November 3rd.  This day had no significance to me until five years ago. On November 3, 2016, I skipped a spin class on a Thursday evening, and I told myself I needed to be productive in some way to make up for ditching the workout. Nothing like a good guilt trip, huh? Out of the […]

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On Sunday, March 22nd, I drove down and back to Boston from my parents’ house in one day. As the global pandemic took hold, I realized that I was vastly underprepared for my new normal with my “roommates” in Saint Albans and headed to Charlestown to grab some things. When I initially retreated to Vermont […]

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Welp, it’s the morning of my business’s third birthday, and I’m sitting on a hotel balcony in White House, Jamaica getting ready to photograph Andrew and Desirée’s destination wedding. While I had the best of intentions to write this blog post before today (really, I had intended on outsourcing this to my wonderful ghostwriter, Britt), […]

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I have a bit of personal/professional news that I haven’t been honest about here, and it’s time to come clean: I’m retiring as a teacher and going full-time with my photography business starting in June! I’m not someone who’s taken the “traditional” life path. An engagement, marriage, and children haven’t happened to me (I’m not […]

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Note: all photos are from my phone. I haven’t yet explored food photography, but maybe I’ll step up my game next week. If you’ve seen me in the past week or checked out my Instagram page, you know I’m currently suffering through Whole30 during the first month of 2019. This is my third time doing […]

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There are some weekends when you get to Sunday afternoon, and you wish you could rewind and start over. This weekend was one of ‘those.’ My mom (who I affectionately call “Sal” on many occasions) and Maeve came down to Greenwich for one last weekend in Connecticut before I move up the eastern seaboard to […]

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I’ve been waiting to write that title for a while now. Like many, I’m not sad to see this year enter the history books. It’s been a long one from start to finish. I’m not entirely sure what I want to accomplish with this post, but as 2016 comes to a close in a few […]

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Wow. It’s been almost three weeks since I launched this business, and I feel like I’ve been wrapped up in a big virtual hug. Family, friends, friends of friends, former teammates, and complete strangers have reached out and made me feel welcomed and encouraged on this new journey.  Those of you who know me know that […]

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