Also, I wanted to blog about one of the coolest (no pun intended) ice cream cafe in Chicago called the “icream cafe“.  Remember in my previous blog when I mentioned it was one of eateries that I definitely wanted to try out? Well I did and I wish we had one here in California! Maybe one day someone will open a shop over here because I know it’s going to be a major hit! You can custom create your ice cream right then and there and using liquid nitrogen, it takes between 3-6 minutes! They also offer a variety of other frozen dessert options as well! IT’S SOOOO AWESOME!!

I ordered a scoop of ice cream and the flavors I choose were Vanilla with Honey and Graham Crackers. Then the lady behind the counter asked me what color I wanted my ice cream to be. I was like, “color!?” and she said, “Yes, choose any color you like!” and so I said blue because that’s my favorite color! :) This is what I got and it was DELICIOUS! 

Can I, like, copyright that Vanilla-Honey flavor or something or at least get it called, “the Solitario” flavor?!? What do you think!?!?

Here’s a picture of me and Ryan enjoying our ” icream” masterpieces! :D – Please don’t mind me and my frizzy hair! It was straight when I left the hotel that morning :P

So if you’re ever in Chicago… OR if you LIVE in Chicago, you must try out this place!!

Anyways, without further delay, here is our summary slideshow of our awesome trip to Chicago, IL :)

I’m not quite sure if this would fall under “Happy Friday Video” because it’s about a bride suing her wedding photographer, BUT today is Friday; I am happy; and this is definitely a video I must share with all of you! A must watch for all brides/grooms-to-be and also for wedding photographers too!

When I first started doing weddings, I admit I couldn’t afford to buy a professional camera or lenses. So what did I do then? I rented them!

If you’re wondering where you can rent equipment, check out Borrowlenses.com or Lensrental.com.  If you don’t feel comfortable about borrowing lenses online, look for a locale photograph company that rents out equipment.  It’s just for the best!

I guess we can all learn a lesson from the video above.

In order for her to win the seat, we need to get as many people to comment on this link for her video:

http://reframecollective.com/blog/?p=561 

(Please note that all comments must come from a unique IP address in order to be counted)

PLEASE help Janlynn overcome CTD! Together we can make it happen! We only have till 11:59pm on August 15, 2009… after that.. it might just be too late for her…

Here’s Janlynn’s video but remember to leave a message on this link:

http://reframecollective.com/blog/?p=561 

Everytime I hear him play the keyboard, piano, organ, and sometimes.. guitar (he knows a couple of chords).. my heart melts.. and I feel so blessed to have him share his music with me… I’m pretty much the first one who gets to hear new melodies he’s created… and that’s pretty cool..

Last night I asked him to play something for me. He asked me what I wanted to hear. I told him, anything! I just want to video tape him playing on the keyboard :o). Here’s what he came up with…

I can already hear the words to the music.. so I think this will be something we can build on together….

We got this idea from a wedding invitation video we saw last year and we decided it would be cool to make up our own version, but as a Happy 95th Anniversary Greeting to all our brothers and sisters in the faith.. all over the world!

It was awesome working along side our photographer friends Richwell Correa and Shaun Valenton of Richwell Correa Photography! Richwell was the person who got me interested in photography! He’s not only a friend, but a fellow brother in our church, Iglesia Ni Cristo.

Without further delay, here’s our Wedding Video Summary from Mar & Kaye’s special day! Edited by Ryan and taped by my brother Johnson and cousin Gerard! Thank you all for your help!

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Yup, Ryan and I are making a lifestyle change!  It’s about time!  That is what we’ve been up to lately for the past week and with God’s help we will be able to stick with our healthy regimine this time!!  I’ve re-joined sparkpeople.com and since I got the new iPhone 3GS last week, I added the tracking application that the website provides! Now I’m able to track the foods I’ve eaten, calories I’m burning, and my water intake! Oh and most importantly, it tracks the weight I’ve lost so far.. and when I checked this morning.. I already lost 2 lbs! WOOO HOOOO! I know I have a long way to go.. but hey.. it’s a start! I just need to stick with it… focus.. focus and most of all pray for guidance!

Since pictures makes blog posts more interesting, here’s a picture of the berries I ate this morning taken with my IPHONE 3GS!

OH and since it’s FRIDAY, here’s my HAPPY FRIDAY VIDEO! It’s a topic related video and hopefully this NEVER happens to ME or Ryan!! haahahah!

This weekend, Ryan and I actually don’t have anything big planned, so I think we might visit the Huntington Botanical Garden since we have a membership there or finally check out the Annenberg Space for Photography exhibit in Los Angeles…  Not sure what we’re gonna do, but we’ll make good use of our time doing something productive. Anyone interested in coming along??

Here’s our video for today. This was again shared with me by our Ninang and it’s really cool! Seriously… there are so many talented people in the world!

Talk about talent… here’s another picture from my session on Wednesday. My cousin’s daughter Carter doing her ballerina moves! She is so cute! This reminds me of that 1999 “superstar!” movie.

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These past weeks, it seems as if Ryan and I have been running around from one project to the next… It’s been quite busy for the past five months and now I’m excited to having some time relaxing with Ryan this upcoming June, July and August.  We have a couple of portrait sessions, but most of the weekends will be used for church activities that we are planning to go to. I’m still going to be blogging though.. but mostly personal things that I’ve experienced in this so-called life of mine..

Tomorrow, May 30th, Ryan and I will be working our last wedding for this month.  Our friends Gaile and Meinrad are finally getting married! I’m so very excited for both of them! Gerard and Johnson are helping out with video and my cousin-in-law, Natasha is going to tag a long and help me shoot!

Natasha is so awesome! I’m going to have to take some new portraits of her so that I can blog about this awesome cousin of mine! ;o) For my Happy Friday Video, I asked Natasha to upload the track and field video she edited that my cousin Jodick filmed.  I don’t want to ruin it for you, so just watch it… it’s so inspirational!! All I can say is… if you really want something… you just need to go for it.. and if it’s God’s will, you’ll get what you’re hoping for.. even more!

This video is just the best way to end the month of May!

Thank you Natasha! You inspire me so much! I’m so glad you’re part of our family! You’re a blessing to us all ;o)