Happy First Wedding Anniversary Wishes for Norma and Jeff

Time certainly does fly by!  Just a year ago Jeff and Norma were married at Palisade Restaurant, you can see my original blog post (with lots of photos) by clicking on this link.  While it has been a year since the wedding I remember it very well.  We started the day by meeting at Kerry Park, with not only Norma and Jeff but their entire wedding party.  The Best Man and Matron of Honor were their friends Blaise and Rhonda Prebo, the groomsmen were Jeff’s sons Carter and Conrad, and the bridesmaids were Norma’s daughters Allison and Lizzie.  This was a slightly unusual wedding for me in that even though Jeff and Norma both live in Seattle, we had not met until the wedding day.  Everything had been set up by phone and email!  This is pretty common with couples who are coming to Seattle for their wedding but live some distance away, but has only happened a handful of times for me with local couples.

Right after our Kerry Park photo session we headed straight for Palisade, located on Elliot Bay at the south end of Magnolia.  Palisade has a separate building for wedding and events called the Alani Room, which is where the wedding and reception took place.  I love this venue, not just because it is a great place for photos (which it is!) but also because the Palisade staff is always wonderful to work with.  And the fantastic food doesn’t hurt either!

The reception featured one of the best dancing crowds that I have encountered in more than 35 years of wedding photography, and well over 1200 weddings that I have photographed.  They just kept on dancing, and dancing hard!  It was a fantastic party, and everyone there clearly had a wonderful time.