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  • Day 7: Traveling to Greece

    Day 7: Traveling to Greece

    I had originally set aside the entire day just for traveling to Athens, Greece, but Lily saw an opportunity to go check out the Moco Museum, another modern art museum, before we headed to the airport, so we worked to squeeze that in. Things didn’t go perfectly to plan. One of the big issues we…

  • Day 6: The Tate Modern and dinner with Josh and Beckie

    Day 6: The Tate Modern and dinner with Josh and Beckie

    Today, we did what Lily wanted to do, and what she wanted to do was go check out some shops and go to the Tate Modern. We finished off the day with a wonderful meal with Josh and Beckie. The first stop of the day was Minalima, the shop of the design duo Mina and…

  • Day 5: All things Harry Potter

    Day 5: All things Harry Potter

    The order of the day was to immerse ourselves in all things Harry Potter. We spent basically the entire day at the Warner Brothers Harry Potter Studio Tour, capping things off with a quick trip to a London Mall and a delicious doner kebab for dinner. I had missed the boat on booking a tour…

  • Day 4: The wedding day!

    Day 4: The wedding day!

    Today was the big day. Lily left the AirBnB in the morning and joined up with the rest of the bridal party to get ready. I left the AirBnB shortly after Lily, delivering a Starbucks order for the bridal party before going off and doing a little shopping. I traveled back to Central London, stopping…

  • Day 3: Wedding day prep

    Day 3: Wedding day prep

    Beckie needed us to gather some materials for the wedding seating chart, so after a delicious breakfast at a cafe in Vauxhall Park, we went off in search of an arts and crafts store for some poster board. On the way to Rymans, we walked through a tunnel that was covered floor to ceiling with…

  • Day 2: Wandering around by myself

    Day 2: Wandering around by myself

    Today, Lily and I split up. Lily had plans with Beckie and her other bridesmaids doing bachelorette things, so I had a day to myself to do whatever I wanted. I decided that what I wanted to do was wander around with my cameras taking my sweet time photographing things. Lily left for the bachelorette…

  • Day 1: Traveling to London

    Day 1: Traveling to London

    This was a trip that, despite having planned it for months, I was completely unprepared for. The Wednesday that we left the States, I had foolishly worked from home instead of doing the smart thing Lily did and take the day off, and I hadn’t yet packed my bags for the trip. Once my meetings…

  • The love of my life, and all the friends and family

    The love of my life, and all the friends and family

    In terms of weather, you could not possibly have asked for a better day. It was the only thing Lily and I could not control as a variable for our wedding. One and a half years of planning, and this was the only thing that was completely out of our hands. Thankfully, the weather cooperated,…

  • Don’t ruin your favorite street car

    Don’t ruin your favorite street car

    Once upon a time, a young kid was told to get rid of his 1991 Mazda Miata. It was not a car fit for someone going to business school, his father said. You need something newer and more respectable. So the kid bought a brand new 2009 Mazda Miata. That was me, many years ago.…