A record of Photobooth Picture Tradition

Glad Valentine’s Day!

We hope you all have special, lively, quirky or otherwise lovey-dovey plans for the weekend to show your other half how much they mean to you. Sherry and I are simply about ready to exchange gifts over breakfast (stay tuned for those details on Monday) and then we are off to enjoy our special occasion tradition: hitting up a photobooth at a local restaurant to mark the day (and enjoy some dessert while we are at it).

Even before we incorporated a photobooth into our wedding, we have been going to the New York Deli here in Richmond on anniversaries, birthdays, and any other momentous occasion to capture the moment in four black and white frames. We inevitably walk away with a mix of goofy expressions, sweet poses and (my personal go-to) the stunned “caught off guard” stare. we have the photostrips displayed in random spots all over the house, including this little cup on the floating frames behind our dining table (and also in a white leatherbound book, which is a go-to among our guests since it also includes over 100 photstrips from our wedding).

After our trip to the photobooth I have promised to take Sherry to see Confessions of a Shopaholic and then we are off to a group Valentine’s party this evening. What do you folks have planned? Any special traditions to share? Whatever your day has in store for you, here is hoping that cupid’s good to you!

And no that is not another ceramic animal in the picture above, it is a puffin candle from our Alaskan honeymoon. But Sherry has her eye on a certain ceramic mammal so stay tuned…