the forecast said rain.  but this is what happens when you take the risk and get married outside anyway.

thank you for sharing your beautiful day with us – and for being so courageous !

xo

this is what being together for twelve years looks like.

♥♥♥

you may remember these two from the love scroll jesse made for greta during their portrait shoot. (if you missed it click here)

you may have thought, ‘well how could their wedding get better than that?’

a wedding parade.

a full on, horns – drums – bubbles – streamers – dancing through cambridge – on to the t – into the venue kind of wedding parade lead by none other than greta + jesse.   jesse is a part of the second line social aid and pleasure society brass band and greta plays the flute a bit.  so there was no other logical choice.  as we jammed from harvard to porter square it felt like the whole community came out to see what was going on, to dance with us, and join the parade.  

that’s what the whole day was, really, a beautiful community coming together.   greta’s mom made her dress.  jesse’s mom wove her shawl.  friends potlucked dessert.   their ceremony was held at The Religious Society of Friends , where friends and family spoke candidly about what greta + jesse meant to them and where i cried for thirty minutes taking it all in. 

greta + jesse are truly special people.  there was an overwhelming love in greta + jesse’s wedding day.  and we will keep that feeling with us for a long time to come.

 …to think – we almost missed it.

xx

welp, this was supposed to be a preview.

i got a little carried away.  can you blame me?

best day ever.

xxx

d + z

if you made a list of days you felt the luckiest – this would be on top.

thank you for sharing your piece of the world with us.

xo, d + z

love is all you need.

♥♥

i’ve almost never been more excited to see three people.

lauren had just crossed the finish line last monday when everything changed.  luckily her family was beyond the finish cheering her on.

there are countless stories like this in boston this week.  it reminds us to hold one another a little tighter and appreciate this beautiful life.

we love you guys.

xx, d + z

These are not those pictures. These are pictures of the our city’s proudest day. Marathon Monday is everything. It’s the most beautiful display of humanity and community this country has to offer. We hug strangers, we run for the love of something bigger than us, we scream for hours to support people we’ve never met, we cry because we are so overwhelmed with joy and pride, we stand or run along a route for 26.2 miles as one big happy family. Hate does not exist on Marathon Monday. This is what it’s all about. This is the courage – the compassion – the community. This is the powerful coming together of strangers in love and support of one another that defines the Boston Marathon.

Boston Marathon 2013 from henry + mac on Vimeo.

Thank you to the Mass General Marathon Team, the first responders, EMTS, nurses, volunteers, families, runners, doctors, and the whole Boston Marathon Family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

See you next year.

xo,  dana + zak

thanks for showing us around your hood.

xo,

d + z