Weekend Update: Kara & Dan 6/1/2013

If someone asked me to describe the perfect weekend, this past one would be it. Two of my best friends from college got married in the town where we went to school. Had entirely too much fun with everyone together for the first time in awhile. Sunday was feeling less than 100% but headed over to my sister's house to see my little niece. So, like I said, perfect weekend. Hope you all had a good one!

{rehearsal dinner place settings}

{rehearsal dinner menu: watermelon & basil, jalepeno corn salad, mac & cheese, pulled pork and brisket with bbq sauces from each city people traveled from to the wedding}

{the bride and her maids at the rehearsal dinner}

{putting on the necklace her husband got her with sister/maid of honor and mother of the bride in the background}

{dressed and ready to go}

{loved the back of her dress and veil}

{bridesmaid flowers} 

{goin' to the chapel}

{hitched!}

{bridesmaids in shades of nude}

{groomsmen in gray}

{a sparkly belt and up-do for the reception}

{cutting the cake}

{first dance}

Black Tie

Badgley Mischka Dress | Zara Heels (similar here) | Evening Bag unknown but similar here

Black tie wedding...black dress & heels (similar here), red lips, red nails, a sparkly evening bag (similar here) and call it a day. Simple, classic...done and done.

Weekend Update - 12/17/2012

{cocktail hour at Mar-a-Lago}

Back from a long weekend in Florida for what I can honestly say was one of the most amazing weddings I've ever been to in my life (tied with the one in Italy this summer). Everything from the hotel (The Breakers Palm Beach), the wedding venue (Mar-a-Lago club), the music at the ceremony (Groom walked down to Bob Dylan's Shelter from The Storm, flower girls to I Want Candy, and back down the aisle to Pete Townshend's Let My Love Open The Door), and the food everywhere you turned...all incredible. Here are some pictures I took with my good camera. If you follow my instagram (@shanele), you know that I like to document pretty much every moment of my life or every bite that goes in my mouth so I put all of them from this weekend into a post earlier this morning here. Hope you all had a great weekend...8 days till Christmas!

{the lobby at The Breakers Palm Beach}

{rehearsal dinner place settings}

{rehearsal dessert: coconut gelato, bananas foster and macarons}

{wedding dinner place settings}

{outside Mar-a-Lago during the cocktail reception}}

{one of 5 food stands at the cocktail hour: chicken, veal & Italian meatballs}

{the sushi stand}

{fresh baked cookies}

{the after party decorated in gold}

{s'more bites}

{one last shot of The Breakers lobby...because it was incredible}

{and one last Breakers ballroom...you would think you were at Versailles}

Weekend in Instagrams

{dinner outside at Carpaccio's overlooking these poinsettia trees}

{an amazing McQueen dress at Bal Harbor} 

{a beautiful start to Friday (before the rain moved in)}

{maybe the most adorable little two piece ever}

{spinach/arugula/goat cheese/berries/candied pecan salad at the beach}

{The Breakers for the rehearsal dinner that night}

{just your standard 250 person rehearsal dinner}

{one of the many Breakers chandeliers}

{Iris Apfel at the rehearsal dinner}

{yet another gorgeous lobby at The Breakers}

{headed to the beach at The Breakers}

{a casual game of croquette in front of Mar-a-Lago}

{The Don greeting people to the wedding}

{more Mar-a-Lago beauty}

{outside Mar-a-Lago}

{right before the ceremony}

{The Don & Meliana fashionably late to the wedding}

{the gorgeous couple}

{father of the bride}

{post-ceremony cocktail hour}

{Iris Apfel at the reception}

{wedding place settings}

{the cutest neon signs behind the bar}

{the crew}

{love}

{off to a different building for the after party}

{the after party candy table I got to know intimately well}

{late night food trucks}

{a night cap at The Seafood Bar}

{overcast Sunday=(}

{but it didn't stop Rudy (Giuliani) from puffing his stogie outside the hotel}

{bye bye Breakers...until next time (if there ever is a next time)}

{last night in Miami}