If I was a Southern Belle...

Last weekend, we went over to Oak Alley Plantation in Vachaerie, La., about sixty miles from New Orleans. It is a plantation which was built in 1837-39 and famous for its alley of 28 evenly spaced giant live oak trees. When I got there, the first thing I said was how beautiful would it be to have a wedding here! Well, I inquired and of course, they do weddings there. They even have little bed and breakfast cottages.

Absolutely gorgeous and a great story behind the "big house". Jacques Telesphore Roman had the house built for his new wife, Celina.

(Oak Alley Plantation website)

(Bray Danielle Photography)

SEC-ond Again!

Ok...I am back from New Orleans! We will not talk about the Game. Up until Monday night, we had the best time! I had not been back there since 2003, so it was so nice to see the city and it looks like it is coming back. There is still crazy Hurricane Katrina reminders (ex: cars still in parking garages that were there before the hurricane hit and the owners have never come back to get them, etc...We even walked past a theater that has been abandoned and the posters in the "Now Showing" windows are plays that were going to be opening the week of Aug. 27, 2005. Just crazy). But the city has recovered very well and the French Quarter was just hopping crazy with LSU and OSU fans all weekend.

Other exciting news -yesterday was the one-year anniversary of our engagement!