Postcards from South Africa.

Well, we have arrived to Pretoria, safe and sound (though certainly jet lagged). Our arrival followed on the heels of a pretty crazy few weeks. We packed up our apartment (again) and moved out in order to make room for our subletter, spent 10 fabulous days in the Big Apple (yes, we were there for the 26" record snowfall, during which we made midnight snow angels on Madison Ave) and then I returned to stay with a dear friend in Chicago while Drew went on to South Africa to begin his program. I joined him yesterday and am getting acclimated quickly. We have so very much to be thankful for!

My days are full with work, much of which involves writing, so I cannot commit to thorough blog updates. What I would like to commit to, however, is keeping a pictoral journal and publishing the photos here as I go. I am no photographer but I think this will be a unique opportunity for me to express our experience here in pictures. So? Thus begins my three month "Daily Photo: Postcards from South Africa" adventure!

Our hosts are beautiful people, our roommate is a blast and our lodgings are "just right." Kentucky Fried Chickens are everywhere, so I know I'm abroad!

xoxo.

a family of models

So we did a photo shoot yesterday & it was such fun! We've always hated our wedding photos (bad photographer) so when a photographer asked if we'd be willing to pose we said "YES!!" She's a local photographer needing to build her portfolio & was willing to take some casual photos of us as well (as in, photos where I'm not in my wedding dress & veil)--& we get to keep them all! so yesterday I broke out the wedding dress (which I didn't even know we had here in Chicago!), got it pressed & played dress up with Drew. It actually turned into a very romantic afternoon, as we posed & giggled in Northwestern's Shakespeare gardens. A few have asked to see the photos so I thought I'd post some of the samples she sent out late last night. Many more are on their way!



She loved our shoes... I didn't realize Drew had worn the black socks I historically abhor until I saw this photo! Drew has this thing for black socks that I still don't understand.

She took some time to take some shots of us with Mollie as well. I can't wait to see more of them! This one is precious, however, & was included in those she sent last night. A man & his dog.