Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler...

Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler... A French phrase meaning "Let The Good Times Roll' that strongly conveys the "joie de vivre" (joy of living) that pervades Southern Louisiana is only one of the many items I found in researching commonly observed traditions in New Orleans (as my fiancé was born and raised there)! As an event planner/designer, I've done many weddings where the cultural tradition of either the bride or groom were overlooked and I definitely did not want that to be the case with my fiancé and I so, I quickly got to work!

My 1st experience with "New Orleanian" tradition was with the "Second Line". We attended a family reunion in the summer on 09 and towards the end of the 70’s party on the 1st night, a brass band walked in, instruments cocked and ready to go, and I'm thinking... "what's about to happen?", but as soon as they began to play, everyone in the room - young, old, and everything in between, went wild, quickly forming a line, parading around the room, handkerchiefs in hand, getting their boogie ON! It was a sight to see!!! I loved it!!! Even though I have not built up the courage to join in yet, I'm determined to culminate this into our 3.19.2011 plans! For your viewing pleasure, I've attached some footage of a wedding second line and few second line parades, so you can see how they get down, N.O. style!

1st footage piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQOEjVnM8Nw

2nd footage piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwWTrOfek3s

3rd footage piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5-phm22HI

Stylishly Yours,



Oneika J.

Hello!

Hello World! So it's been a while since my last post. I must say that ALOT has occured... At the top of that occurrence list is definitely a marriage proposal that I received just a few weeks after my last post!

(I was quite shocked !!!!! )

(It took me a while to get it together !!!)

 Thus since then, I have been overwhelmingly immersed in all things "wedding" amongst my normal everyday life and business endeavors. I must say, that as an event planner/designer, we've seen it all, and we want it ALL , amidst having 1,000 ideas of what you would like to incorporate into it as well. But, at the end of the day I  am determined to keep all "bridezillaness" to a minimum. I will keep you guys posted on my progress as the days go by!

Stylishly Yours,

Oneika J