halloween is coming

and so is hurricane sandy. so we decided to spend the rainy cold night indoors making jack o' lanterns.  i chose a more traditional pattern while yangkyu chose a scary creepy one. we felt like kids all over again. and of course i made yangkyu listen to me sing flying purple people eater to officially welcome halloween and end the night. it's one of those songs you learn in elementary school chorus that never ever leaves you. 

hope everyone on the east coast stays safe! and here's to a ghoulish halloween! 

autumn mornings with piri & yangkyu

they look a little like this. 

enjoying the last few days of warm autumn until it turns cold and crisp. the colors of the leaves continue to change in the most amazing way.

happy

we all got groomed today...

piri wasn't too happy when he woke up today. he was getting groomed. but we just happen to have stumbled upon the most perfect place for him. he came out looking fantastic. we were groomer-hopping ever since moving to the dc area two years ago and i think we finally found "the one" - affectionate pet care & stacey. yippie!

while piri was getting groomed, yangkyu and i headed over to mimi & mina's to get groomed ourselves.  think we all scored today.

happy saturday!

life lately, according to my iphone

what the camera didn't, the phone did. 

happy wednesday!

moments

i've shared this picture on facebook and instagram over the weekend and i just can't get enough of it. 

piri likes his own space. he's fiercely independent like that. but there are moments when he loves to cuddle. he'll come up and plant himself right on top of me. that's a cue for me to give him his neck massages. piri, our cocker spaniel is 13 years old. but i think he'll be a puppy forever in my eyes.

for the love of music.. the wedding edition

i don't listen to a whole lot of music, but when i do, i mostly find the artists and songs randomly on itunes, npr music, when i'm in retail stores, on commercials and through anna, who is a friend but also a walking encyclopedia of songs. but i love music. i love it more when i find the one that fits like a glove - for the next video project or for special events.

like for our wedding - you know how they say you just know when you'll find that dress? well, we just kinda knew when we found our songs! we mixed it up and played what we wanted to play and found a great string strio and pianist to deliver the musical scores.

and if i had to choose favorites out of my favorites?

definitely the piece by miranda wong (i love how there is a twist in the middle of this traditional bridal processional music) and acoustic cafe's version of je te veux. i also have an emotional attachment to the song that my pops and i danced to, changing partners by patti page. it's a song that my parents loved and i grew up listening to it at home.

so here it is.. for the love of music.. the wedding edition.

• groom & attendants' processional: je te veux by erik satie, rearranged by acoustic cafe
• bride's processional: romantic wedding march by miranda wong
• recessional: the palms by j. faure
• couple's reception entrance: signed, sealed, delivered, i'm yours by stevie wonder
• first dance: come fly with me by michael buble 
• mother and son dance: what a wonderful world by louis armstrong 
• father and daughter dance: changing partners by patti page 

other favorites from the wedding?

• michele, my girlfriend's sister, who performed her song "what a surprise, you and i" for us
• friends and family who dazzled the ceremony and the reception
• michelle, our flower girl, who forgot to sprinkle rose petals
• yangkyu's fist pump as he walked down the aisle
• him forgetting to say "i do" and leaving dr. kim hanging there for a few secs (i kinda knew he dozed off and was going to answer for him)
• dr. kim who officiated our wedding
• wedding favors (we donated to the national arbor foundation and the world wildlife fund and tied 300 "our planet earth" pins to messages to guests the night before our wedding)
• my friend min's wonderful design work for our invitations, program book and wedding favor notes
• all the wonderful messages we received through cards and guest books
• our traditional korean dress during pae baek
• getting hair and make-up done (basically being pampered) by the women of vickyc5. 
• ok, and the train of my wedding dress and how it turned into a french bustle during the reception..!

photos by 2B Photography