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After planning weddings in Aspen for over a decade, I can tell you exactly what separates good vendors from great ones. It's not talent. It's not years of experience. It's not even their portfolio. It's ego. Or rather, the lack of it. The best vendors I work with are the ones who understand their role, respect the bigger picture, and know that your wedding day isn't about them. When a Vendor Thinks They're Running the Show I've seen it happen too many times. A photographer wh

Most couples walk into these calls without a roadmap. Here's yours. Hiring a wedding planner is one of the first — and most important — decisions you'll make. Get it right, and every decision after it gets easier. Get it wrong, and you'll feel it for the next 12 to 18 months. One of the most common questions we get on a consult is: what should we be asking? They're nervous, they're excited, they're trying to figure out if they like this person. So they end up asking questions

Get Engaged Long Before You Start Planning a Wedding Here's something nobody tells you when you get engaged: wedding planning will suck the fun right out of the new excitement being engaged if you let it. Logistics have a way of putting a damper on fantasy and fun and emotions. Planning is a lot of logistics and deciding what you can afford. I've been planning weddings in Aspen for over a decade, and one of the biggest regrets I hear from couples after their wedding is that

You know that Etta James song, "A Sunday Kind of Love"? The one where she sings about wanting a love that lasts past Saturday night? That's the energy we're going for here, except we’re taking it one step further. We want to talk about Tuesday love. Not the Instagram story kind of love. Not the grand gesture, look-what-my-partner-did kind of love. The kind of love that shows up on a random Tuesday in March when nothing special is happening and life is just...life. Valentine's