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Angel’s Masquerade Ball

stacey — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:59:34 +0000

On Saturday night, Gary and I drove down to Newport, RI, to the campus of Salve Regina University, for the first-annual Angel’s Masquerade Ball. There, in a positively stunning mansion, we celebrated the life of young Glenna Kohl, who passed away last fall at age 26 after her battle with melanoma.

With almost 400 guests, an amazing Boston band, enticing silent and live auction prizes, and sponsors such as Grey Goose Vodka and South Coastal magazine, the night was wildly successful in raising money for the Glenna Kohl Fund for Hope.

I’m guessing you’ve never been to a masquerade ball like this? It felt so very Shakespearian! People were decked out from head-to-toe, including elaborate gowns, top hats and masks. I look forward to seeing this event continue on in memory, support and celebration of one beautiful young woman’s life – and beautiful young people everywhere.

More photos can be found HERE.

While You Were Out

stacey — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:27:26 +0000

So, it was no secret to some of you, but fairly secret to the Internets, that I just spent four cozy days home alone while Gary was off at the Jones Beach and Mansfield Phish shows. He had a rousing great time with his buddies, renting an RV and feasting off of our beloved buffalo wings for approximately 96 hours straight.

But sadly, unless Gary wants to start posting to the blog himself, this post isn’t about hippies and Wal-Mart parking lots.

It was a blissful weekend on Cape Cod! I worked from home and had some great walks with the dogs at nearby conservation areas. I spent a LOT of time on my photography business and was even contacted about two dog sessions and a large border collie event in August! Check out the next stage of the Cold Nose Photo logo:

I went for runs and I rode my bike, but I didn’t do any of the planned yard work because of the insane amounts of mosquitoes in the neighborhood right now! Gah!

The only human contact I had were the lovely ladies encircling Yummy Goods in West Barnstable >HI LADIES!< and an evening out to celebrate Kim’s birthday at Baxter’s on Saturday.

It’s not to say that I don’t love my husband, but it felt really awesome to be so silent and self-scheduled for a few days! I always had things like this to look forward to upon his return:

Sunday night I drove out to Chatham for a photo session with horses! And ducks and chickens and sheep and donkeys… It was so much fun! Here’s one cool shot, but you can check out the rest over at Cold Nose Photo or by clicking through this photo to my Flickr site.

Welcome to the glorious month of June! Happy Birthday to my fellow Geminis!

Dew Drop

stacey — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:25:17 +0000

Took the dogs for a long walk at Lowell Holly conservation land in Sandwich, MA today. This has been one of the most serene weekends of my adult life, and I think these photos convey it all.

Spring is Springing

stacey — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:00:16 +0000

Good morning, friends! Apologies for my absence lately, but the whole 90-degrees-in-April thing has kept me kinda daydreaming…

I went for a long, leisurely drive home along 6A on Friday afternoon after visiting the Animal Rescue League of Brewster. I stopped to look at flowers, antiques and even a couple of the libraries now that I’m officially a card-carrying member again (shout out to Earth Day!)

Check out the pretty flowers I found!

And the old wooden boxes!

On Sunday afternoon, we spontaneously hopped in Kevin & Danielle’s boat and drifted over to the Vineyard for some apps and cocktails. Sounds luxurious, doesn’t it? I was so excited for the amount of DOGS that seemed to conglomerate around the one waterfront bar that was open! I was snapping away with the camera – a perfect time to launch my new website!

Are you ready?? Click the screenshot for more, and please join the fun! Weeeeeeeee!