Meredith+Ted's Saturday wedding was a lovely affair with the ceremony at St. George's Episcopal and the reception at the Elm's Mansion in the Garden District. New Orleans weddings are all about the details and the ooooooo la la. The fabulous Valerie Gernhauser of getpolishedevents.biz is the planner and the incomparable Steve Simon at stevesimonphoto.com second shot for me. Here is a look at some details. Of course, more to follow.

As you can clearly see by a few of tonight's rehearsal dinner pics Meredith and Ted's New Orleans' wedding Saturday is not going to be any fun whatsoever. ;)

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Leaving NYC for New Orleans tonight after a fabulous few days. Mostly just wandered the city until my legs gave out. Spent a few different late nights at the Breslin in the Ace Hotel. What a bar. Great food, perfect cocktails, excellent staff. Go there now! Also a big shout out to Lord & Taylor which hosted a book signing for the Path Of The Northern Lights book from the 2010 Games. Here are a few random polaroids. Checking into NOLA tonight.

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Perhaps it's because I live in an old house on farmland with no street lights and nary a car alarm, but I love big cities. Flew into Chicago last night then here to NYC. Wish I was in Chicago for tonight's Canucks/Blackhawks game but here in New York not a bad trade off. Just a few quick polaroids for now.

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As you may know, the Winter Olympic Torch Relay was epic for me. Seems like a hundred years ago now, but 106 days across Canada and back in the middle of winter chasing the Olympic flame through some of the most-interesting and varied landscapes in my country has left its mark - some will say scar - on me. The project culminated in the second of three commemorative 2010 Olympic Games books: A Path Of Northern Lights. A while back the owner of the Hudson's Bay department stores invited me to participate in a book signing in stores in Canada and the US. However timing and schedules combined to thwart a tour per se leaving only one date. So..... I'll be signing books at the Lord+Taylor store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan this Thursday, May 6 at 1 pm. The books, by the way, are free if you are in the area and are one of the first 100 to the table. I've been asked many times what my favourite moment or photograph is from the project and it's a little little asking a father to name his favourite child. Here's something that still sticks with me. It's elders and the chief of Bella Bella dressed to the nines on the coast of British Columbia. When the flame arrived and O'Canada was sung many of these men cried like newborns. Our First Nations' people are always the subject of scrutiny and often seen as outsiders not wanting in. Across the country, day in and out I saw something quite different.