THE JOURNAL

Melinda and Jeffery are an amazing couple. Strong, sweet, and full of laughter. I met them in SoHo for their engagement session along Crosby and Howard Streets. Melinda shares how they met at school in South Carolina, “We met more than twenty two years ago. Just two kids in high school gym class on an otherwise boring […]

The New York Botanical Garden is one of the most beautiful places in New York City. This summer I had the pleasure of attending an evening Water Lily Concert and Monet Exhibit. The gardens were curated to showcase flowers from Giverny, Monet’s extraordinary home and gardens in France. The exhibit included some beautiful paintings and, […]

Meet Ollie, a four-month-old faun French bulldog puppy. Watch out for the flying Frenchie! Mariah and Ollie live on the Upper West Side and love to play in Central Park. I asked Mariah to share a little bit about the newest member of her family: “Oliver Zeca Byrne, affectionately known as Ollie, was born on March […]

I am super lucky to have a back patio in my New York City apartment. My husband, Eric, and I searched high and low for a budget friendly place on the Upper West Side. We felt so lucky to have found our new home on the first floor of a walk-up building. Being on the first […]

Miki and Nicholas had a beautiful winter wedding in Washington, DC. The day began with preparations in the bridal suite of the Willard Hotel. The bride was able to relax knowing she would soon be marrying the man of her dreams, “Nicholas’s mom kept telling me the morning of the wedding that she was amazed […]