Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh is open and ready for weddings!

Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh is open and ready for weddings!

UPDATE: For photos of a real Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh wedding, check out Molly and Andy’s blog post here. Photos of their terrific details are here, and I also wrote about their wonderfully personal and moving ceremony here. It’s open! I’m so excited...
Brrrr…. it’s cold… but it’s beautiful!

Brrrr…. it’s cold… but it’s beautiful!

Yes, it’s cold out there. Really cold. It’s great weather to sit in front of a fire with a cup of hot coffee (or my favorite, a chai tea latte with a shot of espresso). Or, maybe, just maybe, if you’re a lover of cold weather, it’s also great...
Announcing the Pittsburgh Wedding Photography Location Guide Map!

Announcing the Pittsburgh Wedding Photography Location Guide Map!

Whether you’re planning an engagement session or a wedding, or any other kind of photo shoot, one of the first decisions you have to make is where to go. On a wedding day, time is incredibly tight. Logistics, distance and travel time are critical. You’ll be faced with...
The stone steps at Washington’s Landing

The stone steps at Washington’s Landing

A few weeks ago on one of those warm, sunny October afternoons, I rode my bike from Washington’s Landing down to Point State Park. On the way back as I headed back to my car, I remembered that a past bride had mentioned the “stone steps at...
Hotel Monaco is coming to Pittsburgh!

Hotel Monaco is coming to Pittsburgh!

UPDATE, January 2015: It’s open! Check out photos of the hotel’s public spaces and ballrooms in this post about the Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh here. A brand new hotel is coming to downtown Pittsburgh: Hotel Monaco! Run by the San Francisco-based Kimpton hotel...