Quality time!

This past Sunday the Hubs and I along with my brother and niece decided to pay my grandparents a visit. It had been a couple of months since we saw them and so we decided on a whim to drive into Jersey and say hello. My grandma was diagnosed with progressive Dementia about two years ago and its been pretty hard on all of us. My grandma was no joke when we were kids. She was tough and super strict so to see her so vulnerable is pretty heart breaking.

What I adore the most about her is that regardless of her "diagnosis", my grandma is still 100% all there, she just needs a little help remembering at times. Her funky spunk is what keeps all of us going strong! She is hilarious and loves to laugh :-) We love you Abuela!



Back story about this photo: We are Cuban and my husband is Puertorican so every time we are together we talk about Cuba and how poor the country is. Well my grandpa always gets over excited when talking about his country and how Fidel ruined it. This captures one of those convos..lol.


My brother and my niece




The Hubs, The Bro & The G-Pop


The lady who owns our hearts!






And here it is folks, my beautiful grandma's sense of humor never fails!!

The Fix and Fabulous People!

This past Friday 200 other photographers and myself attended an awesome speaking engagement that was hosted by the ever fabulous Jasmine Star!
The goal behind the Fix was for us as entrepreneurs to identify the weak points of our business and to move forward with an ideal course of action for 2012. Not only did I learn ways to better my business but it absolutely inspired me to not give up. I am sure we all have moments when we feel we might not be doing the best we could and so it may seem like giving up is easier. Uh-uh, no way Jose. I am in this for the long haul so my only option is to look at how I handle my business in a new way. She encouraged us to look at other photographers as our peers and not competitors. In order for this industry to grow, we have to work together to make it better. Jasmine totally rocked it out as she always does and her confidence in others is what I admire the most. She is down to earth, super funny and extremely humble. Thank you Jasmine :-)

An awesome girl named Cassie set up a pre-"Fix" meet and greet at a bar in midtown. About 30 of us attended and it was fabulous. To be in a room filled with photographers just getting to know each other and sharing their stories was amazing. It was most definitely the best ice breaker prior to the event. I made new friends and reunited with old ones :-) Shout out to Astami B!

I had an absolute blast and look forward to a reunion soon! As the ever so wise J* would say "Stay Fabulous!". It was great meeting all of you.

Waiting in line for the elevator:
















What this slide said "Don't Stop Shooting"

Honeymoon Pt. 3 - Venice

The final leg of our amazing Honeymoon took place in Venice!











You know we had to ride a Gondola!






We experienced an Opera:








Our Hotel:




Many of the building in Venice were crooked:


The famous view!


Wow, how I miss this country of love! Hope you all enjoyed the photos!