March 13, 2012

A little about us

ABOUT CAYSË
Caysë grew up in a small town in Vermont, on a dirt road and with one television station. For the first time off of a dirt road and thriving on a major culture shock, she moved to "The Fens" area of Boston to attend college at The New England Institute of Art in 2001. Though she graduated with a degree in Audio Engineering, Caysëcontinued to work in women's clothing retail, and transferred to Orlando, Florida with BCBG. After some great and some not so great, experiences with various companies,Caysë has found a great fit with Juicy Couture. She loves all things girly (dresses, makeup, glitter), crafting and playing with power tools.


ABOUT RYAN
Ryan grew up between Maine, a short stint in Texas and then Stuart, Florida. He moved to Orlando to attend the University of Central Florida and obtain a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Then in 2010 Ryan decided that Engineering wouldn't make him happy in his life, and instead enrolled in the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School, in Cambridge, MA. His love of cooking, mixed with his engineering background, give him a different outlook on food and presentation. This April he will graduate, and until then he'll be finishing his externship at Eastern Standard, in Kenmore Square. Ryan is an exceptional drummer, and loves cooking, music, and Fifa.


HOW WE MET
In June of 2009, Caysë was attending a ladies' night of Arrested Development, bacon and Mad Dog 40/40 in Orlando. Meanwhile Ryan was with friends around a camp fire in the North Carolina Woods. She said to her friends "I want to meet a nice guy, who will hold my hand and be sweet to me." Her friend text messaged Ryan about a girl that wanted to kiss him, and was assured she was cute. He responded with "She better be!" Caysë rolled her eyes and assumed he was NOT going to be the nice guy she was looking for. 


A week later they were introduced by a mutual friend and went out to a group dinner. She actually was surprised about how cute Ryan was and attempted to make conversation through dinner. The next day, Caysë voiced her concern that she was sure Ryan wasn't interested, due to the fact that he just ate and didn't talk much (later she would come to find out he just really likes eating!). But in fact, at the moment she had been expressing her disappointment, Ryan had just been asking a friend for Caysë's phone number. He took her to Seasons 52 and they totally fell for each other. 


They dated for 2 months (months full of ribbing from both sides' friends), before becoming "official". After dating for a year, Caysë wanted to move back to Boston, but was afraid of losing Ryan. Little did she know he had already applied to Le Cordon Bleu in Cambridge, MA, which he revealed while in line for the Toy Story ride at Disney. In July 2010 the couple packed up their lives, and their furry friend Houdini, then drove the 1,300 miles to start their new life in Boston.


ABOUT US & THE WEDDING
As for the wedding, it's very DIY (we are paying for it ourselves and are not independently wealthy haha!) and we are doing an outdoor, rustic-y feeling. Maaaaaybe because Briar Rose was my idol as a child, and maybe now still, with all of the singing and dancing in the woods. Neither of us follow any sort of religious path, and our ceremony is looking like it'll be about 10 minutes long. We've reserved June 7th, 2013 at The Codman Estate in Lincoln, MA

Check out my wedding centric boards at http://pinterest.com/pantsfree_cayse/ (this is NOT porn, I just avoid pants and freaquently wear dresses/skirts), Reception Ideas has the most solid interpretation of what we're envisioning. Mason jars, flameless candles, raw wood, etc...  This is my dress, all soft and flowy without being all overdone ball gown. 

We are super simple, kind of boring people. Ryan is a Chef and I am a retail manager at Juicy Couture. I have tattoos, he doesn't. I not so secretly believe I am a pretty, pretty princess, and Ryan is outwardly emotionally defunct. For example, "Ryan the house is on fire!" "... okay. Get the dog. Are we going for brunch still?". We spend most nights in, playing scrabble and drinking craft beers or cheap wine. Okay I drink cheap wine. We have a dog, a small Labrador named Harold Houdini Jr, who's our best friend in the entire world and is going to be our ring bearer. Yes, we are totally those people


 (We don't smoke, but we do make the perfect Blake Fielder-civil and Amy Winehouse doubles.)




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