Washingtonian’s Best Wedding Vendors List 2009

Transcript for those of you at work without sound:
“Hi everybody, thanks for checking out the blog today.  I wanted to introduce you to a new wedding planning magazine.  This is for the DC-area only.  This is Washingtonian Bride and Groom.  This is a brand new publication.  It just hit the newsstands on December 15th.  Those of you who are here in the DC area are probably familiar with the Washingtonian already.  They area  monthly publication.  Every year they publish a 100 Best Restaurants list and as part of that magazine they do the top wedding vendors in the DC area.  This year they’ve decided instead of just throwing it into the monthly issue, they would make their own wedding-only magazine.  It’s a nice big, fat, chunky magazine…I love the feel of it…it’s nice and big.  This is DC-only which I really like because there’s not a lot of DC-area magazines.  They ask local vendors questions, they have information on real weddings, and venues, and all kinds of great stuff.  We are on page 202 as part of their “Best of Weddings” list…we are right under a beautiful image.  I’ll scan that for you so you can read below what they said about us.  They said some really nice things.  I’m really excited that this magazine is out.  It’s going to be a bi-annual publication so it’ll be in December and in June.  We’re just so thrilled and proud to be in the Washingtonian again this year.  This is our second year we are being featured.  I wanted to tell you about the magazine so you can check it out for yourself.  If you are interested in a copy of the magazine, I have about ten extra copies which you can see by my big ol’ stack.  If you would like a copy, I have ten to give away.  Just leave a comment here on the blog and I will send one to your address.  Make sure you leave your email address so I can get in contact with you and we’ll either set up a time that I can drop it off at your home office or I’ll just pop it in the mail to you.  Have a great day everybody and we’ll chat soon!  Thanks.”

Armin DeFiesta’s website & blog

:::please ignore the constant parrot screams in the background.  someday I’ll introduce my parrot to you via video blog and you’ll be amazed at how loud a little bird can really be:::

Transcript for those of you at work without sound:
“Hi everybody, thanks for checking out our blog today.  My name is Laura – I’m the one who writes most of the posts here on the Wish Blog.  I figured today I would switch it up a little bit and do a video blog!  I’ve never done one of these before (sorry if it’s awful).  I wanted to thank my friend Armin DeFiesta.  First, for having lunch with me today and second for inspiring me to do one of these video blog posts.  I hope you like it!  I wanted to take a quick second and show you around my office.  It’s a little bit messy, like always, but I figured I’d show you where I work everday when I’m not at Starbucks meeting with a client or at a wedding venue doing weddings.  So behind me I have my husband’s bike gear.  He’s big into biking and is doing a 210-mile charity ride in August this year on the other side of the country in Seattle.  I’m very excited for him.  On the other side…this is my desk with my laptop, my printer, my scanner, and all the bride files and all the kind of good stuff that goes along with wedding planning.  So anyway, I figured this would be a little bit different and hopefully in 2009 we’ll do these a little bit more often.  Definitely check back on the blog later this week.  We have a BIG giveaway to announce.  It will be running through the first couple months of the year which will be a day-of coordination giveaway.  Stay tuned for details on that.  Have a great afternoon otherwise!  Hopefully we’ll see you soon.  Thanks!”