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cocktails to loosen the mood and help encourage each other. Brides also like to be photographed in their wedding night lingerie as a wedding day gift, lets him know what to look forward to. This type of art is great for Valentine's Day or just a simple I love you!

With a background as an assistant wedding photographer in Montana, Jamie moved to Spokane to set up a studio and clientele of her own after graduating with an Associate of Applied Science in Spokane. Jamie is a very out going and out spoken person who is fun to get along with and who looks forward to each opportunity with a new client.

Raffle Reminder

Please bring a raffle prize to the next meeting. Janet from PartyLite will collect raffle items and divvy them up throughout the year so there are raffle items for each meeting. Questions? Contact Janet Curry at 208-773-8328 or candlesbyjanet@roadrunner.com.

the country. As this publication originates in southern New England, we'll use the New England clam bake as an example. This menu has something for everyone and is basically, except for the dessert course, and entire meal in itself covering all of he courses. The components, in season, are truly affordable and can be a lot of fun. Lobster is often seen as an unobtainable main course. In season, however, small to medium lobsters are definitely affordable in southern New England, especially culls (or lobsters missing a claw). And when combined with all of the other fare, a small lobster would be more than enough; clams, a sausage selection (perhaps locally made chorizo, chourico/linguica, kielbasa, hot dogs, Italian sausage, etc.) potatoes, corn on the cob, onions, etc.).

Even if you're only looking to customize one course, check around for some of the options available in your area: early spring equals asparagus; fall means apples, especially in southern New England; when is deer season - venison is now considered highly elegant and desirable as a man course and truly affordable in season; summer means tomatoes and corn, and lots of it! Don't try for a strawberry dessert in mid-winter, go for cranberries! a raw bar when the items are in season and/or at their most plentiful (oysters, claims, shrimp, sometimes even scallops) is a truly affordable and different approach to the standard cheese and crackers offering during the cocktail hour. Squash or pumpkin sides during the fall lend a festive air to any meal.

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