Wedding Blog

At our rehearsal dinner, after a quick thank you and explanation of the RD location, Mr. Pineapple and I gave our bridal party small tokens of our appreciation.

all photos copyright Mingwei Tay

After our rehearsal we headed over to the bar/restaurant where Mr. Pineapple and I went on our first date. (Although we didn’t know it was a date at the time.) Smokin’ Joe’s Saloon was just a couple blocks from where both Mr. P and I lived at the time and we met there after work almost every day, no joke. So…

When Carnegie Mellon student, Mingwei Tay, emailed me to see if he could shoot our wedding my hands were tied. We had already hired a photography duo with a single photographer clause in their contract. This clause is super smart because if several people are trying to take photos of you, it can make the process very difficult. When we met with one of the photographers, Tammy,…

When Mr. Pineapple and I first started looking for venues we did most of our search online. We stumbled upon the Rivers Club, in downtown Pittsburgh, and set up an appointment not expecting much. When we met with the coordinator, Emily, we were very impressed. She was kind and up front with us about their pricing. (The only other place we visited was very reluctant…

Now that we have done the whole wedding kit ’n kaboodle not just once, but twice, I thought it may be helpful to give my perspective on some of the wedding questions/topics I see often around the hive. Of course every wedding is different, but much of what seems like the norm on The Knot just didn’t happen that way for us.

The Guest List

One of…

I tried and tried and tried to think of a nice juicy secret to share with the hive, but alas I am boring. So instead I will share with you a big part of my life that you have never seen, our home. I am the mover of all movers and shakers. Between May 2006 and August 2008 I lived in 6 homes. When Mr.…

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Last week I took my gown to David’s Bridal to have it cleaned and preserved by a third party. This morning I woke up in a panic. My grandmother made a handkerchief for my mom to carry when my folks were married. I pinned the same hanky under my gown on our wedding day. Well, guess who forgot to take out the hanky before shipping…

This weekend Mr. Pineapple and I planted a tree on his father’s property that we have dubbed Annie - the anniversary tree. We hope to visit Annie at least once a year and take a family photo, this year with just our little two-person family.

… and by PWC I mean the post wedding chop!

I joined the bridal masses and cut off my lovely lady locks. I have not had short hair since an uber-traumatic hair cut at age 6 where I was called out as “a boy with a dress on.” I have to say though, I am lovin’ it!

When Mr. Pineapple and I first chose our venue with the fancy schmancy food we were living rent-free. As part of Mr. Pineapple’s job at the time (he is now working at a different University) he was required to live in on-campus housing. Our housing was amazing. We lived in a four bedroom, 3000 square foot split level, rent and utility-free. So all the money…

Our foodiemoon began every day with a wonderful breakfast from the Brownstone Inn Bed & Breakfast just two miles from the heart of downtown. The inn was such a wonderful choice by Mr. Pineapple. I loved staying at the Brownstone Inn because for the most part, a beautiful hotel is still just a hotel and often they lack charm and character. There was definitely no…

When people asked us where we were going for our honeymoon, we would tell them Cleveland, and we mostly got looks that were a combination of confusion and pity in return. Pittsburghers are not known for loving Cleveland. In fact, because of ye old football rivalry, we are supposed to despise Cleveland. Sorry fellow ’burghers, we loved it!

copyright: Mary Mervis Photography

During my senior year of college an amazing thing happened. A dirty, lovely “rockin’ country saloon” opened on the South Side of Pittsburgh called Saddle Ridge. I was already known as “the designer who loved to line dance” at Carnegie Mellon (it’s not that popular for city chicks—go figure), when one of my photography professors suggested I do a series of photos…

Budgets are sticky topics, but when I first started planning I wanted to know how much people spent on everything. I knew weddings were expensive but I had no idea why. So, if you want to throw a Pineapple wedding of your own, here is the post for you.

From the get go Mr. Pineapple and I wanted to throw the party of our lives, but…