Taurus is the second sign of the zodiac. An earth sign, ruled by the planet Venus, and represented by the bull. This season is about slowing down and nurturing the seeds of spring. At your high, you’ll feel - affectionate, patient, stable, determined, and practical. At your low, you may fee - stubbornness, resistance to change, materialistic, isolated, and lazy. One thing is for sure, Taurus are no stranger to the finer things in life. Concept & Photographed by : Stephanie Barone Model : Allegra Norris Threads : Sarah Gleeson Makeup : Jessi Grove ..read more

"I was nervous AF heading to my boudoir session but once I walked in I immediately felt welcomed by Steph and her glam squad. With a little help from a couple mimosas, delicious croissants and an incredible pep talk of how I’m going to slay this, I was ready to go. I’ve never felt truly beautiful in my own skin and it’s even more awkward showing off in front of a camera. Steph reassured me it’s totally normal to feel this way. She played the most badass feel good music and yelled a few “YAS QUEEN”s behind that camera, and before I knew it, I was Ariana Grande posing all over that room like not ..read more

t h e s t o r y o f e m i l y a n d m i k e Michael and I met a long time ago.  Our families were wrestling and field hockey friends. Mike wrestled at Rider University and I played field hockey at Indiana University. My dad was a long time wrestling coach at Rancocas Valley HS and his mom was the Executive Director of USA Field Hockey.   Our paths crossed quite a bit. We connected through my youngest brother. It was his senior year in high school and Mike wanted to get updates on his matches. We eventually met up at the historical NJSIAA HS State Wrestling Tournam ..read more

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How did he propose? : “It was at my nephews preschool graduation party, with all of my family. He put the ring box in my nephew’s legos because my nephew always asks me to help him build lego houses. So just like any other time, my nephew pulled out the legos and we were building away. My nephew picked up the ring box and was playing with it and said “what is this?!” I looked at it, turned around and saw Ressie on one knee ..read more

t h e s t o r y o f a d r i a n a a n d s h a n e Shane had seen Adriana around - on Wilder Bowl, at the Feve, at parties.  Adriana, meanwhile, did not know Shane existed.   But Shane was undeterred!   After a series of failed attempts at catching her eye, he did something that, dear reader, is sure to surprise: he danced with her (or at least tried to).  As Adriana tells it, she looked at Shane nervously approximating rhythm, and decided that, while the boy can’t dance, the face is cute enough - he’ll do. Since then, they’ve moved to and from California, and bought their f ..read more

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