*Heather*

Wow, great pics! The location was absolutely gorgeous! And your dress is beautiful - who designed it? Congrats on a stunning wedding!

That's 7 votes for W Times Square...I think you have your answer Seriously though, it's very modern and the rooms are spacious for NYC. The bathrooms are really cool and the whole hotel has a cool vibe. When you come in at night it's really lively and fun. Check out the website to see pics of the rooms and stuff - you won't be disappointed!

I stayed at the W Times Square 2 years ago and loved it! It's a bit pricey but very modern and fun atmosphere. And great location!

We also got engaged May 08, but our wedding isn't until Oct 09. I started looking into booking the location right away and getting pricing for our guests so that we could set the date (although sometimes you can't do this too early if pricing isn't available for your time period). Once that's done you can relax a little. I say book the big things first, as soon as you can, and the little details can wait until later. But I'm constantly looking through things and saving pics for inspiration etc!

I hope everything is OK! My eyes get screwy sometimes too...I hate eye issues!

Quote: Originally Posted by Erica053009 ok who is old school with me doesn't Memphis look like Ray Pruitt from Beverly Hills 90210 YES!!!! I was trying to think who he looked like...that's totally it! Good catch!

OK girls, here is the response I just got! Hello Heather, Thank you for your interest! The site is included in the fee (part of why traveling costs are higher for locations less worked) The $225 fee includes the "sitting fee" along with an online gallery to view your photos and have the option of ordering prints or albums. Prints ordered through us are retouched and printed on fine art paper. A 4x6 print is $15 and an 8x10 is $25. There are several different album options in different price ranges. Albums begin at $175. Here is a link to the different products we offer. Tait Boudoir Photography For printing or making albums for personal use yourself you would need to get the disc with the digital images on it. You will receive approx 250 images with your disc and each photo session is 1 hour in time for shooting. Let me know if you have any other questions and I will look into those dates for working with Erica. Thank you, Christina This seems pretty good...? I think now we just need to start brainstorming cool locations.

Quote: Originally Posted by STACEY I dont know if this qualifys but growing up I always said the slogan "lets play it by YEAR" It wasnt until a few years ago I learned the word was ear, not year. hahaha I still know a ton of people that do this! I get lots of emails from friends that say this...too funny. It must be pretty common

I love this idea. I can't wait to hear how it works out at your wedding Maura. 3 days to go!

Your girlfriend has nice shoes!

I'm SO EXCITED! I'm in the process of booking my photographer...Kristie Ottinger! Once I saw Morgan's pics, and then those sexy TTD pics a few days later, it was a no brainer. I can't even wait to work with her! Kristie is soooo nice and I know she's going to do an amazing job! I'll be honest, at first I was nervous because I've never really had my pic taken before (professionally) and I can really be shy sometimes, especially when cameras come out. But Matie and I had some e-pics taken this weekend while we were in NYC, and now I feel SO MUCH better! After the first 15 mins or so, we totally got into it (well, him quicker than me, he loves that stuff) and I've seen some teaser pics and they're pretty good! So now I feel confident that our wedding pics are going to be even better! That's about the only development I've made with the planning so far. I'm going back for my second attempt at finding a dress next weekend...hope it goes well. I'm also having Sarah from BDW do up a monogram for us. Slowly but surely, things are coming along!

I can't WAIT to watch it tonight! Matie is off golfing all night so I get the TV all to myself! PERFECT timing!!!!

Congrats to the winners! I can't wait to see the pics!

Holy shit Maura! Awesome job! You should really be a wedding co-ordinator on the side. I can't wait to see all of your pics and read your review when you get back! Have a great time! P.S. We're totally ring twins!

Yeah it was a blast! We decided we want to try to go for a "first year at the new stadium" game next year, haha. I can always find reasons to go back to NYC!

Quote: Originally Posted by gossip girl For example...photo below... Why am I a lobster? I was tanned then on vacation in south Portugal, but not THAT tanned. Which is why I worry I won't even get 10 decent photos. LOL! You're not a lobster! That's too funny though, and I know what you mean. I'll let you know what they say, but I'm sure if something like that happened, they would edit it to reduce the redness. I would hope?

Welcome to the forum! Anywhere you choose in Cabo will be great! If you want info on the Imperial Suite, let me know!

Thanks everyone for all of your great ideas! Once we were there it was actually pretty hard to go "out of the way" to do a lot of it, but we had an amazing time regardless! We spent a lot of time in Soho and the lower east side, plus the Yankee game was a blast! We ended up in the adidas box so all of our food and drinks were free...needless to say, we were all pretty wasted by the time we left It was SO much fun! My favourite place was an Italian place we went in the Lower East Side called Lil Frankies - honestly, this place is amazing! I'm 100% going back there next time I go to NYC. I had the best appetizer there that I've ever had in my entire life, and the pasta melts in your mouth...plus the atmosphere is great. I totally recommend it! Here are a few pics from our weekend: The hotel we stayed at - LOVED it: Me in Central Park: Outside our box at the Yankee game: In our new Yankee gear *slightly intoxicated at this point* View from the rooftop suite of our hotel: That's it! I can't wait to go back again, although my wallet is still on fire so we probably won't be making the trip there again for awhile Thanks again everyone for your suggestions!

I start my new gym routine tomorrow! I'm planning to get up at 6 am for a run. I'll keep you posted if I actually get outta bed and do it...

Quote: Originally Posted by ethrondson Heather - I am glad to see that things might work out for them to head out your way. I am still waiting to hear when they are scheduling the BD Marathon in Edmonton, probably within the next month. Yikes, I better get a bit more motivated! LOL. I don't have answers to all your questions, but I believe there is the session fee and then you can choose an album or get the disc or what not for additional $. When I was looking around it was basically going to be a minimum of $500 anywhere in order to get an album, so these prices looked decent to me. As for the hotel room, they cover the cost of that. Since she does the marathon, each session is about 1 - 1.5 hours long and back to back, so she spends all day in the hotel room taking pics. This way you don't need to worry about renting the room like some other BD photogs get you to do. I am sooo excited to get my date. I hope everything works out for you guys. Wow, thanks for that info! That's very helpful. I can't wait to see yours once they're done so that we can all get motivated and excited about using them! Hopefully it works out for us

No problem! I just sent them another email with the above questions. Judging by their previous response time I'll probably hear back by about Friday, haha. I'll keep everyone posted! Edit: Oh, I told them Feb-Mar 09 timeframe...?

Welcome to the Forum! If you do decide on a destination wedding, this is definitely the place to be!

OK I'll add that to my list of questions to ask! Anybody else??

Hmm, I don't know those answers, but I can ask when I send the next email back. I think the price is pretty standard for BD photos but I'm not 100% sure. Other girls - are you still interested now that we have this info? If not I won't even bother writing them back, but if we are, then I can ask some more questions if we want...

Stunning, gorgeous, beautiful, amazing! I LOVE every single one! Congrats