rannie balias

new york friends.

rannie. susan. me.
so my first night in the big city we stumbled upon a photo booth at arrow bar. love it! it was a weird one though because it doesn't tell you when the first photo's about to be taken. dang it!

right before these photos i cut rannie's hair. i should of cut my bangs. i need to cut them. ok, problem solved. i just cut them.

later in the night i tried to walk the streets barefoot because my feet had blisters. high heels suck!
but rannie was yelling at me, telling me i could get a disease, so i put them back on and she ended up making fun of the way i was walking. i can't win!

i always forget something when i pack. i forgot my cutting cape so we went to ricky's (it's like a sally"s) and they sold moroccan oil products, bumble and bumble, and had the supplies i needed to highlight my friend kelle's hair. SCORE!

how has your weekend been so far?
name a song that would be appropriate for these photos.
just curious what comes to mind.


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be looking out for my post on rannie's apt.

travel light. going to new york. any suggestions?



 i actually took this photo in paris. but it's perfect for this post.

i am pumped. i am pumping myself with vitamins, water, and antibiotics because nothing is stopping me from getting there. i've been in bed 4 days now. had to cancel a week's worth of clients:( so i am GOING, and i will have FUN! i have many friends to see! many strands of hair to cut!
 today i plan on sleeping a lot and packing for my adventure to the big apple.

last time i was in new york. april 2007. it was a short trip and i didn't get to see much.

ronald are you ready to spend 7 whole days with me? ha ha

HELP ME!! suggestions???





not taking a purse because i wanna travel light. so i got out one of my fanny pack's. 
(i use them a lot.)
1. denim fanny pack- miss sixty
2. smith's minted rose lip blam (anthro or sephora)
3. film for diana camera- does anyone know where i can get this developed?
4. pens/sharpies
5. sunchild pin
7. amber oil-i get mine at whole foods.
8. gum-cinamon
9. eco friendly sprint phone
10. billabong wallet.
11. ipod inside handmade pouch from kassi <3
12. lipgloss: kat von d "party animal"
&  bare escentuals buxom lips "krystal"(sephora)

nylon magazine - how original huh? im also going to get the new FOAM if its in.
the last song- my grandma so desperately wants me to read more so she bought this for me. i'm totally going to read it.
sketch book and sharpies- these are a MUST!

things i plan to do while in N.Y.
take it all in.
hug my ronald.
take lots of photos.(be ready for street style post)
have brunch with friends.
cut some peoples hair.
have a jewelry making day.
pretend i live there.
check out some salons.
be inspired.
people watch.
eat some pizza.
please let me know of :
any shops, cafe's, or thrift stores i need to check out in williamsburg.

awe jacob left me a little note. im gonna miss him so many too.
( just a phrase we say. )
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will you marry me?

kelly and i decided to start a wedding inspiration series starting now...
its almost that time that jacob and i will celebrate our 2 year wedding anniversary! woo!
and im making him a special video so ive been going through all our footage and pics. im gonna share some photos the day we got engaged, some of our photo shoots, parties leading up to it, the wedding day, and our 2 week honeymoon. i always love hearing peoples love stories and seeing their special moments. this will be the engagement post.
i think this will be fun. i hope you join in on the fun! here goes.

so jacob and i went to san francisco the week we got engaged. i thought we were going for rannies bday but jacob had other things in mind. his tattoo and proposal. so much fun! was i in for the surprise of my life! it's very hard to surprise me...i figure things out. in fact before this trip i was nosey and he said you just pushed back your engagement a couple months bc your snooping! ha ha ha!
 AUGUST 2007
yay for taking pics on the plane to san fran. this is 1 of our distraction techniques so i don't get sick during take off.
  
first night. we came to san fran for this lady!
  
so excited to be in san fran again! still had no idea.
day two we found a leaf walking around san fran so we decided that was the trail of leaves jacob would get from our friend henry lewis. i am going to get the same leaves to remind me of this trip.
  
 
 
august 27th rannies bday! 
we went to a german retaurant and drank beer out of a huge glass boot then went to karaoke! little did i know they were scheming.
 
 
 
august 28
we walked around all day, took the typical bridge shot, rented a prius, drove to sausalito, ate at horizons on the water. pretended that we lived in a huge house and walked through the neighborhood. i still had no idea! bc he didn't ask here.

we drove up to the highest point of the city so we could watch the sunset on one side and watch the fog over the bridge on the other side. this is when he started to get weird. we parked and walked to this secret area (best view ever), then he forgot the cooler so he went back to the car to get it, then he opened the cooler and said, "crap!!" haha he had forgotten glasses and i said i didnt mind drinking wine out of the bottle. he was acting nervous and usually he is so silly so i went exploring and took a ton of pics when he said, "can you please stop taking pictures and come here?"

this is how i remember it..
 he hugs me, gets down on his knees, hugs my waist, tells me how lucky he is, that im his best friend, that we are lucky and rare, and that he has the best times with me, thanks me for being me, thanks me for watching the sunset with him, and asks..." do you think you'd wanna watch a million more sunsets with me?
"yeah....."(very puzzled)
"well do you think you'd wanna be my wife?"
"um ask again!"
"will you be my wife?"
"Si SENOR! OMG! YES!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
KISSES
he then opens the cooler and pulls out the DOM PERIGNOM that henry and rannie got for us.
and we drink DOM out of the bottle! hahahaha.
 
WE ARE ENGAGED!! this was the first photo we took after the question.
 
this was right after he proposed. sorry it was super windy.

so..
how were you proposed to?
was it magical?
were y'all alone?
If you are not married or engaged how would you like it to go down?
do you like surprises?

you have to watch this and see the most creative way to ask your wedding party to be in the wedding!
liz is a dj on the radio and dk proposed to her at the station so all her listeners including us could be a part of it!
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next post will be our engagement shots and other engagement shots we love.