancy Dinner

6 Valentine’s Dates That Aren’t Just Fancy Dinner

Valentine's Day is my (Summer) least favorite holiday. Although the historian in me knows that most holidays are inventions with a grain of authenticity, I can't seem to get past the inherent fakeness I feel accompanies this one in particular. It doesn't help that I am not a fan of red and pink, hearts, or [...]

Let’s Get It Started, Part II: Summer’s Wedding Decision Process

Let’s Get It Started, Part II: Summer’s Wedding Decision Process

I absolutely thought I was going to be one of those people who just wanted to bask in being engaged for a little bit, especially since I have so much time until our prospective wedding date. I don't know why I thought this because the literal day after Kathryn got engaged I had already mapped [...]