this is NOT a ginger bread latte

these are just my iphone photos from our event at the ritz today... putting this holiday gathering together, made me happy and very hungry....professional photos coming up soon... gotta run my gingerbread men are baking in the oven!

harvesters and the food bank

the harvesters are a group of dedicated women who raise close to a million dollars for the orange county food bank...and every year we dedicate ourselves to giving them the best decor and fashion show...
this year our beloved ...yes...beloved samuel lippke photographed the luncheon on our behalf...

www.samuellippke.blogspot.com/

le cage aux follie

photographed by my dear and most talented friend, kusha alagband, this event took place at a private ranch in santa barbara...the beautiful bride michelle had only 3 requests: bird cages, lemons, and shots of fuschia!!!!
et voila... tout ce que vous desirez...

la photographie incroyable:
www.kushaphotography.com/

LV and all that sass

bill...derek...karen...and all the wonderful peeps at LV, we thank you for making our jobs so easy...we hope that we get to work with you forever... cuz i particularly love getting dressed up in those killer dresses and heels as i set up... noooo complaints here

one ring rudd

one ring rudd aka katie is the event guru galore...she has single handily intercepted several close calls when I nearly shot and maimed a retarded stringed trio in the desert, the time I close to killed our favorite lighting team, and the time I couldn't understand why a stupid reserved sign could break apart a family. (if that's all it takes, my theory is, break apart already!)
thank you katie for keeping me outta prison

juanie juan juan

juanie has been working here since he was 19!!! and now he is 23 and we love him... he is so talented and really the person behind many of the beautiful things you see.... i think he likes us too cuz he even came back after nearly losing his finger on a job site... it was sewn back on perfectly... good as new...

blast from the past

my mom joined facebook a couple weeks ago and immediately reconnected with some old college friends who sent her this photo...
she is the cute one holding her books... this photo was taken in 1971 at tehran university in front of the physiology lab.... she was already dating my dad and as she puts it "we were in llllllllooove"...

and for those of you who do not know, she started white lilac and is still the bakcbone of all things beautiful here...in fact katie and i can hear her laughing in the back with rick and beth...
we heart you mariam aka mom

princess bride continued

princess bride

this is our princess bride diaries...meet sarah and tucker.... we loved this wedding so much we wanted to move into the ballroom and live there permanently...i think krista may have moved there cuz we haven't seen her for a while...
the event was coordinated by the greatest jeaaaaaannnnnnieeee saaaaaavage...have you guys seen her at 7am? she looks perfect...always impeccable...me not so much
www.aboutdetailsdetails.com/

photos by none other than joe photo
www.joephoto.com/

i wanna turn 40

a bday bash for one of the coolest guys we know... paul happy 40th!!!

photos:
www.vcsphoto.com/

L&M engagement party

lauren and louis just got engaged... wooohooo
we tried to make the tent as cool and and as hip as the couple...if we're lucky we'll get to do their wedding??

photomania:

http://www.samuellippke.blogspot.com/

J*S continued