paulinemillard.com: bachelorette party

Back in 1998, I landed an internship at Elle magazine in New York City. I didn't know what to expect, but over the next few weeks I shared an intern desk with a gal named Melissa, who also went to Syracuse with me.

Melissa and I stayed friends through the remainder of the undergraduate experience and beyond. Melissa is getting married in October, and so a shower and bachelorette party was in order.

My whole set can be found here.

Kristin Burns' whole set can be found here.

Our story begins off the 7 train, in Sunnyside, Queens.

I stopped in a photo shop on the way over to pick up a new memory card, and the cute man who ran the shop spent 20 minutes showing me how to work my camera. I already knew how, but I felt rude interuppting him.

I don't know much about Queens, but there were some pretty fancy looking buildings.

Trees, apparently, grow in Queens.

Here is our blushing bride, ready to be showered with gifts and mimosas.

She got lots of cool stuff, everything from tongs to thongs, as well as this apron.

Here is the official, red velvet, bridal shower cake, made from scratch! Good job, Kristin!

It was already a pretty girly day, but a few hours and a change of clothes later, we all met back up at the Dashing Diva on 8th Street for the second part of the day -- the bachelorette party.

Nothing beats pedicures and Bartles y James!

Moi, Avec Bartles y James

Steph and Kristin Glam It Up

This is Christy, a latecomer that evening but nonetheless welcome.

We had an hour to kill between the salon and dinner, so we set up camp at a little coffee shop. There, I found a geography book from the 1980s, which I actually have back in CT, which referred to Russia and its satellite countries as the U.S.S.R.