tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87346119861547938552024-03-13T00:58:53.722-04:00Bridechka and the WeddingHello all, I am young Russian/Jewish/American girl (i.e. a Bridechka) planning her wedding in New York City. After much exasperation and frustration with all of the fluffy, stuffy, pricey and just plain boring wedding venues, flowers, favors, etc... I decided to start this blog to share my insights, inspirations, and ordeals in this process.
I hope this blog can be a place where practical, modern, and chic brides and grooms can come together help each other out...I'm looking at you folks...Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-34185121968718470812010-03-10T21:56:00.000-05:002010-03-10T21:56:02.375-05:00I'm lame but YOU are awesomeSorry I have been MIA guys .. life has been a little bit of a whirlwind .. but those days are no more .. I am in full on blog-mode! And it starts with .... our wedding highlight reel!!!<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/10077528">Wedding Highlight Reel</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3334659">Lena Katsnelson</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-50950943730264853842010-02-09T10:10:00.001-05:002010-02-09T10:10:38.306-05:00SNEAK PEAK!!!!!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aUQPHK4j0NcFGsxh_VZ-lU_1f0bfjVS1P0t3K6_2hVFQEAtk7gNP1tyksWQQFjtQGglRE5jLNDe-ykUS4o6DIEHo9yuia6sfaFKGXtNXkCqyrrhPqnzKqfoXlUulACd47xAQfGbMahen/s1600-h/DSC_5845-738307.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aUQPHK4j0NcFGsxh_VZ-lU_1f0bfjVS1P0t3K6_2hVFQEAtk7gNP1tyksWQQFjtQGglRE5jLNDe-ykUS4o6DIEHo9yuia6sfaFKGXtNXkCqyrrhPqnzKqfoXlUulACd47xAQfGbMahen/s320/DSC_5845-738307.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436261392093563890" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a 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very soon .. I just need a few more days to bask ... but like the big T said .. I'll be back.Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-51028855312962804142010-01-24T11:00:00.000-05:002010-01-24T11:00:04.422-05:00Live feed!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><script src="http://widgets.twimg.com/j/2/widget.js">
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See you on the flip side.Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-46410182460555394342010-01-21T10:19:00.001-05:002010-01-21T10:19:29.448-05:00I'm back ...<div>and still kicking .. sort of.</div> <div> </div> <div>New Orleans was amazing ... no wait it deserves capitalization ...it was AMAZING!!! And there will be a full recap, very soon ... in the meantime I have settled into a nomadic existence. You see the Big Guy and I have decided not to see each other for the full week before the wedding .. and so I came back from NOLA to settle in with MOH Yevs and today I am heading on over to my parents house for the rest of the week. I did not think about how much a pain in the ass this was going to be but I am sure it will be worth it when I get the butterflies in the belly before seeing the mister again!</div> <div> </div> <div>In the meantime, this week, we have hit some wedding ... obstacles ... lets say. First, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketubah">ketubah</a> that the Big Guy created himself was accidentally tossed by a cleaning crew and he has to make a brand new one all over again (but dont worry Ketubah 2, The Ketubah Strikes Back .. With a Vengeance is wwaaaaaay better than the original, for serious, its awesome). Also, my dress is a smidge too tight ... damn this whole getting married in winter thing when everyone is bigger than we should be! Ahhh also, the dry cleaners put a small tear in my veil, ... yeh its been kind of a funky week ... but I am not really letting any of it bother me .... </div> <div> </div> <div>What I am thinking about is standing next to the Big Guy under the hoopah ... thats the moment I am waiting for, the moment I can't get out of my head, that's the moment that all of this has been about. It feels in these last days leading up to it, like I am swimming in a huge pool and I dove under water, and its beautiful and peaceful and full of warmth and support but all I am waiting for is to come up for air ... and that's what I anticipate that moment will be like for me ... that first burst of fresh air as I come rushing to the surface. </div> <div> </div> <div>Sigh ...and its just around the corner!!!</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-2343336078159868062010-01-20T11:50:00.001-05:002010-01-20T11:50:15.984-05:00Free tix to Wedding Bootcamp<div class="gmail_quote"> <div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue"> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="http://www.weddingsalon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"><img border="0" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01CA95DA.DF78B740" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CA95DA.DF78B740" width="624" height="446"></span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><a href="http://www.weddingsalon.com/" target="_blank"></a></span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div><br> Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-15891980132566993992010-01-15T12:00:00.002-05:002010-01-15T12:00:03.430-05:00Live Feed!<script src="http://widgets.twimg.com/j/2/widget.js">
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yep, quite a nice surprise .. just like our trip to <a href="http://bridechka.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-shower.html">PARIS</a> .. which I absolutely cant wait for!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I cannot even express how incredibly lucky and loved I felt that day! Yevs, Mushy, Sisterchka, Mamachka, Grandmachka (Natachka) who planned it are just the most amazing group of women I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. And everyone who was there, made the day soo special, no words can relate how grateful I am to them.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you ladies .. you rock my socks everyday.<br />
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</div>Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-46862501111804234512010-01-08T00:55:00.000-05:002010-01-08T00:55:11.134-05:00Wedding Task: FavorsAccomplished!<br />
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We decided a long time ago that we would make some sort of charitable contribution for a our favors .. and then a while back we stumbled on the idea of planting a tree in honor of each guest ... but we were still overwhelmed by options. There are so many ways to do it, so many potential companies to go through .... what to do??? Well what we decided to do was research every ingle one until we were blue in the face and then go with the two we liked best (which incidentally happened to be pretty cheap too! Only $1 buys a tree! $1!!!!). We bought half the trees from <a href="http://www.arborday.org/">The Arbor Day Foundation</a> and half from the <a href="http://www.nature.org/">Nature Conservancy</a> .. yep we are wise like Solomon .. always split that baby people!<br />
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Then I hopped, skipped, and clicked on over to <a href="http://vistaprint.com/">VistaPrint</a> to make the cards for each guest letting them know that a tree had been planted for them. Again, I made half representing on organization and half the other. Check the design skills peeps ...<br />
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You know like my style! And I bought it through <a href="http://ebates.com/">ebates</a> so I even got money back! Woo! I love me a good deal .. (its like chocolate cake or pizza even when its not that good a deal ... its still damn good!)<br />
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If you would like to plant trees through <a href="http://www.arborday.org/">The Arbor Day Foundation</a> click <a href="http://www.arborday.org/join/tictim/index.cfm">here</a> and to plant trees through <a href="http://www.nature.org/">Nature Conservancy</a> click <a href="http://www.plantabillion.org/">here</a>.Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-7465017913603898562010-01-05T23:54:00.002-05:002010-01-05T23:59:23.489-05:00Our photographer!<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Ok folks its time to reveal ... our wedding photographer!!!! ... We met with some amazing photogs (I will be posting about one particular photog that I thought was also wonderful a little later this week) ... but in the end when you know, you just know and even back in <a href="http://bridechka.blogspot.com/2008/10/worth-thousand-words-try-million.html">October</a> and <a href="http://bridechka.blogspot.com/2008/11/take-your-vitamins.html">November</a> of last year, I knew that I loved <a href="http://www.stregoica.com/">Stregoica photography!</a> I posted about <a href="http://www.stregoica.com/">Dina</a> over at <a href="http://www.stregoica.com/">Stregoica</a> <a href="http://bridechka.blogspot.com/2008/11/take-your-vitamins.html">here</a> and <a href="http://bridechka.blogspot.com/2008/10/worth-thousand-words-try-million.html">here</a> after meeting her at four, count 'em <i>four</i> of my friends weddings!<br />
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So what do you think folks? Worth the wait?Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-51358436328602946432010-01-05T12:12:00.001-05:002010-01-05T12:12:31.218-05:00Ani l'dodi<p align="center"><a title="Return to MileChai.com Israeli Jewelry Page 18 Sterling Silver" href="http://www.milechai.com/jewishjewelry/jewish-jewelry/jewish-jewelry_18p.html"><img border="0" src="http://www.milechai.com/jewelry/images/i-am-to-my-beloved-as-my-beloved-is-to-me.jpg" width="172" height="217"></a></p> <div><br clear="all"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">I am kinda of in love with this <a href="http://www.milechai.com/israel-diamond/i-am-to-my-beloved-as-my-beloved-is-to-me-h13.html">necklace</a>. It says </font><font size="1" face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><strong>Ani LeDodi V'Dodi Li </strong>which transaltes to <em>I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine ...</em> Its also the inscription on the inside of our yarmulkes and a line from the </font></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Songs"><font size="2" face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Song of Songs</font></a><font size="2" face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">. It is exceptinally meaningful because this phrase and the whole Song of Songs is commonly used in Jewish wedding ceremonies ... its supposed to be an allegory of the love between G-d and the people of Israel, which is most commonly represented as ... you guessed it .. a marriage! G-d is the groom and the people are his bride.</font> <font size="2" face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">I think it would be a lovely gift for a groom to give a bride .. (hint hint Big Guy) ... chock full of tradition and meaning and kinda rockingly beautiful to boot!</font></font></div> <div><font size="1" face="Verdana"></font> </div> <div><font size="1" face="Verdana"></font> </div> Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-19227555941863467322009-12-30T11:05:00.002-05:002009-12-30T11:09:48.421-05:00Happy New Year!<div style="text-align: center;">And I'm off ....<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">But, when I get back, I have so much wedding biz to tell you about ... new vendors (the big photog reveal, I promise!), pictures from my amazing Winter Wonderland shower, and lots of last minute details being strung together by yours truly!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the meantime .. party hardy .. and have at least one extra drink to the New Year for me! I will see all of you in the new year .. the year I get married!!!<br />
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See you all Monday .. hopefully a little chubbier, a little happier, and a lot rejuvenated.Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-58353772296123148192009-12-22T23:12:00.001-05:002009-12-22T23:13:28.362-05:00Pearly whitesI am kind of in love with this ...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlk-CARkA3j9Qm6-dszZQD0YwGynPEj929JTAFVYU-Mu2A1wW9VgmYbJlnzql8wD3EeDtIabSPufYgaTtxrgKjrRD1YQsnTO2GJcIncZ4uxxkBa0-1hIpnM77dgcaDhy8gAMyepNVm1Cvq/s1600-h/fran.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlk-CARkA3j9Qm6-dszZQD0YwGynPEj929JTAFVYU-Mu2A1wW9VgmYbJlnzql8wD3EeDtIabSPufYgaTtxrgKjrRD1YQsnTO2GJcIncZ4uxxkBa0-1hIpnM77dgcaDhy8gAMyepNVm1Cvq/s200/fran.png" width="200" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-h37MUTlziGkruXiR9D3Dt73Qs6G7h5VQsmjoKYV7nzeFiH_Nu4RkfcJ8gxehYPYbVC2xJlvfOi0x2Q5lcKwDRj3aUfdknl6USn_5aG7ZnmRpYcLtO3e2lcb0Lm9bw5LCE3wQGOlcyvR_/s1600-h/modelfran.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-h37MUTlziGkruXiR9D3Dt73Qs6G7h5VQsmjoKYV7nzeFiH_Nu4RkfcJ8gxehYPYbVC2xJlvfOi0x2Q5lcKwDRj3aUfdknl6USn_5aG7ZnmRpYcLtO3e2lcb0Lm9bw5LCE3wQGOlcyvR_/s1600/modelfran.png" /></a><br /></div><br />... in a big way .... like sometimes I look at my phone and I get sad cause I am hoping that this head piece thingy will call me but it hasn't and I keep asking all of my friends if they think it likes me too .. cause you know, its giving me all the signs but it just hasn't asked me out yet ... sigh .... if only it would just come to my doorstep and jump into my hair without me having to pay for it ... what!?!?! A girl can dream cant she???<br /><br />Found <a href="http://www.tigerlillyjewelry.com/fran_comb.html">here</a>. Lusted after in my brain.Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-47945295672081570322009-12-22T13:44:00.001-05:002009-12-22T13:44:40.278-05:00Winner Time!<div>We have a WINNER!</div> <div> </div> <h2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Random Integer Generator</h2> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Here are your random numbers:</p> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><pre><strong>15</strong> </pre></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Timestamp: 2009-12-22 18:39:07 UTC</div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="4">CONGRATS to <strong><u>BRYONY</u></strong>!</font></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">I will be in touch shortly with how to claim your prize. Thank you to everyone who participated and to show their thanks <a href="http://www.hazelandharlow.com/">Hazel & Harlow</a> is offering all of you <u>30%</u> off until December 28 .. just use the PromoCode <em>Wedding09</em>. Happy Shopping everyone!</div> Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-42872871699121320562009-12-21T12:14:00.001-05:002009-12-21T12:14:42.677-05:00Giveaway ends tonight!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">The <a href="http://www.hazelandharlow.com/">Hazel & Harlow</a> <a href="http://bridechka.blogspot.com/2009/12/pretty-pretty-giveaway.html">giveaway</a> ends tonight so hurry up and enter already. <a href="http://bridechka.blogspot.com/2009/12/pretty-pretty-giveaway.html">Just click here to go the original post</a>. <br> <br>The winner will be announced tomorrow morning .. good luck folks!</div> Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-34011664978742440922009-12-18T12:34:00.001-05:002009-12-18T12:34:56.669-05:00Wedding Update<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Ok its 37 days and counting people ....</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>There are still 50 (that is right 50!) people who have not responded to the invites .. umm look there is a stamp on the card, put pen to paper and respond already! Or you know rsvp online .. I think we have made it pretty easy here folks. Phew, ok now thats done .. moving on ...</div> <div> </div> <div>Tonight is a fun wedding related activity! DANCE CLASS. Not with the Big Guy mind you .. with my dad! He wants to learn a few steps for our father daughter dance .. so tonight we are gonna be learning how to jump, jive, and wail ... or ... how to dance with each other without him swinging me around wildly and dislocating both of my shoulders. But the best part is our instructor is my old dance teacher from when I was 7! Not kidding, he was the man who taught me ballet, modern, jazz, and hip hop for about 8 years! And I have to give credit where credit is due .. my dad thought this whole thing up, located him, and set up the lesson for tonight! Yep, he is pretty bad ass my papa.</div> <div align="center"><img onclick="ms58490.pp(168253)" alt="father-daughter-dance-276x300" src="http://photos.weddingbycolor.com/p/000/011/122/m/58490/p/thumbnail/168253.jpg"></div> <div>Wish me luck blogworld ... we need to turn out a very large 6'4" Russian man into a graceful hoofer .. ok maybe that was the wrong synonym for dancer ... lets go with ... danseur .... I will keep you posted folks.</div> Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-83963570360899157312009-12-17T10:47:00.001-05:002009-12-17T10:47:23.057-05:00Thank you thank you<div>A big thanks to everyone who left guest book suggestions on my <a href="http://bridechka.blogspot.com/2009/12/dilemma.html">Dilemma post</a> ... I love them all!!! I will let you know what we go with shortly .... in the meantime, if anyone else has any suggestions let me hear em and don't forget to enter the <a href="http://bridechka.blogspot.com/2009/12/pretty-pretty-giveaway.html">latest giveaway</a>!<br clear="all"> <br><br>ps: check out my latest <a href="http://blog.weddzilla.com/2009/12/winter-wedding-tips.html">post</a> on the fabulous <a href="http://blog.weddzilla.com/">Weddzilla Blog</a> (my bridesmaids .. stay away! There are gift spoilers ... come on ladies, it will be more fun if its a surprise! Honor system people .. honor it.)</div> Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-10558484759035598132009-12-14T23:57:00.000-05:002009-12-14T23:57:36.544-05:00Pretty pretty GIVEAWAY!!It's giveaway time! Todays contest comes to you from <a href="http://www.hazelandharlow.com/">Hazel & Harlow</a> ... a wonderful place to get the most incredible unique pieces of jewelry you have ever laid eyes on! And they are giving up this pretty young thing ...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PS: There will be a consolation prize for those of you who don't win (it will be good!)<br />
</div>Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-55795693220193570592009-12-14T12:53:00.001-05:002009-12-14T12:53:44.629-05:00Dilemma<div>Ok blogworld .. I need your help!</div> <div> </div> <div>I want to have a guestbook for folks to sign and that I can keep and gaze upon fondly (that one time) and think about all the awesome people we had celebrating this amazing day with us .... you know what I mean, yes??</div> <div> </div> <div>But, I am stuck in terms of what to do.. there are so many great options .. photobooks, classic guestbooks, silver platters for people to scribble on, little notes hung up on strings, pieces of fabric to make into a quilt ... the list is just endless!</div> <div> </div> <div>So, here is where you come in... tell me everything people .. what did you do? what are you planning on doing? what have you seen others do? what where the pros and cons???</div> <div> </div> <div>And as a reward for being so awesome and for reading an entire post without a single picture in it (I'm cruel, so sue me), tomorrow we will be having a fabulous giveaway .. I promise!</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks for help folks! You know your girl needs it .. 41 days and counting! ahh!</div> Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734611986154793855.post-11088211672917018892009-12-09T11:09:00.000-05:002009-12-09T14:38:18.033-05:00Manly gift ... space age style<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Got a man in your life who needs some lovin, in the form of techy goodness .. then have I got the gift idea for you. Check out the <a href="https://www.iwalletusa.com/">iWallet</a>. Its a fancy pantsy wallet that only opens if it recognizes your fingerprint. How bad ass is that?</div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br clear="all"><img alt="" src="https://www.iwalletusa.com/images/iwallet2.jpg" width="250" height="381"></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="https://www.iwalletusa.com/images/iwopen.jpg" width="330" height="259"></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Its pricey but so damn cool. Found on <a href="http://www.thrillist.com/links/82802">Thrillist</a> and coveted by me!</div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">PS: this could total be a gift for a chic too! I just find that most of the women I kow prefer large wallets and are also not as easily amused by the wonders of technology .. at least not as easily amused by them as me.</div> Bridechkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.com1