Our engagement story is featured on Equally Wed, the new gay wedding website! Irene and I actually had a chance to meet the two founders of Equally Wed at the Illegal Wedding Fair last month in NYC. Thanks for including us EW!

Holy crap, we’re gorgeous! I almost died (in a good way) when I saw the photos from our engagement shoot. I’m not very comfortable in front of the camera, and I was afraid that would show in the photos but they came out great.

I had never even heard of engagement photos before we began wedding planning, but its becoming pretty popular and offered in many photographer’s packages. Since our wedding photographer is not based in New York, we worked with Clean Plate Pictures, a Brooklyn photographer who’s done a ton of work with our friends. read more »

Its finally here! Today is exactly one year away from our big fat gay wedding!

We’re heading down to DC in a few hours for the march. Can’t think of a better way to mark the occasion.

Check out this engagement shoot featured today on So Your EnGAYged. Not only are these handsome grooms-to-be super cute together, but they’re getting married on the same date as we are. Love them!

I got an email from the knot this morning, letting me know that today marks 18 months until our wedding!

There are pros/cons to having a long engagement. Pros are obvious, more time for planning and saving. As for the cons, there are some things that you just can’t do ahead of time. Some venues and vendors wont even let you reserve their services more than 12 months in advance. read more »

Today is the one year anniversary of our engagement… or as I like to call it, my ring’s birthday.

What’s funny is that I didn’t even remember that we were engaged on St. Patrick’s Day… and I hate St. Patrick’s Day.

Irene proposed to me in our living room on March 17, 2008.

We picked out my engagement ring together in the Jewish Diamond District on 47th Street. Its white gold with 1 carat of channel set, princess cut diamonds.