I do, and I will!

This Tuesday just gone was two years, to the day, that Aaron and I went on our first date, and today is three months, to the day, since we became husband and wife!

Aaron is now an official London resident, and we are enjoying being newlyweds, safe in the knowledge that we no longer have to spend time apart in a long-distance relationship!


So to mark our three month milestone, I thought I would share some of our wedding photos. The photographer we chose, Mike Massaro, is as old school friend of mine, who I have known since I was a teenager. We both love his style of photography as it is very spontaneous and really captures the feeling of the moment.

We did a little engagement/test shoot in his studio a couple of months before the wedding, and it instantly became clear that we were on the same page, and that he was a good fit for what we wanted.





Well, we were right! Mike was a dream to work with, taking so many photos on the day, and editing them carefully so that the end result was hundreds of stunning images for us to look back on.

 

Our wedding day was simply magical, and when people tell you that it goes by in a flash, they aren't kidding!  We knew from the start of our wedding planning that having beautiful photos, capturing the day, and all the little details, was high on our list of priorities.  I can't stress enough, that no matter what your budget, it's really worth investing in a good photographer so that you have illustrations to accompany your memories, forever.

We are both really pleased with Mike's work and can't thank him enough for capturing our big day! Cheers Mike!!!

To find out more, and to see more samples of his work, please visit michaelmassarophotography.co.uk

Rocking North West London!

A rare thing happened last week...a rockin' night of music and dancing took place within walking distance (or a short bus ride) from my house!

This sort of thing is a seldom occurrence, with most of my nights out dancing ending with a journey home on the last tube, or, more frequently, schlepping it back on multiple nightbuses.

The new monthly Rocking NW London Revival takes place at The Castle pub on Finchley Rd.  Entry is a mere fiver, and DJ Fifties Flash plays killer tunes (lots of jivers, which is always good in my book!) from 8pm-1am.  Unfortunately, the music was skipping a bit last week, but hopefully the technical issues will be smoothed out by next month's club night.

The pub itself is pretty big, but not at all fancy.  It does however, have groovy lighting, guitars and framed photos of various musicians on the walls, and most importantly, a great dance floor, which had the perfect amount of slide - I really enjoyed dancing on it!  I was also kept amused, between dances, by an Abbey Road section of the pub, which features a zebra crossing carpet!

 

One gripe I have, is that it took aaaaaaaaages to get served at the bar, and once we finally did get our drinks order in, the bartender gave us the wrong drinks!  This is not a reflection on the club night though, and it just meant that following the first arduous trip to the bar, I kept dancing, instead of buying drinks!

The NW London Revival definitely rocks the Castle, and is a welcome addition to my dance calendar.  I am already looking forward to next month's event (on the 18th May), and not just because it's easy for me to get to!

That's why the lady is a tramp!

So, I mentioned in my last post, that the hubs and I were filming a fashion shoot for ITV's This Morning last week at The Troxy, and it occurred to me that I never actually blogged about the shoot that we did for them at the Rivoli Ballroom back in November.


We had so much fun filming a little swing dance sequence and switching into numerous outfits along the way, to the sounds of The Lady is a Tramp, sung by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. You could say that the concept was kind of like a modern spin on the 50s.


I got to wear cute outfits, however, the shoes were reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally high and difficult for my poor little tootsies to dance in! You'll be pleased to know, though, that I kept calm and carried on in my six inch heels.












The Rivoli is a Grade II listed building tucked away in south east London (English Heritage Grade II listed buildings are considered nationally important and of special interest), and it was an absolute joy and priviledge to have the ballroom all to ourselves.


With plush red velvet walls, a sprung wooden dance floor, chandeliers and lounge areas, the Rivoli is the only 1950s ballroom in London that is still intact. They host regular dance nights, including a monthly jive party which is held on Saturdays and has showcased musical acts such as Si Cranstoun and Laura B and The Moonlighters. Unfortunately, it is pretty far from where I live, and a real pain to get home from on public transport, so this was the first time I had been - driven door-to-door, there and back, courtesy of ITV!












The Director, Fashion Producer and Intern on the shoot were all so lovely and easy to work with, and as it happens, the same Director filmed our fashion segment at The Troxy last week.


So here is the video of our five minutes of fame, aired at the end of November, and providing Christmas partywear suggestions to viewers across the UK! At the end of the clip the hosts congratulated us on our recent engagement (even though we had been engaged for nearly a year at this point, hahaha) commenting that we have our first dance sorted!