North Shore Beach Wedding and more....
THE AND MORE PART....
Well, before I begin on the usual wedding blog, let me first get a few things off my chest. First of all...to everyone who has been sending me "belated bithday wishes" thank you very much! I really do appreciate it.
Twenty-nine, that's a really big number for me, and turning this age is actually quite stunning. A groom who recently booked with my company, told me not to worry about twenty-nine, it's thirty that's the big number. From what I've heard though is that thirty is the new twenty, and forty is the new thirty as people are living longer and the world is just a much different place that it was a few decades ago.
I also think age is also a maturity thing and not a number. I've met fifty year olds who have the maturity of an eighteen year old; those who are not living responsibly, not investing, and unemployed...And I've met twenty year olds who have the maturity of a forty year old; those who posses an incredible knowledge of politics, who are business savy, and who live very responsibly.
I'm much of the latter person. I remember hanging out with forty year olds when I was in my mid-twenties. By that age, I actually had two tv shows in Japan, ran a video production company in Hawaii that secured the television production for the all of the hotels on Oahu. It was quite an exciting time to say the least. While most of people my age were out clubbing, I opted instead to sit on the porch and talk about about politics, investing, and business. Now that I'm twenty-nine, I've downsized my operations tremendously. I have this wedding company, I still have my video production company, and I just opened up a high-end Kona Coffee Company. I'm very excited to what the next two years will hold for me, but whether I make or lose money, it's going to be a lot of fun.
SO LETS TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER
Now I do realize that you have been hearing a lot about the rain here in Hawaii. Do you realize that it's been raining for over 40 days and 40 nights! The rain has been bad at times, but not Noah's Ark end-of-times bad. Though, in all of my 29 years of living in Hawaii, I have never seen a storm system like this hit the islands before. Our weather has been freaky. Why just yesterday we woke up to a huge storm system, just to have blue skies at 2:00pm. By that time though, everything from roads to Kahala Mall were flooded.
Look at the theaters at a popular mall!
I can't believe this tree fell down...I rode bike by here a lot!
Geez, that sucks...thank god it's not a nice car.
Well, before I begin on the usual wedding blog, let me first get a few things off my chest. First of all...to everyone who has been sending me "belated bithday wishes" thank you very much! I really do appreciate it.
Twenty-nine, that's a really big number for me, and turning this age is actually quite stunning. A groom who recently booked with my company, told me not to worry about twenty-nine, it's thirty that's the big number. From what I've heard though is that thirty is the new twenty, and forty is the new thirty as people are living longer and the world is just a much different place that it was a few decades ago.
I also think age is also a maturity thing and not a number. I've met fifty year olds who have the maturity of an eighteen year old; those who are not living responsibly, not investing, and unemployed...And I've met twenty year olds who have the maturity of a forty year old; those who posses an incredible knowledge of politics, who are business savy, and who live very responsibly.
I'm much of the latter person. I remember hanging out with forty year olds when I was in my mid-twenties. By that age, I actually had two tv shows in Japan, ran a video production company in Hawaii that secured the television production for the all of the hotels on Oahu. It was quite an exciting time to say the least. While most of people my age were out clubbing, I opted instead to sit on the porch and talk about about politics, investing, and business. Now that I'm twenty-nine, I've downsized my operations tremendously. I have this wedding company, I still have my video production company, and I just opened up a high-end Kona Coffee Company. I'm very excited to what the next two years will hold for me, but whether I make or lose money, it's going to be a lot of fun.
SO LETS TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER
Now I do realize that you have been hearing a lot about the rain here in Hawaii. Do you realize that it's been raining for over 40 days and 40 nights! The rain has been bad at times, but not Noah's Ark end-of-times bad. Though, in all of my 29 years of living in Hawaii, I have never seen a storm system like this hit the islands before. Our weather has been freaky. Why just yesterday we woke up to a huge storm system, just to have blue skies at 2:00pm. By that time though, everything from roads to Kahala Mall were flooded.
Look at the theaters at a popular mall!
I can't believe this tree fell down...I rode bike by here a lot!
Geez, that sucks...thank god it's not a nice car.
While the weather has been pretty bad at times, the entire island is not flooded. In fact, most of Oahu is still okay. I wouldn't say what you're hearing in the news is hype. But only 10% of the island is flooded. And by the second day, everything is usually a.o.k. It's nothing like New Orleans. My house, well, since I live basically above the waterline, we're not victims to any flooding. But about a couple miles down the road, they really get to feel God's wrath when it floods. Luckily, I have not had any weddings during the really bad portion of the storm. In fact, I have no weddings will the 10th of April. For some reason, I have tremendous luck when it comes to weather. So for all of my couples out there....don't sweat it, we'll have good weather for you.
NOW ONTO THE WEDDING!!!!
James and Deanna
NOW ONTO THE WEDDING!!!!
James and Deanna
May 17, 2005
Okay, well, this story is rather funny. Deanna had called up my company once before to inquire about using our services. She had no idea that I actually knew her fiance, James. See, James handles my parents investment portfolio, and is quite good at it. A few months had passed and when I bumped into James, he told me he was getting married. He mentioned Deanna, and her name at that time, didn't really ring a bell...but when I gave Deanna a call shortly after, we both remembered talking to each other a few months before. Deanna was looking to get married at Turtle Bay, and the package that they were putting together for her was looking rather expensive given that there would only be a few people attending. As always, I hammered out a wedding package that was perfect for their budget.
We had originally planned to have their wedding at Kawela Bay, or as I like to call it, "Secret Cove at Turtle Bay," but it actually flooded the day before. So James decided to move the wedding to a vacation rental on the beach. Everything went perfect. Deanna arrived in a limo, and James, was ready to tied the knot. Like always, there was a sense of nervousness and love in the air as the happy couple made it through their vows. When it came time for picture taking, we had nothing but great weather. Lighting conditions were rather unique so I actually had the opportunity to pull off some awesome shots.
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